At its recent meeting Darwin Council passed a motion in favour of marriage equality. In an Australian first, the council called on the National General Assembly of Local Government to also endorse the reform.

After nearly 300 shows, JOY 94.9’s LGBTI current affairs program ‘On the Line’ has aired for the last time, making way for a slate of new programs at Melbourne-based radio station.

A new group in Melbourne has been established to bring together LGBTI people from Latin American or Hispanic background and identify the issues they face.

The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is on the lookout for a new, permanent chief executive officer after Michele Bauer wrapped up her interim tenure.

Athletes from the biggest national sports get together to tackle homophobia in sport.

During the 1982 games held in San Francisco, Bob Goldsmith emerged as the hero of the Australian team when he won 17 medals in swimming — four of which were gold.

THE Mexican Football Association launched a campaign yesterday designed to combat homophobia in the soccer community. The campaign, called Abrazados Futbol – or Embraced By Football in …

THREE states in the US have had anti-LGBT legislation opposed or altogether halted by major business and sporting bodies this week. In North Carolina, state …

The campaign hopes the 2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting will include LGBTI rights on the agenda and LGBTI people addressing leaders.

Each month, with the help of Kaleidoscope Australia Human Rights Foundation, the Star Observer’s “Snapshot” segment shines a light on the current state of LGBTI rights and law reform in one of our regional neighbours. This month, we take a look at Myanmar (formerly Burma).

MY kids are big fans of Macklemore, and his album The Heist is on high rotation on our road trips. We’re all up for putting …

Unless you’ve been out of the country for the past month or so, you would’ve certainly noticed how Safe Schools dominated media headlines for the wrong reasons. It was mostly a scenario of a few white, middle-aged privileged male politicians telling the country that the program wasn’t appropriate for children (to put it kindly). Samuel Leighton-Dore begs to differ.

Sydney Town Hall Wednesday, March 23, 2016 Photographer: Ann-Marie Calilhanna © Star Observer 2015 | For the latest in lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans* and intersex …

Sydney Town Hall Wednesday, March 23, 2016 Photographer: Ann-Marie Calilhanna © Star Observer 2015 | For the latest in lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans* and intersex …

Athletes from the biggest national sports get together to tackle homophobia in sport.

During the 1982 games held in San Francisco, Bob Goldsmith emerged as the hero of the Australian team when he won 17 medals in swimming — four of which were gold.