AUSTRALIA | 20120412231007| ILGA-ASIA
Voters know that Tony Abbott opposes gay marriage but supports his sister, Christine Forster, since she has come out as a gay woman.

AUSTRALIA | 20120318022358| ILGA-ASIA
BRAHIM Siddiq-Conlon has a message for Australians, whether they want to hear it or not. "One day Australia will be ruled by sharia, no doubt," he declares. "That is why non-Muslims are worried, because they know one day they won't be able to drink their beer, they won't be able to eat their pork and they won't be able to do their homosexual acts, because one day they know they will be controlled."

AUSTRALIA | 20120301054136| ILGA-ASIA
Former millionaire Gerardus Heijne, who is serving a life sentence in Western Australia for murdering his gay lover and business partner, has applied to the Australian Federal Government to serve the rest of his term in a Dutch prison.

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A hot new photography exhibition and book is set to explore what it means to be Asian, male and gay – proving that ‘sexy comes in many colours.’

AUSTRALIA | 20120129011202| ILGA-ASIA
Marriage Equality campaigners have welcomed the support of two more well known Australians, performer Jimmy Barnes and Emmy award winning actor Guy Pearce.

AUSTRALIA | 20120129010942| ILGA-ASIA
The Gillard government will help Australian same-sex couples marry in other countries where gay marriage is legal by issuing them with documents that are currently only available to heterosexual couples.

NEW ZEALAND | 20120124101958| ILGA-ASIA
The New Zealand AIDS Foundation has a new location in Christchurch, which it's hoping will permanently become a hub for community members.

AUSTRALIA | 20120124095417| ILGA-ASIA
Margaret Court, regarded as the greatest female tennis player in Australia and now a Pentecostal minister, has caused a furore with recent comments that gay marriage would legalise abominable sexual practices and gay people could be cured of their orientation.