LGBTQIA+

A Liberal candidate says "same-sex marriage is not real" and "feminism is demonic", in views Liberal leader Ashton Hurn says she does not share, but will leave up to voters to decide. Warning: This story contains content some readers might find distressing. 

After taking part in the original 1978 Mardi Gras parade, Kevin Betts returned to his country roots and set about making life easier for people growing up queer in the regions.

South Australia's Liberal opposition will preference One Nation over Labor at the upcoming state election as parties condemn "outrageous" comments by One Nation's Cory Bernardi.

Australia's complex surrogacy laws are under review, but in the meantime, couples like Alex and his husband say they are being pushed to look overseas to add to their families.

Glitter, sequins and political statements have been at the centre of Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade along Oxford Street.

Mardi Gras organisers have issued a formal warning to Pride in Protest on Friday morning, stating they had breached the parade's terms and conditions.

When Scott Dixon-Smith started his career, his workplace accommodated his blindness but not his sexuality. Tonight, he will march in the pride parade with the help of his guide dog, Pretzel.

How do you celebrate the annual Mardi Gras parade if you live hundreds of kilometres from Sydney? These regional areas are celebrating Pride in their own special way.

Just six months since coming out, ex-AFL player Mitch Brown is now co-hosting Sydney's Mardi Gras parade. He hopes his journey can help other players embrace who they are.

Australia's LGBTQIA+ history is full to the brim with groundbreaking art, brave protests and lots of fun along the way. Test how much you know about the queer trailblazers of our country in this quiz. 

An ABC investigation has obtained distressing videos and victims’ accounts of ISIS sympathisers hunting and bashing gay and bisexual boys on camera in Sydney.

An ABC investigation has obtained distressing videos and victims’ accounts of ISIS sympathisers hunting and bashing gay and bisexual boys on camera in Sydney.

A suspected serial violent homophobe linked to an Islamic State terrorist network has walked free on probation after pleading guilty to a brutal snuff-video-style gay bashing.

Nearly half a century on from the first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade, which ended in violence, the route through the CBD has been recognised as part of Australia's heritage. 

Islamic State supporters have hunted and bashed gay and bisexual teenagers in Sydney and posting videos of the violent attacks on the internet.
 
Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop from ABC Investigations has this report and a warning, it contains distressing and violent images. 

An ABC investigation has obtained distressing videos and victims' accounts of IS sympathisers hunting and bashing gay and bisexual boys on camera in Sydney.

Transgender women will have their dignity "undermined" and could be made to feel "inferior" if a lesbian group is allowed to ban them from events, a court has heard.

Maxi Shield was a veteran of the Australian drag scene and a regular performer at venues across Sydney's Oxford Street.

After five years starring in major musicals, Simon Burke returns to a much smaller stage in a one-man play, on its 50-year anniversary: The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin.

A Victorian-based lesbian group is seeking an exemption to the Sex Discrimination Act so it can legally discriminate against transgender women when it holds public events.