Shortly before Benjamin (Cooper Koch) leaves town to start his gay porn career in Los Angeles, he and straight best friend Dom (Jose Colon) hang out in a Maine gay bar in Carter Smith’s “Swallowed” (All The Dead Boys Productions).

More than 50 elected officials from across the country joined together Thursday night for a “Voices of Victory” broadcast presented by the LGBTQ Victory Fund.

Since Australia launched its postal survey on marriage equality earlier this month, residents of the capital have complained about receiving ballots addressed to people who died, Australian daily newspaper The Age reports.

SYDNEY (AP) — Chief executives of Australia's major sports leagues have signed a commitment to eliminate discrimination against gay people among their teams, players and spectators.

(WB) Members of Australia’s ruling party on Monday blocked efforts to allow a conscience vote in the country’s parliament on whether to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples.

At the New York City LGBT Community Center on West 13th Street, I attended the May 1 New York City premiere of the fascinating Australian documentary film, “Gayby Baby” which tracks the lives of four same-sex couples with children at the precarious age between childhood and adolescence.

A mural of deceased singer George Michael in Sydney, Australia was vandalized last week in the wake of the country’s mail-in vote on same sex marriage.

A maverick lawmaker broke from conservative government ranks on Monday to introduce legislation that would legalize gay marriage in Australia as a new opinion poll confirmed that most Australians support such a reform.

An Australian man claimed a hospital denied him treatment for HIV after he was raped, despite him asking six times.

(CNN) -- Weddings can be a stressful time for any family.

With Australia waiting for a decision on the marriage equality mail ballot initiative, right-wing politicians said they would fight any measure approving that equality.

A woman in Tasmania, Australia got retroactively billed for $5,000 in taxes after the country did not recognize her marriage.

(AP) Australians begin receiving their postal ballots on legalizing gay marriage from Tuesday as a new opinion poll showed that most of those who intend to vote are in favor of marriage equality.

CANBERRA, Australia — Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Wednesday that Australians would get a chance to vote on legalizing gay marriage if they re-elect his government next year — a promise his opponents argue is a stalling tactic to sideline the divisive issue ahead of the general elections.

An Australian Catholic school allowed two transgender students to choose their own school uniforms to match their gender identity.

An elderly gay couple from Australia was ordered to take down a rainbow gay pride flag from their home after officials from the organization that owns their apartment threatened legal action.

This week read about a hairstylist named Mykey O'Halloran receiving death threats for painting his home to the colors of the rainbow, and HIV drugs becoming scarce and causing lives to be at risk in Kenya.

This week read about Kumi Yokoyama accusing Japan of "lagging behind" on LGBT rights, and Sounds of Australia inducting a gay and lesbian radio station.

This week read about activists risking their lives fighting for LGBT rights in Ghana, and Stephen Jones making a plea for equality rights in Australia.

This week read about a bill allowing religious people to discriminate toward LGBT people in Australia, and Commissioner Olga Baranets accusing Netflix of breaking Russia's "gay propaganda" law.

This week read about President Mokgweetsi Masisi promising to uphold LGBT rights in Botswana, and a Christian college accused of discriminating against LGBT students in Australia.

This week read about a new anti-LGBT bill in Ghana, and a town that is known to be homophobic raising the Pride flag in Australia.

This week read about LGBT NGOs under attack after the referendum In Hungary, and same-sex couples wanting to use surrogacy to have children in Singapore but can't.

This week read about Ireland praising Katie-George Dunlevy after winning a silver medal in the Olympics, and gay teachers in Australia being discriminated against.

This week read about LGBT students in Kenya protesting boarding school bans, and a man found guilty of murdering a gay student in Sydney.

(EDGE) The number of hateful harassment incidents since Donald Trump was elected the 45th president earlier this month has been on the rise in the U.S., according to the Souther Poverty Law Center. EDGE has reported on several anti-LGBT attacks in the wake of Trump's presidential victory and it appears as though the former reality star's stunning win is even emboldening his supporters from across the globe.

(CNN) Australia's parliament is almost certain to vote down a national referendum on same-sex marriage, potentially delaying marriage equality in the country for years.

A Canadian gay porn actor who was convicted of murdering his sex partner and was sentenced to life in prison, is currently sending letters to friends, detailing how he's enjoying prison life, Gay Star News reports.

(AP) Government plans to hold an opinion poll in February on whether gay marriage should be legalized in Australia suffered a blow on Tuesday when a gay government senator announced that he opposed the plan.

(LA Blade) Professional soccer player Josh Cavallo, who became the only openly gay top-flight male professional footballer last year, told his Instagram followers over the weekend that he experienced “homophobic abuse” during his last game.