The number of same-sex de facto couples rose from 10,214 in the 1996 census to 19,596 couples in the 2001 census, according to the Australia Bureau of Statistics.
A judge reversed a historic jury decision by overturning the second-degree murder conviction of a San Francisco lawyer whose dog fatally mauled her lesbian neighbour.
Organisers secure Qantas, Pepsi, Planet Fitness and The Gallery Hotel as sponsors for NATION02; sponsorship seen as an affirmation of the significance of the event and the community.
A kiss between Daphne played by Sarah Michelle Gellar and Velma played by Linda Cardellini has been cut from the final edit of the new film adaptation of the well known classic cartoon, Scooby Doo.
Jerusalem held its first gay pride parade last Friday amid protests from Orthodox Jewish politicians and some demonstrators, who condemned it as a celebration of sin.