Australian actress Ruby Rose has been honoured for her work in encouraging equality at the 27th Annual GLAAD Media Awards.

Caitlyn Jenner is joining the cast of the acclaimed Amazon streaming series Transparent.

Demi Lovato and Caitlyn Jenner are among the recipients of the 27th GLAAD Media Awards.

EXCLUSIVE: Primetime local television is about to feature its first transgender actor playing a transgender character in a long-running storyline.

Two New Zealand schools are offering the new bathrooms to help students who do not feel comfortable using bathrooms labelled "male" and "female".

Somewhere over the rainbow, on the other side of the Mardi Gras celebrations, there's probably a massive hangover waiting for many of the weekend's revellers.

The Sydney Mardi Gras parade began in 1978 as a march and commemoration of the 1969 Stonewall Riots of New York. It is an annual event promoting awareness of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues and themes.

Caitlyn Jenner's offer to be a "trans ambassador" to US Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz has drawn criticism from some members of the LGBT community.

"It's just common sense," Pacquiao said in the remarks posted online by the TV5 network.

Prime Minister John Key's latest public outing has again been marred by protests against the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Prime Minister John Key has been booed off stage at today's Big Gay Out festival by a group of vocal anti-Trans Pacific Partnership protesters.

Speaking at today’s Big Gay Out festival in Auckland, Prime Minister John Key said the people of Christchurch were “resilient”. He was pleased no one had been seriously injured in today’s violent quake but said it was unfortunate that it came so close to the five-year anniversary of the killer February 2011 earthquake.

Five of the best LGBTI events around the world.

Once a year, Sydney plays host to a hedonistic celebration of diversity.

Transgender actress Lexie Matheson appears in an all-women version of Shakespeare's Henry V at Auckland's Pop Up Globe Theatre this month.

Pair's blog calls for the boys school to change how it deals with gay and transgender students.

They had been on holiday just just two days when when they were arrested, put behind bars and forced to live on the streets.

A beauty pageant contestant is appalled to learn she has been disqualified from a competition because she was born a different gender.

Holly Woodlawn has died of cancer aged 69 in a Los Angeles hospice. She was the last of the three transgender Warhol superstars given enduring fame by Lou Reed's hit song Walk on the Wild Side.

A mother shares her story of her son Daniel's early transition to become Danni.

At three years old, Aly was a tomboy who preferred playing outside with the boys. Her older brother, Russie, much preferred playing dress ups with girls.

The company behind the billboard that made light of Caitlyn Jenner's recent sex change has apologised and made a $1000 donation to a support group for LGBT youth.

It sounds incredible now that it took so long, but it was well received and won the Best First Book award.

In an open letter, a man asks his parents to admit they were wrong to boycott his wedding day.

A 16-year-old shares his journey of growing up transgender.

COMMENT: You can't legislate tolerance, writes Lee Suckling.

A man has returned his late wife's Glamour Magazine Woman of the Year award after this year's prize was awarded to Caitlyn Jenner.