Pressure is mounting for the abolition of a law allowing Queenslanders who kill homosexuals to have a murder charge reduced by arguing that their victim propositioned them.

Kylie Jenner has come under fire for pictures she has posted to her Instagram account which people are claiming show her with “blackface”.

The country's top cop says he is pleased to see Kiwis standing up against racism after members of the public helped to identify a man who verbally attacked two foreign men on a bus.

The images aim to demystify and destigmatise the female body - to make viewers "realise these are just regular, normal processes," nothing to reject or shame

The Asia New Zealand Foundation has been surveying New Zealanders about their attitudes towards Asia for nearly two decades, capturing an evolving picture of our responses to demographic and economic....

We're led to believe it takes courage for sports stars to take a stand. It doesn't always.

New judge, new controversy: Images surface of new X Factor judge Shelton Woolright in blackface.

The instructions are for shirts made by Salvo Sports, who claim they were issued in response to “a number of buyers who ask how to treat fine jerseys”.

The broadcaster Alison Mau wrote a piece at the weekend about what she called "The curse of casual sexism".

A director of an international human rights organisation has admitted he was involved in preventing a black French man from entering a Paris underground train amid racist chanting by Chelsea football fans.

A video of a woman who appears to tell a passenger that his ancestors "used to be slaves" during an argument on the London Underground is being investigated by police.

Society still expects women to behave like women and men to behave like men, and accept the benefits and disadvantages our genders are entitled to, writes Heather du Plessis-Allan.

"I am a Muslim. I am labelled as a terrorist. I trust you. Do you trust me? Give me a hug." And with that, Mustafa Mawla waited for someone to hug him.

When Benedict Cumberbatch put his foot in it, he copped abuse. He’s not alone in falling into the language trap.

Organisers of a Maori basketball tournament have hit back at accusations it banned non-Maori coaches and staff from entering the competition.

Organisers of a basketball tournament have been called on to allow a girls' team to play after they were refused entry because their coach wasn't Maori.

Some readers were less concerned about the impact of Quitline’s crayon ad on children and more worried about the race-based stereotypes it was propagating.

A YouGov survey in England found nearly half of the population agreed with one of four anti-Semitic statements.

When it comes to home-grown anti-Semitism, France leads the world, writes Stephen Pollard.

So far we've identified the achievements of the Treaty settlement and reconciliation process, and flagged that the process is now being pushed beyond the point of being useful.

Lesbians earn significantly more than their heterosexual colleagues while gay men earn less, according to a World Bank study.

She's the first female driver in Formula One for 20 years - and the sexism she's encountered just doesn't seem to stop.

As the Sydney siege threatens to open up old prejudices, hashtag #illridewithyou has led a call for unity.

In a strong display of unity after the shooting of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, the relatives of African Americans killed by officers in similar incidents dating back more than a....

The number of women in senior leadership roles in the public service has inched up but female leaders are still being paid 8 per cent less than their male colleagues.

Demonstrations broke out in New York City yesterday after a grand jury declined to charge a white police officer in the choking death of a black man.

A black man in the US was stopped in the street by a white police officer because he was walking with his hands in his pockets.

Black America has again been reminded that its children are not seen as worthy of being alive - in part because they are not seen as children at all, but as threats to white lives.

The officer who fatally shot Michael Brown has remained silent as unanswered questions simmered - until now.