OPINION: Lady Gaga, Margaret Cho, Anna Paquin: These women have done wonders for the community, but none speak directly to what it's like be a bi man.

COMMENT: When I was still playing the occasional social game of rugby or cricket, I knew it was time to quit forever. I was gay and I decided to come out, says Richard Tankersley.

A royal honour is a sweet reward for an Auckland woman who was once beaten up by a police officer because she used to be a man.

COMMENT:What do All Blacks and Disney-Pixar film Finding Dory have in common? This week they both seemed to declare their support for the gay community.

The Sims and GLAAD teamed up to make a more inclusive game where you no longer have to pick between just male and female.

The first rule of Skirt Club: No men.

Transgender activist Lexie Matheson on becoming an Officer of the NZ Order of Merit

A lesbian couple may have appeared in the trailer for Finding Dory, and some viewers are not pleased.

Fast becoming accepted as a third sex - a gender that identifies neither as male or female - the stars of a cabaret show reveal life as ladyboys.

New Zealand has been rated as a world-leader when it comes to recognising the rights of the LGBT community, a step ahead of our neighbours across the ditch.

OPINION: Katy Chatel shares her battle to be perceived as a boy and a mother.

A popular Auckland primary school has been praised for installing a unisex toilet to help a 6-year-old transgender pupil feel safe and accepted.

While gay and lesbian characters are standard players in movies and TV shows for adults, they remain a fleeting or barely acknowledged presence in children's entertainment.

Gay Anglicans are reacting with a mix of fury and resignation after the Anglican Synod today failed to approve the blessing of gay marriages.

After success with Vanity Fair, Caitlyn Jenner is set to strip off altogether for a risque Sports Illustrated summer cover.

Civil War directors say it only makes sense to better reflect their diverse audience in upcoming Marvel films.

A transgender woman who claims she was forced out of her job at an Auckland barbershop has been cleared to pursue her claim of unjustified dismissal

How one man fell for another, 50 years his junior.

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.

Ahead of a new exhibition marking the 30th anniversary of the Homosexual Law Reform Act, David Herkt reveals what it was like to grow up gay in the 1970s, while Sam Brooks explains what it's like today.

They're just photos of my friends, who were transexuals, dancing and having a good time.

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