We've had a great range of queens on New Zealand screens over the years - from the beauty queens of the 60s, 70s and 80s, to a glorious array of drag queens, plus our largest city's main street, and of course some actual Royal queens.

Schools have been asked to consider offering gender-neutral uniforms as part of new sexuality education guidelines aimed at being more inclusive.

Anyone who knows me will tell you I'm not into political correctness. My focus is always firmly on the bottom line.

Question: "Why is it, when a lesbian couple marries, one wears a dress and the other wears pants (usually a tuxedo-like suit)?"

Statistics NZ's General Social Survey has been conducted every two years since 2008-09.

New Zealanders are accepting of diversity, sexuality and religion but not of mental illness.

Rose, a transgender kickboxer from rural Thailand, is building a reputation as she fights for her identity.

A top Irish Catholic leader said the Church needs a "reality check" as the predominantly Catholic nation voted to approve gay marriage.

HIV stigma is a plague that continues to follow the gay community, more than 30 years after the AIDS crisis emerged, writes Lee Suckling.

The macho Kiwi rugby, racing and beer mentality is keeping gay sportspeople firmly in the cupboard.

Bruce Jenner identifies as a woman. “I have always been confused by my gender identity,” he told interviewer Diane Sawyer on US TV.

Bruce Jenner's transformation to living life as a transgender woman will be filmed or a docu-series, E! has confirmed in a statement to MailOnline.

There are some people out there — a lot, actually — who genuinely, unironically, truly love the Kardashians.

A transgender woman who was a former national Scrabble champion took her own life last year after receiving abuse for being different, an inquest heard yesterday.

The first clip from Bruce Jenner's much-talked about exclusive interview sees the former Olympic gold medalist reveal becoming a woman "made me who I am".

Only the mastectomy scars beneath his pecs reveal that the New Yorker was, in fact, born female, beginning the transition from woman to man five years ago.

I have a man-crush. I know what you're thinking. I'm gay, so it's just a regular crush. Not so. My man-crush is just the same as any straight man's crush on another man.

In the coming weeks, 143 husbands, wives, boyfriends, and girlfriends are going to farewell their loved ones without knowing when they'll see them again.

An Auckland Council committee will consider establishing a 'Rainbow Community Advisory Panel' on Wednesday at an annual unbudgeted cost of $116,880.

The New Zealand Defence Force has hosted its first same-sex wedding.

He has just won an Oscar for his moving portrayal of one of the world’s most famous men. But this is the first photograph of Eddie Redmayne in his latest role - as a woman.

Thousands of people lined Ponsonby Road tonight for the third and largest Auckland Pride Parade.

Uniformed police staff have been granted permission for the first time to march in the Auckland Pride Parade.

My heart sinks seeking the GayTM like this. Not just because it’s the day before the Auckland Pride Parade, but because it wakes me up, writes Lee Suckling.

A viral video of a 9-year-old Kiwi asking for support to live as a boy after being born a girl has impressed transgender advocates and prompted an overwhelmingly positive response.

In a video inspiring millions around the world, a 9-year-old Kiwi who identifies with the male gender says he just wants people to accept him as he is.

Other winning photographs highlighted animal cruelty in China and the Ebola crisis in west Africa.