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

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Bruce Jenner's ex-wife Linda Thompson is reportedly planning to share her side of the story.

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.

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.

Over the past decade, Sgt. Shane Ortega has served three combat tours: Two in Iraq, one in Afghanistan. Two as a Marine and one in the Army. Two as a woman and one as a man.

Jamie Foxx has been slammed for making a joke about Bruce Jenner.

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.

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.

Some have criticised media reports about Bruce Jenner's gender identity as invasive and insensitive. But when the personal and private journey appears to be fodder for a reality show, all bets are off.

There are not too many people defending Bruce Jenner these days as his appearance morphs into a more feminine one.

The gay community isn't a physical community. It has nothing to do with geography. And though many who choose to think it, the gay community isn't something that happens on K Road at 1am on a Saturday.

As Stephen Fry prepares to tie the knot with Elliott Spencer, Patrick Strudwick explains why he believes that the couple's union explodes many of the myths surrounding gay marriage.

She moved to NZ to start a new life as a woman. But the qualified pharmacist hasn't been able to find a job after 50 applications because 'people are afraid'.

For the most part, the gaydolescence comes from being denied a legitimate adolescence in our teenage years, writes Lee Suckling.

I jumped the gun and got married in early November. It was a simple affair, and while we didn't set out with this specific goal in mind, the total wedding cost came in at just under $1000.