To celebrate its 40th anniversary, the newspaper comic strip Funky Winkerbean will feature a gay plot line.

A Nepalese member of parliament and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex campaigner has appealed to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to make the social networking site more inclusive.

In an open letter to the multi-billionaire king of social media, Sunil Babu Pant says Facebook is ‘sidelining’ people who don’t identify as ‘male’ or ‘female’ by only giving those two options at sign-up.

Yesterday was Bayard Rustin's 100th birthday. While not a household name, his organizing tenacity and political philosophies, brought about multiple civil rights victories in the United States. He did all of this while being out about his gay sexuality, a rarity for many LGBT men and women in the 20th century.

Actor Guy Pearce and musician Jimmy Barnes are the latest famous Aussies to speak out in support of gay marriage on behalf of the Australian Marriage Equality campaign.

Pearce, who gained a large gay following after starring in the film Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, said support and acceptance of the LGBT community has grown since he played a drag queen in that 1994 film.

A petition calling on the Scottish Government to make no changes to the current definition of marriage as being a union between a man and a woman has come under fire from equality campaigners.

The Preseving Marriage petition, which currently has 2,587 signatures, was started by Amy King and opposes the proposed introduction of same-sex marriage in Scotland.

Margaret Court's outspoken views against gay marriage have led some to call for the renaming the arena named after her at Melbourne Park where the Australian Open is currently underway.

But Court's former rival, openly gay Billie Jean King, is not among them.

The killer who pushed transgender lawyer Sonia Burgess under a Tube train has been cleared of murder but found guilty of manslaughter.

Human rights and immigration specialist Sonia Burgess, 63 died during the rush hour at King's Cross Underground Station in central London in October 2010.

Senthooran Kanagasingham, 35 – who is also known as Nina – had admitted the killing but denied murder and instead pleaded guilty of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.

A sexual rights activist has criticised the Telegraph newspaper and website for its coverage of the death of transgender human rights lawyer Sonia Burgess.

Senthooran Kanagasingham, 35 - who is also known as Nina - is on trial at the Old Bailey accused of murdering his friend, Ms Burgess, by pushing her under a Tube train at King’s Cross in October last year.

Tennis greats Martina Navratilova and Billie Jean King both faced Margaret Court on the opposite side of the net during their playing days and now find themselves opposing the Australian again - this time on the issue of gay marriage.

Court, winner of three Wimbledons and a record 24 grand slam singles titles overall, is senior pastor in Perth’s Victory Life Church and is speaking out against efforts in Australia to legalize same-sex marriage.