Around 250 people attended a marriage equality vigil in Tasmania, Australia, last night (17 May).

The protest was held outside a national anti-marriage equality rally, which was addressed by homophobic evangelical pastor and former tennis star Margaret Court.

A leading Australian psychiatrist has resigned from the Australian state of Victoria’s Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission after it was revealed that he opposes same-sex marriage.

Professor Kuruvilla George was one of a group of doctors calling themselves Doctors for the Family who made a submission to the current senate inquiry into same-sex marriage.

Real same-sex couples and families have been having their say on why gay marriage is important - and we think their videos are a must-see.

While religious extremists have been spouting hate against same-sex marriage equality, it's often the real-life stories of love, committment and family which get lost.

The Out4Marriage video campaign is turning into an amazing opportunity to change all that and hundreds of people have already posted their messages onto YouTube, explaining why they want the law changed - from politicians and celebrities to the public.

Thousands of Australians in seven cities across the country joined rallies on Saturday to call for Prime Minister Julia Gillard to join US President Barack Obama in supporting gay marriage.

One thousand marched in Sydney chanting ‘gay, straight, left, right, marriage is a civil right’ and Magda Szubanski addressed a crowd of 2,000 in Melbourne.

Australia Marriage Equality are holding rallies across the country tomorrow to celebrate President Obama’s support of gay marriage and to pressurise Australia’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard to follow suit.

The National Day of Action for Marriage Equality will consist of rallies in central locations in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Canberra, Adelaide and Hobart at 1pm tomorrow (Saturday 12 May).

Shortly after Barack Obama made history on Wednesday (9 May) by becoming the first US president to publicly support gay marriage, Ellen DeGeneres got on Twitter to express her gratitude.

'Thank you President @BarackObama for your beautiful and brave words,' she tweeted. 'I’m overwhelmed.'

DeGeneres, who is married to actress Portia de Rossi, was among the famous people in the entertainment industry who were quick with praise.

Same-sex marriage campaigners have called on the Scottish government to prove that Scotland can lead the way on marriage equality after the UK government failed to include plans in today’s Queen’s Speech.

Stonewall, the UK’s biggest lesbian, gay and bisexual campaign organization had hoped the government would include gay marriage for England and Wales in the Queen’s Speech which sets out the legislative agenda for the next year.

As President Barack Obama continues officially 'evolving' on the issue of gay marriage, a second member of his administration has come out and publicly supported marriage equality.

A day after Vice President Joe Biden told NBC's Meet the Press that he is 'absolutely comfortable' with gay people getting married, Education Secretary Arne Duncan did the same when asked about the topic during an appearance on MSNBC's Morning Joe on Monday (7 May).

A leading Australian marriage equality advocate has been defended from a Christian lobby attack suggesting that his impending same-sex marriage is politically motivated.

Aspersions were cast on national convener of Australian marriage equality Alex Greenwich’s reasons for marrying his partner in Argentina.

Facing re-election in November, US President Barack Obama has carefully avoided endorsing same-sex marriage. He has continued to say he is 'evolving' on the issue while at the same time touting his administration's record on LGBT equality.

In the new issue of Rolling Stone magazine, publisher Jann Wenner tries to get Obama to acknowledge if his stance on the issue is more political than personal.

A marriage equality video released yesterday has reached over 175,000 views on Youtube in a little over 24 hours.

The video from pro-gay campaign group Coalition for Equal Marriage shows a British soldier proposing to his partner upon returning from duty. The clip was created to garner public support for the introduction of same-sex marriage in the UK.

After the Australian House of Representatives' inquiry into same-sex marriage, the results show that over 120,000 people voted in favour of legalising gay and lesbian marriage.

From the 218,048 people that took part in the online survey, 58% of people were in support of full legalisation, 79% of people said that religious ministers should not have to marry same-sex couples and 58% wanted overseas same-sex marriages to be recognised in Australia.