Exclusive: A man accused of luring people into a Melbourne hotel room using Grindr – where he allegedly stole their ID documents and used them to commit fraud – was granted bail despite police warning that he had failed to appear at a Sydney court hearing, prompting a NSW magistrate to issue a warrant for his arrest.

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the world's only twice-yearly injection to prevent HIV – but it remains unclear when the treatment will become available in Australia.

Flash, a new weekly club night geared towards gay men, proves that a warm, sweaty, pop-infused, multi-level dance party still has a place in Sydney's wintry months.

More Australians will be able to donate plasma from July 14 under changes to sexual activity rules, though restrictions on whole blood donations remain in place for at least another year.

The popular queer-friendly Newtown Hotel in Sydney's inner west is close to being sold after its owner, Universal Hotels, put it on the market last year.

More Australians than ever are identifying as members of the LGB+ community, in what researchers say could be the beginning of a modern-day "sexual revolution".