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Awesome, adventurous and romantic: Gay honeymoon inspiration

The move to marriage equality around the world means that many gays and lesbians need to start thinking about where to spend their honeymoon – GSN brings you five suggestions

Saunas and swimming pools in Helsinki, Finland

GSN tests the waters of Helsinki and dives into the restaurants, the bars, the history, and the culture

Power gays: Ville Ylikahri and Karri Nieminen lead the way for Finland

GSN meets Helsinki’s gay power couple – from politics, to clubbing, to Mr Gay Finland

How Spain is designing a sporting future free of gay hate

LGBT sports organizations around the world continue to play a key role in eliminating homophobia from sport

GLAAD determined to carry on with workload after resignation of its president

Spokesman Wilson Cruz tells GSN: 'GLAAD has been here for 28 years and we're not going anywhere'

Former US President Bill Clinton championing gay marriage in Illinois

Legislation has been passed by Senate but is stalled in House of Representatives

UK MPs vote for gay marriage in third reading

The same-sex marriage bill for England and Wales has passed its report stage and third reading in the House of Commons and will now pass to the Lords for more debate

Rex Lee on some of the perks of TV fame

Gay actor realizes some people have slept with him because of his celebrity - and sometimes that's OK

Naked rowers to open gay sports center in Birmingham

The University of Warwick Boat Club, famous for their naked calendars and films, will once again be stripping down in the name of a good cause

Anti-gay marriage activist shoots himself in Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris

Dominique Venner, 78, recently criticized the new French law on same-sex marriage. He had a past as a far-right activist

Humanist wedding plan fails but may return to gay marriage bill

Humanist supporters told England and Wales gay marriage bill was not the best way to change the law. Amendment shelved while waiting for new information from government

Map shows how Europe forces trans people to be sterilized

Trans people suffer high levels of repeat victimization and violence and employment discrimination

Bisexual MP Simon Hughes: ‘Marriage is between a man and a woman’

Deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats has voiced his concern with the England and Wales equal marriage bill

George Michael ‘lucky he didn’t die’ after car accident

Eyewitness claims he saw 'Careless Whisper' singer tumble out of a car at 70mph on a busy British motorway

Man arrested for threatening to bomb Puerto Rico gay pride

A Puerto Rico gay activist was told on Twitter to be careful at a gay rally as it could end like the Boston Marathon

LGBT students say Italy's high schools are worst place to be gay

A study by LGBT association Gay Center shows 40% of straight students refuse to have gay friends

Michael Douglas as gay Liberace named his 'greatest performance'

Following its screening at the Cannes Film Festival, Behind the Candelabra, the gay Liberace biopic has received nothing but praise

Oklahoma tornado, killing up to 91, blamed on gay Jason Collins

Westboro Baptist Church is believed to be getting ready to protest the funerals of those killed by the 200mph winds

Tom Joyner’s anti-gay message to black community

The leading African American DJ and how he dismissed gay, black NBA star Jason Collins which reporting a totally separate black issue – a rape by three athletes

Lesbian astronaut Sally Ride awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom

Sally Ride was the first American woman in space and the first known LGBT astronaut

London Pride gets ‘go’ with parade, party and rally

Lesbian tennis superstar Martina Navratilova to launch week of events. Summer Rites music festival added. Gala dinner with London mayor

‘Gay marriage bill will lead to lesbian queens, fathers marrying sons’, Lord Tebbit says

'I quite fancy my brother!', top Conservative peer says England and Wales same-sex marriage bill could allow him to marry his son

'Vietnam is not ready for gay marriage,' says Valentine Vu

Gay Vietnamese-Canadian fashion design lecturer who lives in Ho Chi Minh City argues Vietnam is not ready for gay marriage

Dubai forces Rhea Litré to perform out of drag

Authorities in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, have forced US artist Rhea Litré US to perrform out of drag

UN congratulates Vietnam on LGBT rights progress

UN's resident co-ordinator in Vietnam praises the Southeast Asian nation's LGBT rights achievements in the last year

Gay marriage will create another 'stolen generation', says Australian Christian Lobby

Australian Christian Lobby equates gay marriage to the removal of aboriginal children from their families, stolen generation representative calls for apology for 'disrespectful' and 'dehumanizing' comments

Chinese 'Groupon' site offers gay couples free trip to Canada to marry

China's biggest group deals website, Meituan, is offering a free trip to Canada for a gay couple to marry

New Yorkers march to remember gay man murdered last week

Protestors promise to remember the name of killed gay man Mark Carson

Archie Comics gay kiss issue inspired by attempted boycott by One Million Moms

Riverdale teen Kevin Keller will lock lips with boyfriend in Pop Tate’s diner

Gay marriage bill still on track despite fight in UK parliament

British MPs have rejected amendments that would have watered down or delayed gay marriage proposals