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Grammy and Oscar winner Melissa Etheridge on coming of age politically and musically

'I wasn't going to be up there and be famous and go, 'Oh, I'm not gay''

Gay filmmaker Ira Sachs is ready for anything at Independent Spirit Awards

His movie Keep the Lights On is up for four awards on Saturday

Gay man transforms winners envelope at the Oscars from afterthought into classy keepsake

Marc Friedland: ‘I thought it merited some iconic stature’

Remembering Mario Mieli, Italy's 'first gay intellectual'

He died 30 years ago but he is still alive in the Italian LGBT people's memories and in the Circolo Mario Mieli association's activities

Alan Turing: World War II hero, social disgrace, gay icon

Alan Turing is now famous as a gay war hero and the father of computing, but the events leading up to his suicide are less well known

'It's a baby' - the truth about intersex

Gay Star News interviews the director of Intersexion, a new film that tells the story of the one in 2,000 newborn babies who don't fit neatly into a pink or blue crib

Not drowning, waving with the gay swimmers

GSN profiles LGBT aquatics club Northern Wave in north west England and finds they are diving in to a range of events

Valentine's Day: GSN readers show their romantic side

As more countries vote in favor of same-sex marriage, we asked our readers to tell us their most romantic stories

Alternative gay lifestyles: Reiki healer in northern Thailand

After ten intense years of human rights work in London and Hong Kong, Mark Allison now runs a healing and coaching practice in Pai, a small town in the mountains of northern Thailand

Meet the MPs deciding on the next stage of gay marriage

19 members of parliament will now meet in committee to decide on each aspect of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill

Pope Factor: Who will be the next Pontiff and what will that mean to gay rights?

Place your bets on who will be the next Pope. But more important than the winner is the direction they will take the church, including on LGBT issues

All the glitz at the GLLAM swim meet in London

GSN previews the 2013 London LGBT swimming competition

Gays get organized in Brussels

GSN meets the team at Rainbow House in the capital of Belgium

Power gays: Tom Hoemig, the king of networking in Brussels

GSN travels to Brussels to meet with the man behind the English Speaking Gay Group

What has to happen now for England and Wales to get gay marriage?

British MPs have voted for gay marriage. But the next stages of the Bill may prove to be a bumpy road through the comitttee stages and the House of Lords

Power gays: Stefan Willi the party boy

GSN travels to Zurich to meet the driving force behind the city’s best gay parties

How gay porn forced one politician to quit his election race

Alessio De Giorgi, founder and owner of Gay.it, was forced to pull out of Italy's general election with Mario Monti's party because he owns dating websites

The gay sports group getting Zurich moving

GSN visits Zurich and meets the local LGBT sports organization

From yoga to theater, the gay sports group uniting Brussels

With over 700 members and a 20 year history, Brussels Gay Sports group keeps innovating

Gay politicians prepare for victory in Italy's elections

At least five openly gay and lesbian politicians have a strong chance of winning seats in the Italian general elections. What will they do when they get there?

Power gays: Fearless Dutch designers Viktor and Rolf

GSN pays tribute to Amsterdam’s uncompromising design duo

Education for equality in Burma

Gay Star News interviews Aung Myo Min who is helping to build the LGBT rights movement in Burma

The next battle to free gay men from HIV

GSN talks to community leaders around the world about the focus and funding for the fight against HIV

Dive in to an ocean of gay swimming in Auckland

GSN meets LGBT aquatics club Team Auckland Masters Swimming

Gay rights in South Korea

South Korean filmmaker and activist Sunghwan Kim talks to Gay Star News

The seven ways civil partnership isn't the same as marriage

GSN compares civil partnership and marriage as the UK government publishes its gay marriage bill for England and Wales

The rise and fall of the lesbian shock factor

GSN asks if girl-on-girl action and celebrity lesbian publicity stunts have lost their ability to shock and titilate

Gay style report: Berlin Fashion Week AW13

GSN dons the big sunglasses and surveys the catwalk thrills and spills from Berlin

Trans Brits demand to be freed from a hate-filled media

Burchill anti-trans rant sparks protests at the Observer and Telegraph newspapers against media hate speech

Justice for trans sisters in Malaysia

Gay Star News interviews Thilaga Sulathireh, a woman dedicated to helping trans women fight the law in Malaysia