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How can a pink dot change society?

Gay Star News talks to one of the organizers of Singapore's Pink Dot, an annual LGBT awareness-raising festival
 

Fighting for LGBT rights within the law in Singapore

Gay Star News asks legal academic Lynette Chua how activists fight for LGBT rights in a country where homosexual sex is illegal

Making a splash: San Francisco Tsunami Aquatics

GSN meets one of the world’s first LGBT aquatics clubs

Dying of fear in the Philippines

After seeing too many of their friends die of Aids before even taking an HIV test, a group of gay men in Manila formed Love Yourself to educate their peers that they have nothing to fear but fear itself

Why LGBTs need political representation in the Philippines

The first congressional nominee of the world’s only LGBT political party talks to Gay Star News about the fight for democratic representation for the queer citizens of the Philippines

Power gays: Photographer West Phillips

GSN meets one of the men setting the aspirational ideal for the physiques of gay men around the world

What makes a gay comic book a smash hit in the Philippines?

The writer of the Philippines’ most successful gay comic book speaks to Gay Star News

Fancy a chat? It’s a full house at bingo

Bingo is now officially cool. And, provided you play responsibly, it can be a cheap night’s entertainment. We find out about making friends online with Chit Chat Bingo

Power gays: Banking boss Julia Hoggett

As the most senior gay woman at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Julia Hoggett has become a role model for others like her, despite her natural reticence

Matthew Mitcham bares all

Gay Star News interviews gay Australian Olympic diver Matthew Mitcham on the release of his shockingly honest autobiography

Tokyo Rainbow Pride planning a bright future for Japanese gays and lesbians

GSN meets the organizers of Tokyo Rainbow Pride

JET program develops support network for its gay and lesbian teachers in Japan

Stonewall AJET is an LGBT network that has grown from the Japan Exchange and Teaching program

Gay rights in the Manila slums

ProGay Philippines say extreme poverty is no reason not to fight for gay rights, as they start a new chapter of in a Manila slum

Will gay marriage come to Australia before 2014?

Gay Star News asks five of the key players in the Australian marriage equality debate if gay marriage will come to Australia before 2014. The one-word summary answer is ‘unlikely’. 

Beauties demand rights

A transgender woman from the Philippines recently won an international beauty competition, but Filipina trans rights advocate Naomi Fontanos tells Gay Star News there’s more to transgender life than looking beautiful

Why is Taiwan the best place to be gay in Asia?

There’s a strong argument that Taiwan has the best record for gay rights in Asia, Gay Star News asks seven why

New study: Gay marriage makes us healthier

A new study suggests that legalizing same-sex marriage has unexpected health benefits for gay men and lesbians. GSN asks Dr Qazi Rahman to explain why

The myths about gay sex

GSN reclines on the counselor’s couch to find out how a healthy sex life can help gay men have better relationships

Homophobic parents? ‘We all are, before we learn’

Loving parent of a trans daughter tells LGBT kids not to be afraid come out in Taiwan

How to find the perfect bra

Around 80% of women wear the wrong sized bra but help is at hand to get you looking good and feeling great

Why gay men love creating women's fashion

Gay designers enjoy dressing women as they're creating the female version of themselves

Why the US election will make history for gay America

Gay Star News takes a look at Obama vs Romney, the marriage equality battles in four states, and the gay and anti-gay candidates

The dark side of the blossoming Taiwan gay party scene

Around two-thirds of gay men with HIV in Taiwan are rejected by their families, says a charity worker

Gareth Thomas on gay athletes, Mickey Rourke and coming out

Welsh rugby star chats to GSN about making his acting debut as the Genie in Aladdin and why he doesn't care if Mickey Rourke looks nothing like him

Power gays: Claudia Brind-Woody, the IBM boss pushing diversity

We meet IBM vice president Claudia Brind-Woody and find out about her ambitions for gay workplace equality

Why corporates are ahead in the struggle for LGBT rights

Brian McNaught, a founder of LGBT training in the top corporates in the US, tells us about his career and how things have changed across four decades

A progressive history of gay rights in Taiwan

Taiwanese gay rights activist Nelson Chen runs through the progressive history of Taiwan’s LGBT rights movement

The truth about sexuality in ancient Greece and Rome

GSN takes a look into homosexuality in the ancient Greco-Roman world for LGBT History Month

Is there hope for gay Jamaica?

GSN speaks to three leading Jamaican gay activists about their new prime minister, their legal challenge to the country’s homophobia, gay murders and more

Meet the gay couple from that Barclays TV ad

We find out how a gay man was ‘street cast’ for he and his boyfriend to feature in one of the UK’s few mainstream TV commercials with an openly same-sex couple