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October 22, 2012
Gay atheist leaves $700 in will to war criminal

84-year-old Canadian 'moved' by plight of former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr

A gay atheist from Canada has left $700 in his will to convicted war criminal Omar Khadr because his story 'moved' him.

Jack Hallam, of Salt Spring Island in British Columbia, said he wanted to leave the 26-year-old Canadian citizen the money after hearing how he was treated during his 10-years at US military prison Guantanamo Bay.

'I think the young man has been treated abominably,' the 84-year-old told The Canadian Press.

'His story just moved me. He was tortured, he was kept in solitary confinement, he had light deprivation.'

July 19, 2012
Canadian couple win discrimination case against bed and breakfast owners

A Canadian gay couple have won their case against a Christian couple who denied them a room in their bed and breakfast and then tried to claim their home was a place of worship

A gay couple who were refused a room at a bed and breakfast in Grand Forks, British Columbia, have been awarded $4,500 in costs and damages.

Shaun Eadie and Brian Thomas took bed and breakfast owners Susan and Les Molnar to court after Susan initially accepted their reservation before husband Les rang back to check if they were a gay couple.

When Eadie confirmed that they were he was told that it was ‘not going to work out’ and Les Molnar cancelled the booking.

Eadie and Thomas later made a human rights complaint.

July 11, 2012
From statues to ships, how history's gays have left their mark

GSN looks at how some of the greatest gay, lesbian and bisexual people in history have been remembered

With a gay rights activist having an asteroid named after him, GSN have been discussing what we’d like to have named after us. Call us grandiose, but for inspiration we’ve looked at gay people honored through history.

Here are the ones who stood out most in our gay family tree.

April 27, 2012
Split lesbian couple ordered to share leftover sperm

A court in British Columbia, Canada, ruled that a former lesbian couple must divide sperm which they had left in a fertility clinic

A separated lesbian couple in Canada have been ordered by a court to share leftover sperm.

Despite dividing their assets when they split in 2006, the British Columbia couple forgot about the 13 vials, known as straws, of semen which they had frozen in a sperm bank.

However, in 2009 one of the women, identified in court by the initials JCM, wanted to use the sperm to have a baby with her new partner, the Vancouver Sun reported.

December 20, 2011
Jewish gay leaders send Hanukkah messages

Jerusalem Open House and New York rabbi give GSN readers their greetings for festival of lights

Jewish LGBT people across the world will be lighting their candles for the annual Hanukkah festival this month.

The eight day festival is also known as the festival of light because it centres around lighting nine candles on the Menorah candle holder.