Anderson Cooper was ranked fifth in OUT magazine's annual top 50 list of powerful gay men and lesbians - the first year he made the list as an openly gay man.

Cooper had made the list year after year - one year even appearing on the cover of the magazine with Jodie Foster - but it wasn't until last summer that Cooper he publicly acknowledged being gay.

Foster, despite her very public coming out speech at the Golden Globe Awards in January, did not make the top 50 list which was unveiled today.

At this time of year many graduates around the world are starting to face up to their final exams, anticipating the results that they will achieve, and begin to turn their mind to what happens next.

Whatever you have been studying, for most people the logical first step is to try to secure a role in your chosen field.

It may sound straightforward, but getting your first job after graduation can be a bit of a challenge – it takes focus, determination, persistence, and a bit of luck.

Marriage equality is 'one of the most radical ideas considered since child sacrifice' according to Joseph Farah, founder and CEO of World Net Daily, a right-wing US portal.

In an editorial, Farah ranted: 'The Conservative Political Action Conference is for conservatives – not for people who seek to undermine the Judeo-Christian basis of Western civilization with one of the most radical ideas considered since child sacrifice'.

Sydney’s 35th annual Mardi Gras Parade has been a success despite an early threat of rain from bad weather that thankfully cleared up at the last minute.

It had rained the previous night and all day but that didn’t deter the hundreds of thousands who turned up to line Sydney’s Oxford Street to watch the parade - which itself contained 10,000 people across 110 different marching groups and floats.

Activist and film producer Sunghwan Kim (also known as Dave Kim) talks to Gay Star News about LGBT rights in socially conservative South Korea, and why he's getting married for money.

Why did you and your partner launch Rainbow Factory, a production company for LGBT-themed films?

The reason I started working in the film industry is through my boyfriend. He is the CEO of Generation Blue Film in Korea quite a big film company. He suggested, 'why don't you work with me?', because there was no gay film company in Korea.

Christmas Day may be a time for families to get together but there may be some family members who are feeling anything but holiday cheer.

There are plenty of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth who are suffering and that suffering could be a matter of life and death.

That's why The Trevor Project, the leading organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services in the US, is available 24-7 to let these youths know that they are not alone.

None of Britain or America’s leading companies have an openly gay CEO and that should change, leading out industrialist Lord John Browne has said.

Lord Browne, former CEO of oil giant BP, was speaking at Out on the Street, a summit on global LGBT workplace equality, in London today (13 November).

And he challenged a panel of colleagues from leading firms as well as an audience of top finance institutions to address the issue.

The Los Angeles Unified School District, the second largest in the US, has announced the launch of a program to try and protect LGBT kids from bullying and from wanting to commit suicide.

LAUSD has teamed with the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center for the effort called Project SPIN (Suicide Prevention Intervention Now).

A bad reputation for years, a vibrant present and a bright future with brand new museums and with the city of Derry being UK capital of culture in 2013 - that's today's Northern Ireland.

It's the place to be now, and tourists are flocking here to enjoy the welcoming atmosphere and the spirit of challenge. The challenge is of a country torn between its Britishness and its Irishness but making a massive effort to carve its own modern identity.

Informal but informed Danish Minister of Culture and Sport, Uffe Elbæk is jeans-wearing, openly gay and utterly un-stuffy.

Right now he’s heading to the Olympics to enjoy a week of events, including, of course, cheering on his Danish competitors. And on Sunday he will be visiting Pride House in Limehouse, East London – a venue to highlight LGBT sports during the games.

Australia’s largest LGBT community health organization has warned that Australia’s once world leading approach to HIV prevention is slipping behind that of other countries

In what could be seen as a 'you can't quit, you're fired' scenario, the Chick-fil-A fast food chain on Tuesday (24 July) said that as of last week, it was 'voluntarily recalling' Jim Henson Creature Shop Puppets Kids Meals toys due to 'a possible safety issue.'

News of the recall surfaced a day after The Jim Henson Company said it was severing their partnership with the chain because of Chick-fil-A's stance against gay marriage.