Meituan, a Chinese version of Groupon, the group deals website, is offering gay couples the chance to marry in Canada for free.

'On 20 and 21 May, Meituan Rainbow Day, we support comrades [slang for gay people],' the deal site says, 'because we believe that marriage is not about similarities or differences, it's about true love, regardless of gender'.

Henry Badenhorst, co-founder of Gaydar, the website which revolutionized gay dating, has sold his shares and left the business after 14 years.

A new investment partner has been brought in to allow a management buy-out of the company. Gaydar will now be headed by former manager Trevor Martin who becomes chief executive officer.

Badenhorst set up Gaydar with his boyfriend Gary Frisch in 1999 after a friend complained he was too busy to look for dates.

A new video from the United Nations – warning countries who fail to protect LGBT people that they are breaking international – law has gone viral on YouTube.

The UN Human Rights office released the video on 14 May, telling LGBT people they are not alone and promising to work for their protection and freedom.

After Gay Star News highlighted the video others started to share it and it went from 368 views on YouTube to 65,000 now.

Former British X Factor contestant Lloyd Daniels is stripping off for an acting job on sell-out gay comedy play Up 4 A Meet?.

And the boy next door who won gay and straight hearts whena appearing on the talent show has confessed he would like to be a naturist.

The 20-year-old singer, who is a regular performer at London's top LGBT nightclub G-A-Y, will play gay dating app user Scott in the production.

As professional sportspeople around the world tentatively begin to be open about their sexuality, there has been a lot of discussion in the media about how to create a safe environment for LGBT people in sport.

It seems that Australia may be leading the way. We spoke with Ian Wilby, president of LGBT sports organization Team Sydney, to find out more about their work and why they’re not focusing on homophobia in sport.

When was Team Sydney established?

Openly gay pop star Ricky Martin has taken to Twitter to celebrate the legalization of same-sex marriage in New Zealand and says that marriage equality in Australia is inevitable.

Martin is in Australia to star as one of the celebrity coaches on the Australian version of The Voice and used his Twitter account to post a YouTube video of the aftermath of the passing of New Zealand’s same-sex marriage bill in which MPs burst into applause and then rose to sing a traditional Maori love song.

With the trend in extravagant marriage proposals on the rise, it’s more and more difficult for people to come up with original ideas for expressing their undying love.

But this flash mob proposal in the Castro District in San Francisco is definitely worth a watch. 

It boasts the unbeatable combination of an unsuspecting fiancé-to-be, Beyoncé and an incredibly enthusiastic crowd of onlookers.

Tim, who popped the question to his partner Bennie, says after he proposed 'two beautiful rainbows appeared' in the sky. Gay-mazing.

Gay rights activists are pleading with assembly members to vote for same-sex marriage on Monday (29 April), warning rejecting the motion could threaten the economy.

The motion, tabled by Sinn Fein, will see whether the country will progress on equal marriage.

Last October, assembly members rejected a proposal saying same-sex couples should have the right to marry.

Amy Grant, the most successful Christian music recording artist of all time, says she has always embraced her gay following.

The singer says she never felt the need to reconcile her faith with her acceptance of gay people.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower  won best film and Raising Hope, American Horror Story and Days of Our Lives took home television prizes at the GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles Saturday (20 April)..

Wallflower writer-director Stephen Chbosky told the star-studded crowd, which included Leonardo DiCaprio, Charlize Theron, Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Evans, that he wanted to make a movie that would make kids who felt different feel less alone.

As a supporter of LGBT rights and a member of the heavy metal subculture, I think it is time both movements started working together around the world to end violence against us.

UK’s Greater Manchester Police (GMP) recently branded attacks on members of alternative subcultures as ‘hate crimes’. I am pleased with this classification – but it is only a small step on the road to equality.

Attacks on such people are not reported often. So every society has much work to do. This includes attacks carried out in and by anti-gay nations like Indonesia and Uzbekistan.

Want your heart broken? Listen to LGBT teens reared in the Christian church. Most will relate stories of being told, from the pulpit and parents, they will be dammed because they happen to be attracted to people of the same gender. Writer and reporter Jeff Chu was born and raised in a religious household. He's accomplished and married (to a man), but his mother cries to sleep at night certain her son is destined to an eternity with Satan. Chu also has his own doubts.