Gay Star News joined forces with the UK capital’s talented LGBT singers and musicians to make a video to mark International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO).

While reports out for IDAHO today (17 May) again show the shocking levels of abuse, harassment, discrimination, violence and even murder faced by the world’s LGBT citizens, the GSN video tries to bring some hope.

Getting married is apparently the key to help gay men to live longer, according to a new Danish study.

Published in the International Journal of Epidemiology, the study examined 6.5 million adults from 1982 to 2011.

The mortality rate for married gay men plummeted during the course of the study, now hovering slightly lower than the rate observed for unmarried or divorced heterosexual men.

‘Among men in Denmark, it is more dangerous to be unmarried or divorced than to be married to another man,’ lead author Morten Frisch said.

The refugee appeals board in Denmark has set a precedent by granting asylum to a gay man from Afghanistan because he is at risk of persecution if he returns home.

'People normally have to demonstrate they are being persecuted in their home country in order to be granted asylum,' said the man's lawyer, Kåre Traberg Smidt, The Copenhagen Post reports.

A poll shows a majority of people in several European countries believe gay couples should be allowed to get married and adopt children.

However, the YouGov survey found France was divided on the issue with a slim majority against allowing gay couples to adopt.

The findings come ahead of an expected rally this weekend in France against the Socialist government’s plans to legalize same-sex marriage and adoption.

A gay bar which banned ‘straight kisses’ in Copenhagen, Denmark, is still splitting the LGBT community of the Danish capital.

Gay guide Homotropolis told GSN: ‘It’s not a written ban, it’s an unwritten rule, it’s always up to the owner to decide wether the customers are crossing the limits or not.

‘We haven't received any complaints from our readers.'

But the capital’s LGBT community is still split between those in favor and those against the rule.

At the last hour Danish authorities have put on hold a Guatamalan transwoman’s deportation that activists say would have put her life in danger. 

Fernanda Milan was due to leave Denmark last Monday (17 September) and it wasn’t until the afternoon of that day that she heard that the Refugee Board had decided to reopen her case.

Campaigners will march through the streets of Copenhagen to protest the deportation of trans woman Fernanda Milán back to Guatemala, where she fears she will be attacked and killed.

Activists will demonstrate in the Danish capital's Kongens Nytorv square on Saturday (8 September) at noon, where there will also be political speeches and music.

Guatamala has a shocking reputation for transgender hate crimes. A 2010 report showed that 13 transwomen were murdered over one year.

Copenhagen. Population: 1.2million. Residents who commute to work by bicycle: 36%.

The Danish capital is a city that is defined by light, space and water.

As a harbor city, encircled by lakes and canals, the combination of ever-present water and a low-rise planning scheme seems to bring the sky closer and make the air fresher. Also, the pace of life in Copenhagen is relaxed and unhurried - and everyone cycles everywhere.

Perhaps it’s this magic combination that leads to Copenhagen being a leader in lifestyle innovations and trends:

The Born This Way Ball is Lady Gaga’s third concert tour and her most ambitious yet. It's 110 shows in total - dates in Asia, New Zealand and Australia have already been completed, the European leg of the tour has just commenced and then it will be onwards to Latin America, South Africa and North America by January 2013.

A campaign has been launched to save transwoman Fernanda Milan from deportation back to Guatamala from Denmark.

Guatamala has a shocking reputation for transgender hate crimes. A 2010 report showed that 13 transwomen were murdered over one year.

Milan came to Denmark in search of a better life, but her treatment when she first arrived was far from what she hoped. She was placed in the men’s wing of an accommodation center for asylum seekers, where she was raped by several men.

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.

Gay comedy is nothing new to the Brits, for decades the have had the likes of Kenny Everett, Danny La Rue and John Imran gracing their screens. They are the queens of innuendo and double entendre but the jokes and double-entendres went over most peoples' heads and, in doing so, gave that the gay community a secret culture and slang language.