Los Angeles Pride has announced 2013’s honor award winners and Grand Marshal for this year’s pride march.

Straight allies of the LA gay community have been honoured along with several LGBT organisations for their community service, pride organizers Christopher Street West told GSN.

Among the honourees are a Super Bowl champion, USA’s first openly gay congressman and an 11-year-old transgender girl who fought for identity in school.

Gay Star News is already the official global media partner for prides in London, Brighton and Manchester in the UK and EuroPride in Marseille, France. GSN will be at all the parades handing out stylish Gay Star News tote bags with loads of fab goodies.

Pink Lake festival is back for all European gay festival lovers from 29 August - 1 September.

The beautiful Lake Woerthersee will once again be decked out with pride events from all around the world – bringing members of all LGBT communities together for a weekend of fun and frolics to end the long hot European summer.

The documentary Bridegroom tells the story of Shane Bitney Crone and what happened after his partner of six years, Tom Bridegroom, was killed in an accidental fall off of a building in their Los Angeles neighborhood.

Crone shared with Gay Star News in a recent interview how his life has taken unexpected turns since he made a YouTube video about how his grief was compounded by the heartless actions of Tom’s homophobic family.

It has been an arctic winter, but there is no better way to regain your confidence in England as the fabled 'green and pleasant land' than to jump into a car and head off to the Cotswolds.

This range of hills in western England is famous for its rolling countryside and honeycomb-colored villages that seem to almost grow out of the landscape.

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

Our flashmob will be filmed on Saturday (11 May) so the video can be released on 17 May for IDAHO.

The London Gay Big Band and the London Gay Men’s Chorus will be headlining the event and providing the music. And we have teamed up with talented young video artists to make the film.

Lebanese Minister of Interior, Marwan Charbel, declared publicly on TV that Lebanon is against ‘sodomy' and rhetorically wondered if married gay French couples should be allowed to enter Lebanon.

During an interview with Al Jadeed TV, Charbel referred to gays in an extremely derogatory religious term, ‘liwat’, referring to the cursed people of Lot, roughly translated as 'sodomy' and sometimes used to denote the meaning of ‘fags’.

LGBT rights advocates protested in front of the Lebanese Ministry of Justice in Beirut, after gay club goers were victims of abuse and illegal detention.

The rally shows growing confidence and anger in the country’s LGBT population. It is the first time people have come out in such a high-profile way specifically to fight for gay rights and have been prepared to challenge a government department and criticize the use of religion to justify homophobic oppression.

As GSN continues to grow internationally so does our media partnerships, and we’re delighted to welcome one of America’s largest LGBT celebrations to our pride portfolio.  

Taking place in West Hollywood, CA from 7 to 9 June, this three-day spectacle will feature a series of events to rival those of past years.

LA Pride officially kicks off with the Purple Party on 7 June. In addition, 2013 will also see the return of the Pride run, Dyke March and LA’s largest gathering of LGBT and LGBT supporters with Sunday’s Pride Parade.

GOProud's two co-founders, Jimmy LaSalvia and Chris Barron, plan to step down from their leadership positions in the gay Republican organization.

As reported by the site BuzzFeed, the conservative political group has earned a reputation for controversy in its four year history. This has forced US Republicans to, at the very least, consider embracing LGBT equality.

Excitement is starting to build for Manchester Pride 2013, one of the most popular LGBT celebrations in Britain, after the event's launch.

Patrons, friends, trustees and media supporters of the organisation gathered for an exclusive look at what can be expected from this year’s Manchester Pride, which begins on 16 August. 

It has been announced the theme for this year’s parade is Acceptable in the 80s. 

A gunman is accused of targeting ‘bears’ he met on gay dating apps for theft and rape.

The man from Kent, an outlying suburb of Seattle, is accused of having gone on a days-long violent crime spree and is now in jail on seven felony charges, reports Seattle Pi.

The most serious allegation against Laverne Lee Maxwell, aged 32, dates from 7 April.