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.

Freddie Smith knows he's a part of something special.

The young actor, who received his first Daytime Emmy nomination this week, plays one half of a gay couple on the NBC soap Days of Our Lives in a storyline that fully integrates the characters with the rest of the fictional small town of Salem.

‘I never imagined that it would be this great,' Smith told Gay Star News in a recent interview. 'We had expectations but I just really love this storyline from the bottom of my heart. It’s nice to go to work every day and have such a positive impact.’

Transgender people have told top politicians of their bad experiences at the hands of the British press at a meeting in parliament.

The discussion was organized after the death of Lucy Meadows, a transgender school teacher who had been the subject of a critical news story and comment piece by columnist Richard Littlejohn in the Daily Mail, a leading UK tabloid.

LGBT people from across Europe and beyond will plunge into to the beautiful lake high in Austria’s mountains for the festival from 29 August to 1 September.

Talking place in Velden, at lake Woerthersee, the friendly festival attracts hundreds of guests in speedos and bikinis, swimming, relaxing and partying in the picturesque town.

Following the success of our partnership in 2012, Gay Star News has again dived into being a media partner this year, providing global coverage before, during and after the event.

Five-time Olympic medalist Greg Louganis debuts tonight as the 'dive master' on ABC's new celebrity reality competition Splash.

The man considered to be the greatest US diver in history, is sharing his expertise with a group of celebrities that include Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kendra Wilkinson, Louie Anderson and Keisha Knight Pulliam, among others.

‘I was hired as the judge but they moved my role into dive master,' he tells Gay Star News. 'I’m working with all of the celebrities who are on the show, getting them prepared for the competition.’

David Richardson joins us as a digital sales manager in our London head office. With over 10 years experience in senior management - including commercial, business, sales and marketing, David will develop GSN’s business as we expand the world’s best LGBT news source.

David says: 'I've joined Gay Star News with renewed excitement in selling “brand LGBT” to the world, driven by my faith in GSN as the new leading news resource for the international gay community.'

GSN is also welcoming Gareth Johnson to the sales team as our business development manager.

Jane Velez-Mitchell may not be as famous as Anderson Cooper, but she gets about as much airtime each night as the host of her own show on CNN's sister network, HLN.

Velez-Mitchell also beat Cooper out of the closet when in 2007 during a live radio show, she told listeners that she was in a relationship with a woman.

Since then, the 56-year-old television personality has felt more comfortable and fully authentic when covering LGBT topics.

GSN has been live one year this week when we soft launched into beta testing. Since our official launch in January 2012, we’ve continued to soar past our targets with massive monthly audience growth.

On top of this we’re now…

Jason Silva was keynote speaker at this year’s IBM Info on Demand conference and he took the time out of his busy schedule to record this quick video in support of gay marriage.

Silva opens his clip by congratulating Gay Star News for its ‘continued advocacy on behalf of freedom’, saying that there is ‘no place’ for governments to ‘legislate love’.

He states strongly that he 'completely support[s]' gay marriage, paraphrasing Abraham Lincoln to make a poignant statement on its current illegality.

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16 January 2012

Global gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender news and entertainment site, GayStarNews.com is now live and already smashing all its audience targets.

Comedian, writer and broadcaster Stephen Fry has got behind GSN and tweeted a message of support to his 3million-plus followers. This is a fantastic opportunity for us to shine and show what we do best – delivering quality journalism worldwide.

GSN is thrilled to announce that our editor Tris Reid-Smith has been shortlisted for the LGBT Entrepreneur of Excellence Award for his part in starting GSN.

Included in the shortlist are gay and trans activists and business people alike. Britain’s National Diversity Awards, sponsored by Microsoft, are designed to promote ‘unity in society’ and will be presented at a ceremony in Manchester on 21 September.

Tris said he felt his place on the final three for his category was shared with the whole Gay Star News team.