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March 22, 2013

Tracey Emin’s ‘bloody brilliant’ bonus auction lot helps raise £375,000 for Terrence Higgins Trust at 30th anniversary celebration

A packed auction room at Christie’s was stunned into silence last night (21 March) as artist Tracey Emin spontaneously auctioned one of her famous neons at HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust’s 30th Anniversary Auction.

Emin – who had flown from Miami to London to attend – upped the ante with the surprise auction lot. The winning bidder forked out £58,000 ($88,000 €68,000) to get their hands the neon sign, which will be made in a color of the buyer’s choosing and will read ‘now love is for you’.

February 28, 2013

World Out Games 2017 has been awarded to Miami Beach

Reykjavík or Miami Beach? It’s a tough choice but that’s the decision that the World Out Games have been grappling with today at their meeting in Antwerp.

After site visits to both cities, delegates from as far afield as Los Angeles, Mexico, Manchester, Australia and Tonga gathered together for final presentations, deliberations, and a vote - which has ultimately gone the way of Miami Beach.

February 28, 2013

World Out Games 2017 has been awarded to Miami Beach

Reykjavík or Miami Beach? It’s a tough choice but that’s the decision that the World Out Games have been grappling with today at their meeting in Antwerp.

After site visits to both cities, delegates from as far afield as Los Angeles, Mexico, Manchester, Australia and Tonga gathered together for final presentations, deliberations, and a vote - which has ultimately gone the way of Miami Beach.

February 9, 2013

A judge in Florida has approved three names, from a gay man and a lesbian couple, to be included on their baby's birth certificate
 

A gay man who donated sperm to a lesbian couple will be included in their child's birth certificate.

A judge in the Miami-Dade circuit ruled that while the lesbian married couple will have sole responsibility over the two year-old child, the sperm donor Massimiliano Gerina will also be listed as the biological father on the birth certificate.

The trio had been embroiled in a legal battle over the past two years when Gerina sued the lesbian couple, Maria Italiano and her partner Cher Filippazzo, after they asked him to relinquish parental rights.

February 4, 2013

Rubem Robierb: 'When Sam and I began hanging out, I didn’t know anything about him'

Millions of television viewers may know Sam Champion as the longtime weather anchor on ABC's Good Morning America but new husband Rubem Robierb was not among them.

'When Sam and I began hanging out, I didn’t know anything about him - his world was not part of my universe,' Robierb says in the 'Love Issue' of Out Magazine. 'I don’t watch TV and I wake up at 9:30 every day.'

February 3, 2013

GSN is no longer neutral on the party city of Switzerland

I’m not good with early morning flights - I seem to spend most of the night wondering what the time is, worrying that I’ve slept through my alarm.

My Swiss flight was departing from London City - my favorite airport in London. It was a fairly subdued bunch of passengers that scuttled from the shelter of the terminal through the grey, steady rain and onto the small and nifty Avro RJ100 jet.

January 30, 2013

Alexander Kokorin and Pavel Mamaev, who set the world alight with their 'intimate' pictures, have denied they are gay

A Russian footballer has denied he is gay after pictures of him kissing, cuddling and sharing a bath with a male friend went viral.

When Gay Star News reported the pictures back in December, social networks were set alight by the idea two top-level professional footballers could be gay.

December 27, 2012

Miami ceremony to be performed by MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts

Sam Champion, weather anchor of ABC's Good Morning America, officially married Rubem Robierb in New York City last Friday (21 December) but that was only the first step in the wedding march for the couple.

They have headed down to Miami, Florida, where they will have a New Year's Eve ceremony with a more festive, party atmosphere.

Miami is Robierb's hometown and it was at a New Year's Eve party that the couple first met.

The ceremony will be conducted by MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts, a fellow newlywed.

December 4, 2012

The race to host major LGBT sports, human rights and culture event heats up

Openly gay Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo will today host a press conference which will announce the two cities that have been shortlisted to bid to host World Out Games 2017.

Gay Star News can reveal that the shortlisted cities are Miami Beach and Reykjavik.

November 28, 2012

America's secret service holds 'first ever' LGBT recruitment evening in Miami's South Beach

The day we see a gay James Bond or Jason Bourne may not be as far off as we thought after the CIA announced it is actively recruiting LGBT spies in Miami, Florida.

America's secret service has teamed up with the Miami-Dade Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce to sponsor a networking event at the LGBT Visitor Center in South Beach tonight (28 November).

November 21, 2012

A new video is going viral on YouTube. It shows American militaries dancing and singing like the Miami Dolphins cheerleaders

American soldiers in Afghanistan have been taking a break from conflict by recreating the Miami Dolphin Cheerleaders’ Call Me Maybe.

Without fear of the Taliban, the group of soldiers shoot missiles and show off their guns, while imitating the cheerleading squad of the National Football League's Miami Dolphins.

The cheerleaders covered Carly Ray Jepsen’s gay anthem this year and clearly won a few American soldiers as fans.

October 10, 2012

Swinging Richards argued that city ordinance was not being enforced at female strip clubs

Male nude dancing will live on at Swinging Richards, a gay strip club in North Miami Beach that had sued the city for the right to continue to have its dancers perform in the buff.

The club agreed to drop its lawsuit which challenged a city ordinance that prohibited the mix of nudity and alcohol. In exchange, Swinging Richards and the straight strip clubs Dean’s Gold and G5 are no longer restricted by the 1994 ordinance.

Swinging Richards had argued that the ordinance was not being enforced against straight clubs in North Miami.

October 10, 2012

Art Deco elegance provides the perfect frosting for SoBe's moreish cake of glam, glitz and hedonistic silliness

You know that image you’ve got in your head when you think of Miami? Sun, sand, bright, shiny sports cars and Margheritas so big they have a gravitational force of their own? Yup, it really is like that.

It’s not often a city lives up to expectations, but Florida’s southeastern metropolis really does do what it says on the tin.

October 10, 2012

Art Deco elegance provides the perfect frosting for SoBe's moreish cake of glam, glitz and hedonistic silliness

You know that image you’ve got in your head when you think of Miami? Sun, sand, bright, shiny sports cars and Margheritas so big they have a gravitational force of their own? Yup, it really is like that.

It’s not often a city lives up to expectations, but Florida’s southeastern metropolis really does do what it says on the tin.

October 8, 2012

For black history month in the UK, Gay Star News celebrate eight of history's most important black LGBT heroes

Pioneering and history-making, these eight black LGBT heroes need to be remembered. The sad truth is there have been many many more heroes whose stories have not been recorded for future generations. The stories we do tell here are those of remarkable individuals who overcame tremendous obstacles to clear the path for black and LGBT people to go further in the arts, politics and sport.

Richard Bruce Nugent (1906 to 1987)

October 5, 2012

Four cities are left in the running as World OutGames confirms that US city Denver has ruled itself out of consideration

Paul Brummitt, chairperson of selection committee of the Gay and Lesbian International Sport Association (GLISA - the organization that runs the World Outgames every four years) has confirmed today that US city Denver has withdrawn its bid to host the 2017 World OutGames.

October 2, 2012

Gay Star News meets Steve Adkins, president of Miami’s Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce

With over 600 members, the Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce in the Miami-Dade region is one of the few commercial LGBT organizations of its kind in the US.

Steve Adkins has been CEO and president since 2005, successfully steering the growth of the Chamber to become one of the leading business and tourism advocates in South Florida.

Originally from San Diego, Adkins moved to Miami in 1999 and now sees it as his adopted home.

October 2, 2012

Gay Star News meets Steve Adkins, president of Miami’s Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce

With over 600 members, the Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce in the Miami-Dade region is one of the few commercial LGBT organizations of its kind in the US.

Steve Adkins has been CEO and president since 2005, successfully steering the growth of the Chamber to become one of the leading business and tourism advocates in South Florida.

Originally from San Diego, Adkins moved to Miami in 1999 and now sees it as his adopted home.

September 25, 2012

Planning your holidays around your favorite gay sports? Here’s GSN’s guide to what’s in store

The world of LGBT sport is increasingly busy, with an ever-growing number of national and international single and multi-sport tournaments on offer.

One of the key drivers for this is the tourism value that can be created by an LGBT sports tournament, and major cities around the world are actively supporting local clubs and organizations to host events and attract international visitors.

September 25, 2012

Planning your holidays around your favorite gay sports? Here’s GSN’s guide to what’s in store

The world of LGBT sport is increasingly busy, with an ever-growing number of national and international single and multi-sport tournaments on offer.

One of the key drivers for this is the tourism value that can be created by an LGBT sports tournament, and major cities around the world are actively supporting local clubs and organizations to host events and attract international visitors.

June 23, 2012

National Hockey League forward Tommy Wingels will represent the You Can Play Project in Chicago Pride

One of the people marching in tomorrow's Chicago Gay Pride Parade will be Tommy Wingels, forward to the San Jose Sharks.

As reported by Outsports, the National Hockey League athlete will represent the You Can Play Project. According to the group's website it's committed 'to ensuring equality, respect and safety for all athletes, without regard to sexual orientation.'

May 28, 2012

Nude attacker makes a meal out of suspected homeless man's face in Miami, Florida

A naked man was shot dead by Miami police after he chewed off another man's face.

After seeing a naked man lying on the pavement eating his victim's face in the Florida city's MacArthur Causeway, a woman flagged down a passing police officer. 

He ordered the hungry nude to back away, but when he refused, he fired his gun and killed him.

May 23, 2012

Lords South Beach hotel to open first ever pride pop-up hotel for New York City Pride

Lords South Beach (LSB) in Miami, the first gay boutique hotel brand in America, is set to open the first pride pop-up hotel, Lords New York, when it takes over the Hotel on Rivington in New York.

April 16, 2012

Transgender son of Cher receives sunny welcome from gay pride revellers in Florida

Chaz Bono joined thousands celebrating at the fourth annual Miami Beach Gay Pride parade yesterday (15 April).

The transgender son of Cher and Sonny Bono, who shot to fame starring in hit US TV show Dancing With The Stars, was this year's grand marshal in the procession.