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April 16, 2013
Pride pack - Deadline extended

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Gay Star News are official media partners for three of the UK’s biggest LGBT events taking place this summer; London Pride, Manchester Pride and Brighton Pride and for EuroPride 2013 taking place in Marseille, France.

April 3, 2013
Rural county of Wiltshire gets ready for first gay pride

UK charity, Rainbow Rooms, brings gay pride to British countryside county of Wiltshire

The first Pride of Wiltshire festival is set to take place this September.

UK LGBT charity, Rainbow Rooms, has teamed up with the historical Hampworth Estate to host the event which will bring all Wiltshire LGBT communities together.

The festival weekend has been confirmed for Friday 13 to Sunday 15 September 2013.

March 11, 2013
GSN welcomes two new members to the global sales team

Gay Star News today (11 March 2013) announces two major new appointments to our expanding global digital sales team.

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.

January 15, 2013
'Soirée Diversité' awards ceremony launches at Berlin Film Festival

International personality to receive Teddy special lifetime achievement award at glam ball

This year's Berlinale, the Berlin International Film Festival, is set to showcase the best in queer film.

And at the first ever Soirée Diversité ball on 13 February, 250 guests will look on as a special Teddy Award is presented to a celebrity or director for lifetime achievement.

This year sees the 27th annual Teddy Awards ceremony, which has been described as 'the most important queer film prize in the world'.

October 2, 2012
Gay Nigerian risks death by being deported

UK authorities are insisting on deporting a gay Nigerian asylum seeker, despite him facing a possible death sentence and a campaign to let him stay in Bradford

UK authorities are insisting on deporting a gay Nigerian asylum seeker, despite him facing a possible death sentence and a campaign to let him stay in Bradford.

Olalekan M Ayelokun fled from Nigeria eight years ago to escape persecution because of his sexuality.

UPDATE: 6.30pm GMT, 2 October GSN has just been informed that UK authorities plans to deport Ayelokun on Charter flight PVT090, flying from Heathrew tonight at 11.27pm GMT.

September 25, 2012
Bullied, beaten, abused and ‘exorcised’

Ugandan lesbian asylum seeker Freda Nsumba pleads for help to halt her deportation from the UK

When Freda Nsumba was outed as a teenage lesbian in Uganda the treatment she says she received was barbaric. She claims she was beaten, forced to walk on her knees until they bled and fed goats’ blood to cast out her demons.

Now she’s claiming asylum in Britain, saying she faces persecution, arrest and abuse if she is forced to go back home.

But her case lies in the balance and she could be flown home as early as this Friday (28 September).

Here is her story in her own words, as far as possible.

August 12, 2012
London 2012 Olympics: an LGBT legacy?

How a geeky gay boy became a sports hero and is now spearheading the bid to provide an LGBT legacy from the London 2012 Olympics

I'm in my mid-40s. School sports on the rugby fields of Wales was not inspiring for a young gay boy, slightly geeky and the shortest in the class. Games lessons would start with the humiliating ceremony of the two sportiest jocks being selected by the PE teacher, and they would pick off, one by one, the fittest lads for their teams. I would always be left until last – which meant I wasn't even chosen at all.

August 11, 2012
Sydney Mardi Gras plans to open Australia’s first LGBT museum

The organization that puts on Sydney’s annual Mardi Gras festival has announced plans to open its own museum celebrating its history and the history of LGBT Australians

Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras has announced plans to establish a museum to celebrate its history and the history of the struggle for LGBT rights in Australia.

Museum collections relating to the Sydney Mardi Gras already exist in other museums, most notably Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum which has a collection of extravagant costumes, but this is the first time that plans for a dedicated LGBT museum have been announced in Australia.

March 21, 2012
Be part of Madonna tribute video

Celebrate release of MDNA album by contributing fan photos to YouTube video

To celebrate the release of Madonna's hotly anticipated new album MDNA, on 26 March, two fans are creating a special tribute video for the queen of pop.

Joey Faye and Kevin Wethington are celebrating the gay icon's comeback with a compilation of her greatest hits.

But to make it extra special, the pair are looking for die-hard Madge fans to contribute by sending them a photo of what the Material Girl means to them.

March 1, 2012
You can be your own publicist

How paying attention to your PR can help you land your dream job, build your business or get the relationship you want

Every celebrity and nearly all major brands have a PR team, dedicated professionals to manage their image, change how they are perceived and draw attention to the good things that they do! There is a great quote that reads ‘everything you say and do is public relations’ – hiring a PR agency or a publicist is just a way of focusing and refining the messages that you want to send out.