Australia's finance minister Penny Wong has slammed the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) for comparing the children of gay couples to the 'stolen generations' of aboriginal children who were taken from their families.

'Redefining marriage ignore[s] the consequence of robbing children of their biological identity through same-sex surrogacy and other assisted reproductive technologies,' said ACL's managing director Lyle Shelton yesterday.

Wong, who has a one-year-old daughter with her partner Sophie Allouache and is a practicing Christian, said:

I think it is probably illegal to go to bed early with a good book in Barcelona. Something about an early night is just wrong in the land of flamenco, fiestas and nights out starting at midnight. But no fear, a little bit of sun and some Gypsy King music and I am back in my 20s – flinging caution to the wind, staying up all hours and quaffing too much red wine.

Continuing our mission to profile the LGBT sports organizations of the world, we meet graphic designer Ricardo Mendi Serrano, communications officer for Elaios LGBT sports club which is based in Spain’s fifth largest city – Zaragoza.

When was the organization established?

Elaios was created after some of us participated at the 2003 edition of Eurogames in Copenhagen.

We wanted to organize something similar in Zaragoza.

Prostitution is a resourceful and adaptable industry. I don’t know why I’m surprised – for any profession to survive and thrive within the economic booms and busts of our world, there is almost a chaos-theory inevitability that where there is a need someone will find a way to make money satisfying it.

From an urban resort in New York City with a 5,000 square feet spa, to a rooftop pool and bar in Barcelona or an unbeatable location between the Great Barrier Reef and Daintree Rainforest in Australia, the world of gay and gay-friendly hotels and accommodation offers far more than you may realize.

Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Brent Ridge, a gay couple already known to some elevision viewers from their reality show The Fabulous Beekman Boys, won the CBS reality show The Amazing Race on Sunday (9 November) and its $1 million first prize.

The couple were unexpected champions since they failed to finish first in any of the previous 11 legs of the competition which included trips to Spain, France, Bangladesh, Russia, Turkey, China and other countries before the finish line in New York City.

A gay South Australian member of parliament will tie the knot with his boyfriend in Spain because his country does not yet recognize same-sex marriage.

Politician Ian Hunter and artist Leith Semmens will walk down the aisle in the Spanish town of Jun on 19 December.

The couple moved the date forward from January after the Australian Parliament rejected a proposal to legalize gay marriage.

'If we accept same-sex marriage, we have to accept polygamy as well,’ claims a spokesman for the Vatican.

The Reverend Federico Lombardi made the comment in reaction to the introduction of gay marriage in France by Francois Hollande’s government, the passing of similar legislation by the Spanish Constitutional Court and the legalization of same-sex marriage in three US states.

Is same-sex marriage not yet legal in your country?

Consider coming to Argentina, where since May 2012, gay couples from abroad can legally wed in four provinces including the capital city of Buenos Aires.

All you need is a copy of your passport and the address of your hotel.

Be forewarned, because your marriage will likely not be recognized when you go back home.

A Colombian transexual has been denied asylum in Spain.

According to El Diaro De Cádiz, the National Court ruled that the individual only wanted to avoid deportation from Spain.

The claimant, who has been in Spain since May 2000, submitted the petition 24 March 2011, five days after courts ruled the individual be kept in the Center for Foreigners in Algericas for subsequent deportation.

The news website did not clarify the gender identity of the individual, referring to the person as 'a transexual'

I’m pretty sure that I’m the last person in the world to have visited Barcelona.

Having spent a weekend there I can totally see why everyone raves about it.

After a fairly shaky start to summer in the UK, my house-mate and I decided that we needed some emergency GBT (Gay Beach Time) and after a bit of price-comparison on the most likely gay beach hotspots, we booked a reasonably priced flights-plus-accommodation package through Expedia.

With temperatures in the high C30s, Spain's beach-side party city is kicking into celebration mode for this weekend's Pride festivities.

The gay district of Eixample (referred to by locals as 'Gaixample') has been getting busier each night as the weekend draws near - we've met quite a few Americans and Canadians (many of whom were in town for the departure of a big RSVP Gay Cruise).