I think the flight to Toronto was the most fun I’ve ever had on a plane.

I was traveling with my friends Hendo, Billy, and Ginger Luke – we were heading to Toronto for a water polo tournament hosted by the Toronto Triggerfish (reportedly the largest LGBT water polo squad in the world).

Polopalooza is the annual LGBT water polo competition hosted by the Toronto Triggerfish (reportedly the largest LGBT water polo club in the world).  The 2013 event has just concluded with the final play-off match completed today, Sunday 28th April.

The growth in LGBT sports groups has been a major revolution in the gay scene in many parts of the world over the last decade or so.

But holding all these groups together and making sure they are supported takes a lot of work. One group, OutSport in Toronto, has taken on this task in their area.

As part of our continuing series profiling LGBT sports clubs and organizations around the world, we meet Shawn Sheridan – chair of OutSport.

When was OutSport Toronto established?

On Friday the Canadian province of Ontario appointed Kathleen Wynne to be its next premier – making her the province’s first female leader and the first openly gay or lesbian provincial leader in Canadian history.

Wynne, a Canadian Liberal Party MP, had previously served as the province’s Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing and Aboriginal Affairs before resigning from cabinet to run for the party’s leadership.

A transgender student in Canada is now allowed to use the men's toilets after the school previously banned him.

James Spencer, 16, was angry after Clarke High School in Ontario's Durham Region, near Toronto, told him he can only use the female washroom or a private bathroom which requires a key from the office.

Spencer enrolled at the school as a boy and collected signatures from about half the pupils for a petition in support of his complaint.

Rosie O'Donnell is back to work following a bad stretch that included a heart attack, wife Michelle Rounds bout with a rare disease and severe damage to her New York home from Hurricane Sandy.

The star tweeted a photo of herself, in costume, from the Toronto set of Bomb Girls on Wednesday (7 November). The television series is about women working in factories during the Second World War.

Canadians are calling for an all-gay high school in order to avoid violence and homophobic bullying in mainstream schools.

A community forum is discussing putting forward a proposal to the Toronto District School Board to establish the city’s first and only ‘gay-centric’ school.

Organized by 20-year-old Fan Wu, now a student of University of Toronto, said there was a ‘lack of education and a need for a school that encourages critical thinking, especially in areas of gender and sexual diversity’.

Mark Clayton is a colorful politician. According to Mother Jones, he's certain  a four football field large highway is being constructed, by the federal government, from Mexico City to Toronto. This imagined roadway is the start of the North American Union, and the official end of the US.

London's taxis will go from black to rainbow in a bid to bring the UK capital's gay community to Toronto for the next World Pride in 2014.

The city in Canada won the bid against Stockholm to host the global LGBT event and the colorful adverts will be printed on the taxis, complete with studded leather seats mimicking fetish wear and one with a fur effect. The tagline for the taxis is: ‘Ride with Toronto Pride’.

For four weeks the taxis will run through the UK capital, with Soho becoming a target spot.

While World Pride in London may not be what everyone was hoping for, Toronto means business.

According to organizers, Pride Toronto has been planning their World Pride festival for four years - taking place in 2014.

Canadian stars Corey Hart and Deborah Cox will perform on London’s stage this Saturday (7 July) to officially preview the event.

Pride Toronto co-chair Luke Amona said: ‘What better way for Pride Toronto to show its Canadian support than with these two incredible Canadian superstars.’

Ontario in Canada has amended its Human Rights Code to protect transgender people.

It is the first province in North America to extend the anti-discrimination law to include 'gender identity' and 'gender expression'.

Upon hearing the decision, which was agreed unanimously by all members of the legislature in Toronto, transgender people hugged and shook hands with MPPs in the lobby, reported CBC News.

Reykjavík in Iceland is gearing up for the 2012 International Gay and Lesbian Aquatics (IGLA) championship from 29 May to 2 June.

And despite being the world's most nothermost national capital, this gay-friendly city, complete with a lesbian prime minister, is guaranteeing a warm welcome.

Hundreds of competitors will travel from across the world to compete in swimming, water polo, diving, and synchronized swimming.