There are still 20 days to go on a crowd-funding campaign to raise money to send a book of stories of survival from LGBT Singaporeans to social service centers, but the project has raised double its intended target already.

The campaign to send I Will Survive to Singapore's Family Service Centres (FSCs) exceeded its initial $1,000 (US dollars, €756) target during its first weekend on crowd-funding website Indiegogo.

After a spate of nasty incidents involving coverage of trans people in the UK media last winter, charity On Road (which works to improve the portrayal of minorities in the media) is arranging a series of 'interactions' this summer.

The editor of an online gay and lesbian magazine was attacked last night in South London.

Christopher Bryant, editor of Polari magazine, and his partner Damon were walking home from Bryant’s birthday dinner through South London’s Betts Park when the couple was intercepted by a group of six men, who started speeding up and following the couple down the path.

Bryant told GSN that as soon as they started running, the men started running as well, and first caught his partner Damon.

In 2012, Gay Star News reported at least three separate deaths in the months of July, August and October where gay men died of suspected drug overdose in clubs and sex saunas.

Continuing our series devoted to meeting LGBT people around the world that are launching businesses, growing brands, leading their communities, or just doing interesting things, in this issue we catch up with Ibiza-based brand strategist Ryan James Lock.

What does a brand strategist do?

When confronted with Trans Media Watch’s evidence to the Leveson Inquiry into standards in the British press, Dominic Mohan (the editor of the Sun) said on oath to the inquiry: ‘I think we have improved our reporting in these matters ... we’ve raised our game in terms of transgender reporting.’

Macedonia’s state controlled media has been whipping up homophobia and outing allegedly gay members of the opposition ahead of the country’s local elections in little over than two months.

The Vecer daily, a paper aligned with the government of Macedonia, has publicly named and shamed pro opposition figures, accusing them of being gay and publishing their pictures.

We gather at The British Library to discuss the 200th issue of Diva with editor Jane Czyzselska.

Also should verbal homophobic abuse be reported? A new gay country night in Soho called Rednecks! Is it harder for lesbians than gay men in sports, and straight French politicians kiss for gay rights.

Plus all the GayStarNews.

A few months ago I was working on a business magazine for Condé Nast’s contract publishing division. Over a content planning lunch at Japanese restaurant Sumosan in London’s Mayfair, Darius Sanai - the considered and intellectually intimidating editor - quickly corrected me mid-pitch as I excitedly outlined article options: ‘No, no - we don’t use the word “pamper” or “pampering”, that is not what this magazine is about. Find another word.’

The mainstream British media's hate of trans people has been sharply exposed in the last few weeks and the community is hitting back.

Sick of lazy media misrepresentation, vilification and outright hate speech, trans people and allies in the UK have, over the last two weeks, become visible.

Former equalities minister Lynne Featherstone has called for Observer editor John Mulholland and writer Julie Burchill to be sacked following the publication of a transphobic column.

'Julie Burchill rant against transgender community is absolutely disgusting – a bigoted vomit for which the Observer should sack her', tweeted the International Development Minister.

After her initial comment, the Liberal Democrat MP tweeted: 'If this was a different group I think there would be even more outrage sadly'.

Television host Piers Morgan is facing the wrath of God-fearing Americans after calling for an 'amendment' to the Bible to allow gay marriage.

The former British newspaper editor compared the Good Book to the US constitution while interviewing celebrity pastor Rick Warren on his CNN chat show.

Suggesting Christians should change the word of God to fit with public opinion on same-sex marriage laws, Morgan said: 'Both the Bible and the Constitution were well intentioned but they are basically, inherently flawed. Hence, the need to amend it.'