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First Annual “Give Out Day” – Thursday, May 9th

8 May 2013 – 7:03 pm |
Give Out Day

This Thursday is the first annual Give OUT Day. The IGLTA Foundation is the charitable arm of the International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA). The foundation is responsible for annual scholarships related to LGBT tourism …

My top European picks for gay travelers this summer

1 May 2013 – 10:00 am |

Summer is (finally) just around the corner. I’ve got some ambitious travel plans to try and visit some of my favorite destinations, but also visit new places that have been on my bucket list for a while. …

Olympic hunk Matthew Mitcham visits Cairns for the first time

14 April 2013 – 12:45 pm |
Matt Mitcham gay cairns

Australian Olympic diver (and gold medalist) Matthew Mitcham recently visited Cairns, Australia to promote a new gay travel website, Go2gayCairns.com. The website hopes to promote Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef to LGBT travelers.

Cairns, with …

New gay magazine launches in Singapore

12 April 2013 – 7:25 pm |
Element - gay magazine Singapore

I‘m a big fan of magazines and one of the newest gay magazines has just launched in Singapore. ELEMENT is Singapore’s first lifestyle magazine for gay men
Homosexuality is criminalized in Singapore, but things seem to …

The Circuit Week in Croatia: Sailing adventure this summer!

9 April 2013 – 1:33 pm | 2 Comments

A recent post on Gay Star News included several insights into 2013 gay travel trends. In the article, friend of My Gay Travel Guide, Robert Sharp, listed Croatia as one of the potential hotspots for …

New website for gay apartment rentals: MisterBNB

4 April 2013 – 3:54 pm |
mister bnb

Wasting my time on the internet the other day, I discovered mister bnb—a new website that offers gay and gay-friendly travelers a way to find short-term apartment rentals specifically tailored to the gay community. Anyone …

Berlin launches hotel network for LGBT guests

30 March 2013 – 12:26 pm |

I’ve written plenty of articles about Berlin’s oh-so-gay character. From hip gay bars to downright dirty clubs, Berlin is one of the world’s best places to live and to visit for the LGBT. Already, some …

Expedia supports marriage equality in USA

29 March 2013 – 11:30 am |
equality

So many profile photos changed red this week in support of gay rights in the USA. The equality meme spread fast and far and eventually included many celebrity and company supporters. One of the few …

Hamburg’s gay nightlife

27 March 2013 – 10:30 am |
talstrasse

All I knew about Hamburg’s nightlife was that the Reeperbahn is legendary. Hamburg has a reputation for being one of Germany’s sex tourism capitals. Basically, prostitution is legal  in several areas along the Reeperbahn—a large …

Traveling with your partner

26 March 2013 – 3:39 pm |
gay couple traveling

This week’s column from the Gay Dating Expert!
You’ve been together for a while, perhaps months, perhaps years, you enjoy each others company and you share the same goals, aspirations and the white picket fence ideal …