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Article Archive for April 2013

Brighton: one of Britain’s Top Gay Destinations

27 April 2013 - 4:50 pm |

Brighton is one of my picks for hot summer holiday this year! Check out this guest post from Cassandra Kinsey on just why this seaside city is hot!

For more than a century, the seaside city of Brighton …

Gay pride in Israel - gay tours to the Holy Land

27 April 2013 - 2:09 am | 2 Comments
Milk & Honey Tour - Israel

Tel Aviv seems to be the buzz word among gay travelers these days. From my own personal travel experiences, Tel Aviv has been a gay travel hotspot for a while. At some point in the …

About homosexuality in Turkey

16 April 2013 - 4:43 pm | 8 Comments
turkey

Mike sent in this article about homosexuality in Turkey today and I found it an interesting and enlightening read. Here’s a brief excerpt, but be sure to click through to read the full story on …

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 …

Gay Dating Expert: Travel tips for active & passive travelers

4 April 2013 - 10:30 am | One Comment

He’s into cocktails, sun-loungers and reading the latest Jackie Collins and you’re into rock climbing, camping in the rainforest and white water rafting. Where to go, and what to do? The Gay Dating Expert lists …

The New Gay Marriage Law and UK Attitudes to LGBT People

2 April 2013 - 10:00 am |
gay marriage UK

This February in the UK’s House of Commons, an historic vote was held. Members of Parliament were asked whether or not they would support a law recognising the rights of same-sex couples to marry. The …