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Travel blogger couple on cruising in Ecuador and honeymooning in Antartica Do you ever hope to get married, and if so, would you consider a destination wedding? Sebastien: Absolutely and it’s definitely on the cards! Where would you go on your honeymoon? Stefan: This is the source of many arguments – my dream is of a honeymoon cruise to Antarctica. Sebastien: Whereas my ideal honeymoon is a road trip across the USA. https://www.instagram.com/p/BMML6XdAvoH/ Where’s been your best trip and why? Stefan: Our best trip to date was...

Victim Mantej Sandhu: 'I thought I was going to die. I thought forsure this was the end' A gay couple in Ohio, say they were viciously beaten by a group of men over the weekend. Bryson Beier and Mantej Sandhu tell a local TV station they were attacked while walking in the Columbus neighborhood of Short North early Saturday (28 January). ‘I thought I was going to die. I thought for sure this was the end,’ Sandhu tells 10TV. He says they were...

Norway’s first gay wedding in a church has taken place, just seconds after the change in the rules came in to force. Kjell Frølich Benjaminsen and Erik Skjelnæs tied the knot in the Eidskog Church in the South of the country just after midnight, making them the first same sex couple to have a marriage ceremony in a church. Paster Bettina Eckbo, who led the service, said it was “great fun and really cosy to be part of”. “They already represent the...

Couple who met on Big Brother say they were attacked Hughie Maughan, star of Big Brother and Dancing With The Stars Ireland, has claimed he was attacked in an alleged homophobic attack in Dublin yesterday (29 January). The gay reality TV star went to an awards show and an after party with his Big Brother co-star and fiancé, Ryan Ruckledge, when he says a ‘bunch of lads’ confronted them. Can’t believe what happened last night me and Ryan went to an awards...

Now this is heartwarming! Former Iraqi soldiers, Nayyef and Btoo, are the subject of the recent documentary film, Out of Iraq. The film chronicles the history of their relationship, starting with when they fell in love during the Iraq war, to then being separated for many years, before eventually being granted asylum in the west, and ultimately, getting married. The couple, who currently reside in Seattle, work with LGBT youth who have similarly fled from the middle east, in search of a better life. Ellen...

‘He proposed to me in front of the Buddhas so his word is real. He cannot lie in front of the Buddha.’ Like many couples who meet online Rick James and U Lay Sue were worried about meeting in real life for the first time. ‘Because you know the photo on the Facebook and then on the outside is very different. I didn’t know if he would accept me,’ James said. The couple began chatting on Facebook while James lived in Singapore...

Following Lush North America’s campaign reveal last week, Lush Australia also feature a same-sex couple for Valentine’s Day Lush North America released its Valentine’s Day campaign imagery last week. It prompted global gay love with its image of two men sharing a bath, the water colored by a signature Lush bath bomb. A website banner advert for the campaign also featured a female couple enjoying similar bath time fun. This week, Lush Australia and New Zealand has released its Valentine’s Day imagery,...

A restaurant has defended a policy restricting a ‘date night’ offer to opposite-sex couples. The Lake Restaurant in Brakpan, South Africa advertises a special Thursday night offer exclusively for couples. However, South African outlet Eyewitness News revealed that the owners explicitly ban gay couples from attending under the rules. In a clip filmed by the outlet, a manager denies entry to two men on a date, explaining: “It is not that we discriminate but on our Thursday we have it that it is...

Gyo Mendez had a gun held to his head as a vandal sprayed "fag" on his car. A married couple in Kansas City, Missouri is hoping to raise money for security cameras in their new home after being targeted in a hate crime over the weekend. Paul Oldham shared a post to his Facebook page that detailed the terrifying ordeal his husband, Gyo, endured late Friday night. “He explained between gasps that he had heard something outside and went out the back...

"I'm the worst teacher ... I make him so nervous" Anderson Cooper is teaching longtime partner Benjamin Maisani how to drive and it’s bringing out the worst in him. ‘He’s got a learner’s permit like a 16 year old. It’s the most embarrassing thing,’ Cooper told viewers while co-hosting ABC’s Live! with Kelly Ripa on Monday (23 January). ‘I’m happy about it on the one hand because I’m sick of being the one who has to drive every time we’re in a...

A couple from Manchester are featured in a Cornflake commercial for Kellogg’s UK. A gay couple are to feature in a new advertising campaign for cereal maker Kellogg’s. There will be eight different couples in the #MyperfectBowl campaign, where they talk about how they like to eat their Corn Flakes. Sales director Chris Hall and Mark Hearfield, a hairdresser, are from Bury and have been together for 22 years. In the video, Hall, 42, explains how he likes to eat his cereal with...

The handmade cosmetics brand has some Valentine's Day goodies that everyone can use Lush released a Valentine’s Day advertising campaign featuring gay couples and people are loving it. The handmade cosmetics brand posted a photo of a gay couple sharing a bath together. https://twitter.com/lushcosmetics/status/822156435416981504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw The Lush website banner also includes a lesbian couple playing with bubbles in a bath and laughing. Twitter reacts in sheer amazement https://twitter.com/swampxrot/status/822214807638130688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/GabrielleLeimon/status/822162210168389632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/_Isabellachanel/status/822159614573613056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/VergeofLove/status/822169462795141121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw This is not the first time Lush have actively shown their support for the LGBTI community, launching a #GayIsOK...

The couple went on a seven month break after struggling with their long distance relationship. Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black have admitted for the first time that they split up for a period of time last year. The Olympic diver and Academy Award-winning writer are engaged, but their plans for a dream wedding nearly crumbled during a difficult period in their relationship. “Lance and I had a period of time apart, and then coming back together and realising we’re meant for...

When they got onto the ticket list, they thought they'd be cheering for someone very different When they married in October, Kimball Allen and his husband Scott Wells were still hopeful Hillary Clinton would become president. Today, they’re attending the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump – to make a point, as they told The Stranger. ‘We’re not here because we’re excited to be here,’ the story of this gay couple begins. ’We’re here because we thought Hillary Clinton would become president. We asked our...