Tag: Gay Couples

A landmark court ruling in Italy recognises a gay couple as the legal parents of their children born to a surrogate. The Court of Appeal in the city of Trento ruled that both men could be named as fathers to the children. The surrogate mother in Canada, nor the fathers of the child have been identified. The children were conceived by artificial insemination. According to the court judges, parental relationships are not solely defined by a biological link. “On the contrary, one must consider...

We take a look at film’s most unforgettable LGBT+ power couples. Queer cinema has come a long way in the last few decades; no longer do LGBT+ couples have to keep their love a secret – they can enjoy happy (and disastrous) relationships like their straight counterparts. Here are some are the most memorable power couples from the big screen. Carol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4z7Px68ywk Although Carol didn’t sweep up at the Oscars last year, as expected, it still gained nominations for its two stars – the...

Have a hanky at the ready... Gay singer Christopher Krow has teamed up with social app Moovz to create an emotional music video about same-sex marriage. The video brings together clips of eight ceremonies as Krow passionately belts out his original song, Altar. Krow is an up and coming musician based in Seattle, WA. He believes that through his music he can help spread the simple message that love is love. ‘It’s so easy to stop believing in love during difficult times but...

All the PDA without the P! Tired of feeling uncomfortable holding your boyfriend’s hand in public? Want to be affectionate without offending heterosexuals everywhere? Then you’re going to love CoolBro, a clever new product from the genius minds behind Throwing Shade. The hilarious new TV Land series, based off of Bryan Safi and Erin Gibson’s hit podcast of the same name, released a commercial for CoolBro, “the safe and tasteful way to show affection in public.” The contraption is a giant cooler...

Missouri State University has agreed to pay Andrew Cash $25,000. A former Missouri State University student who sued the school for removing him from its counseling program because he refused to counsel gay couples will now receive $25,000 from a recent settlement. Andrew Cash filed a lawsuit against the school last year after claiming he was kicked out of the university’s master’s program for declaring he wouldn’t counsel LGBT couples because of his religious beliefs. According to the lawsuit, Cash’s internship coordinator,...

A politician who has pledged to attack same-sex adoption rights is the new favourite to be President of France… and his main opponent is a far-right nationalist. François Fillon was the surprise winner of the centre-right conservative primary this month, edging out competition from former President Nicolas Sarkozy and Former Prime Minister Alain Juppé ahead of next year’s Presidential vote. The hardline conservative candidate, a strong opponent of LGBT rights, is expected to face the National Front candidate Marine Le Pen...

Election news still got you down? Here’s something that may help restore your faith in life. Or at least your faith in your sex life. According to a study from the University of Toronto, same-sex couples have better, happier, healthier sex lives. 1,900 individuals of both gay and straight couples participated in the study, which was led by Jessica Maxwell, a PhD candidate in the Department of Psychology in the Faculty of Arts & Science. “Disagreements in the sexual domain are somewhat inevitable over time,”...

Argentina is one of the most gay friendly countries in the world. Since the fall of the repressive dictatorship in the 80s, the Argentinian government has been so supportive of the LGBT community that today it even promotes and funds a week in early August called BADiversa, which includes the Gnetwork360 gay travel conference. In terms of marriage equality, it was the first country in Latin America to legalise same-sex marriage in July 2010, making it the 10th in the world...

Hello again, fellas! You know the drill, we are going to go through this week’s novelties and we have to admit that there have been quite a few memorable ones. Just like we do every week, our interest is solely to keep you up to date with everything new taking place in the LGBT world and we are spending no expenses to do so. This being said, here are this week’s most interesting titles. Men get to establish what ideal penis...

Using Instagram as a showcase for your relationship is far from new, but there is a growing trend of gay couples starting joint accounts and cashing in on their relationship’s “brand.” Broadly recently featured several couples who have risen to prominence with their shared Instagrams, where they document their lives together, always through the lens of a happy couple. Squabbling doesn’t sell. They point to John Tuite and Carlos Santolalla as being among the first to create a popular joint account, called Jarlos420. They started...

Gay couples are embracing the special importance of the Big Day. In fact in the first half of 2015 over 2200 gay men got married in England and Wales, and that’s excluding civil partnership conversions. New traditions According to Woolton & Hewitt, a gay owned jewellery business specialising in same sex engagement and wedding rings, their customers are not simply adopting age old wedding traditions but are adapting them. Couples are creating new traditions that put equality at the heart of...

We all know that gay sex is awesome - from the very first fantasies we have, through to the moment we first try it and right up to our lives right now. But of course, after a while it can also get less frisky and less new and exciting, especially if we’ve maybe been with the same partner for a while. What can we do to help bring back a spark and make our sex lives really go bang? Switch...

I have a few reasons to proudly claim that being gay is a unique thing and us, who belong to this category should feel blessed for being so. Firstly, there is no other being in the world that can get on so well with girls, except for gay boys. For example, 4 of my 5 closest friends are girls. Even girl-to-girl friendships are not as strong as gay-to-girl friendships. Love the days when I go out with my girls and...

Braden Summers is a New-York-based photographer, who recently traveled all around the globe to complete his photo series "All Love Is Equal." This project, entirely funded via Kickstarter, is a set of 14 photos portraying gay couples in love. As a gay man, Summers was tired of the misrepresentations of the LGBT community in media imagery, so he decided to create in first person a beautiful and romantic set of images portraying only gay couples. He took these pictures in...