Last week, we took a look at the most gay-friendly places to live in the U.S. Today we are zooming in to have a look at California, assuredly a great place for gay people to call home. We reviewed The Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) “Equality Index” which evaluated 137 U.S. cities from all 50 states…
In celebration of Pride Month, I’m taking a little excursion around the U.S., breezing through some old and new gay friendly places. This week, a general look-see at the country as a whole and then next, a close-up on our fair state of California. Let’s start with the criteria. What does it mean, exactly, to…
The media continues to lavish both praise and criticism on Italy’s treatment of the LGBT community after it reported in TheDailyBeast.com that Italy’s High Court has allowed a couple to remain married even though one of them has successfully completed his transition to a woman. “For 20 years, [Alessandro] Bernaroli struggled openly with gender dysphoria,…
The frozen food company Findus has created what TIME reports to be the first gay-friendly ad in Italy. The ad, which does not show faces, features a mother and her son, Luca, who are discussing the microwaved pasta cooked by Gianni, Luca’s roommate and boyfriend. “Mom, there is another small surprise … Gianni isn’t just…
Last year, a court in Moscow ruled that the Pride celebrations cannot take place for the next 100 years. This means that organizing a Pride event in the city can first be realized in 2112. Now Stockholm Pride wants to invites all Russians to instead # GOWEST and celebrate Pride in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. They…
Visit Sweden have announced that their movie Glorious Stockholm, promoting Stockholm as a gay-friendly city has won a total of seven awards, one jury’s choice awards and received one nomination. The awards are as follows:- Berlin Toura d’Or (2nd place)- Peoples Telly Awards on YouTube (2nd place)- Riga Tour Film (2nd place)- New York Festival…
