The HETERO-FRIENDLY Concept Juan Julia, owner of the Axel Hotel Group, is interviewed by Stéphane Abela from LGBT Capital.  The Axel Hotels are a successful brand of HETEROFRIENDLY hotels, currently with a presence in Barcelona, Berlin and Buenos Aires. Juan, you chose to position your hotels as HETEROFRIENDLY, a variation on the term ‘straight-friendly’ frequently [...]

A gay pride march in a coastal town in Croatia ended in violence on Saturday when a stone-throwing mob attacked marchers. The march, in the town of Split, attracted 200 LGBT people and their allies, but police said thousands of people lined the streets in protest. Extremists then began throwing bottles, stones and firecrackers at [...]

Prague’s first Pride festival will take place this summer. The organisers are confident they will put Prague on the map as Central and Eastern Europe’s capital of diversity, even though Prague is the last capital in the European Union to host such a festival. The Pride team are currently preparing a programme covering five days of events [...]

A vote held online and around the city’s gay scene selected the theme for the August 6th festival. The announcement follows attacks on two of the city’s best-loved drag queens, Calvin Fox and Lady Sian. Liverpool’s Lord Mayor, Hazel Williams, said “Following the horrendous attacks on members of the gay community, this day is a [...]

LGBT pride or gay pride is the concept that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people should be proud of their sexual orientation and gender identity. The movement has three main premises: that people should be proud of their sexual orientation and gender identity, that diversity is a gift, and that sexual orientation and gender [...]

A new biography of African-American civil rights leader Malcolm X details his “early homosexual relationship with a white businessman,” among other things that he glossed over or ignored in his own accounts, reports The New York Times. The biography, Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention, was published Monday by Viking Press, three days after the [...]

Elizabeth Taylor’s estimated $360 million may land in the hands of manager and close friend Jason Winters, on whom Taylor “relied in her final years,” according to the Daily Mail. Winters, who is openly gay, met Miss Taylor the late 1990s through their work with Aids victims. The two developed a strong friendship that included [...]

More than 80,000 people have signed a petition calling on Apple to remove a ‘gay cure’ app from its iTunes store. The company is coming under increased pressure to remove the Exodus International app. Apple has not commented but critics have pointed out that it routinely removes apps deemed offensive. Banned apps include one mocking [...]

Last night, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) honoured Ricky Martin, Anderson Cooper and NBC’s 30 Rock among many others with awards for their contribution to the LGBT community. The GLAAD media awards were held at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square to celebrate the people and stories that are changing hearts and [...]

Insurance giant MetLife will be honored by gay rights group Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) at their annual gala in New York City. MetLife will receive the group’s 2011 Straight for Equality in Business award on Monday, March 14 as part of PFLAG’s third annual Straight for Equality Awards Gala to [...]