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City Spotlight: Rio de Janeiro
Brazil is known as one of South America’s most gay-friendly countries with advanced legal rights for LGBT people including equal age of consent, health benefits, immigration equality, the right to change legal gender, anti-homophobia laws, and most recently in May 2013, same-sex marriages were made legal nationwide. Brazil is a very diverse country and a popular holiday hotspot for many people,…
Rome is the epitome of a European capital city that has a rich history and culture, and is proud to keep it that way at its forefront. Its gay scene is not as prominent as other cities such as Paris, Berlin and Madrid – and you can probably “thank” the fact that the Pope resides there for that – but in the past decade or so has begun to catch up and cater towards its LGBT community and tourists…
Gay Homestays’ top 14 favourite but obscure LGBT musicians
If we were to ask you to name some of the world’s most popular out LGBT musicians, the first names that would pop into your head would probably be the likes of Freddie Mercury, Elton John, George Michael, Adam Lambert, Ricky Martin, Melissa Etheridge, k.d. lang, Tegan & Sara, Jessie J and Lady Gaga, right? But what about the lesser-known artists or those who have kept their sexuality more private…
Review: The Bodyguard, the musical
In 1992, Rachael Marron was brought to life as one of the most iconic divas on the silver screen in the 90s by, funnily enough, one of the world’s most iconic divas of all time – Whitney Houston. “The Bodyguard” was a huge commercial success, grossing over US$400 million worldwide and its soundtrack became the biggest-selling of all time, with over 45 million copies sold. Then, since 2012, not…
Top 10 singles from 10 Mariah Carey albums
Today marks the 20th anniversary since the release of one of Mariah Carey’s biggest singles (well, one of her many hit singles), “Dreamlover”, taken from her most successful album, Music Box. The song became her 7thNumber One single (of her overall 18 chart-toppers) in the US and the album has sold an astounding 30 million copies worldwide. Mariah is still one of the world’s top-selling artists…
While the UK experienced a white Christmas a whole month after Christmas itself and the coldest January it has had in years, team member Choon decided to escape the bad weather with a trip Portugal – namely the Algarve and Lisbon. Although January in Portugal is quiet in terms of tourism and the temperature is unlikely to exceed 15 degrees centigrade, the relaxing atmosphere and mild weather…
Top 10 Whitney Houston love ballads
A year ago on 11th February (3 days before Valentine’s Day no less), one of the greatest female artists and one of the world’s most praised vocalists of all time, Whitney Houston tragically passed away.
Goodbye Winter Hello spring! ☺️
Winter is behind us. Woooo! Spring is upon us. Time to say hello longer, brighter days. I have compiled 10 ways for us to greet spring with a warmer heart and a clearer head. 1. Channel your inner Cinderfella, clean away every one of those cobwebs away. Cleaner house, cleaner head, right?! 2. De-clutter. Make room for new memories.…
Last time we charted 10-6 of our top 10 celebrity lesbian coming out stories. It was hard to pick a top 5, but here are 5 great lesbian coming out stories. You may not be a celebrity, but if you are thinking of coming out, we hope we can provide a source of inspiration!
5. Lauren Morelli
Orange Is The New Black has some brilliant lesbian characters and actresses, like Samira Wiley who plays…
Top 10 Celebrity Lesbian Coming Out Stories: Part 1
Gay Homestays is celebrating the L in LGBT. If you’re a lesbian who’s thinking of coming out, you may not have to worry about being famous, but here’s how some of our favourite lesbian celebrities did it. 10-6!
10. Jodie Foster
In a Lifetime Achievement Award acceptance speech at the 2013 Golden Globes, the actress made light of long-standing speculation about her sexuality: ‘I have a sudden…
Gay Homestays’ Top Ten Gay TV Shows
There’ve been loads of great gay TV shows on over the years, and since we’ve done our Top Ten Gay Anthems andTop Ten Gay Anthems of the 21st Century, we thought it was about time we gave gay TV shows the Gay Homestays Top Ten treatment.
10. Cucumber/Banana/Tofu
So this is really 10, 11, and 12… three gay TV shows for the price of one! Set in Gay Homestays’ native city of Manchester, Cucumbersho…
Pride Preview: London Pride 2015
Now Christmas and New Year have been and gone and it’s still freezing cold, is it just us or are you also counting down to summer already? Or as we like to call it – Pride season!
If you live in London, Saturday 27th June 2015 is the day for your London Pride this year. And if you’re not from London, why not take the trip to check it out? It is of course a wonderful city, and an amazing Pride…
2014: Gay year in review part 2
We’ve already posted 10–6 of our ten biggest news stories, people, events and moments of 2014, and as we begin 2015, it’s now time to look back at our top 5:
5. Leelah Alcorn
The latest story in our 2014 countdown ended the year on an upsetting note, as this trangender teen from Ohio queued a suicide note on her Tumblr before walking in front of a vehicle on the Interstate Highway. If…
Gay Homestays Top 10 Gay Anthems
There are so many great gay anthems out there it’s almost impossible to choose the top 10! I tried to focus on not just my favourites but ten of the best, most iconic gay anthems of all time. Let us know if you agree and be sure to comment any that we left off!
10. Janet Jackson – Together AgainOkay, I failed already. I put this on…
Top five: Pop stars out right now
5. MikaMika is known all over Europe, currently splitting his time between appearing as a judge on the Italian version of X Factor andthe French version of The Voice. He said in 2009, “I’ve never ever labelled myself. But having said that; I’ve never limited my life, I’ve never limited who I sleep with… Call me whatever you want.”…
