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Source: World Hum , Christian Science Monitor , Haaretz Gay tourism to Israel has spiked in recent years, spurred in part by the country’s reputation for open-mindedness: gays can serve openly in the military and even register as married couples. While Israel welcomes expansion of its tourism market...

Source: Press Association , The Age Plans to run a hotel out of a former home of the von Trapp family immortalized in the The Sound of Music have triggered fierce resistance from neighbors who fear tourists will cause traffic problems and nuisance. The 125-year-old villa is perched on the outskirts of...

Source: Financial Post , Exchange Morning Post A new study confirms what savvy marketers have known for years: the gay community has major wallet clout and represents vast potential growth for marketers. That's especially true in Canada according to the study commissioned by the International Gay...

Source: The Age , Advocate (Tasmania) A town in the Australian island state of Tasmania is up for sale, and gay rights activists say homophobia is to blame. Property developer Stephen Roche had plans to transform the spectacular ramshackle town of Penguin, on Tasmania's north-west coast, into an...

Source: Montreal Gazette Montreal's Gay Village will be the site of the city's longest pedestrian mall this summer, after city officials announced this morning that Ste. Catherine St. will be closed to motorized traffic between Berri St. and Papineau Ave. from June 17 to Sept. 3. Qnews update...

Source: Financial Times Lehman Brothers and other international investment banks are actively recruiting gay and lesbian students who aspire to be bankers. Such is the enthusiasm among investment banks that some have banded together to give their Asian recruiting events a higher profile, taking it in...

Source: Guardian , BBC News In 2005 when Stonewall's first Workplace Equality Index (WEI) was revealed six of the country's top 100 employers for lesbians and gay men asked to remain anonymous rather than be associated with a "gay list". Happily, that situation is now unthinkable as...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada (CMC) -- The Grenada Government yesterday announced that it would not prevent several cruise ships carrying gay passengers from docking at Port St. George over the next few months. A statement from the Ministry of Tourism says there has been a negative...

Source: International Herald Tribune BUENOS AIRES -- Home to the sexy tango dance and swarthy meat-eaters, this South American capital has long been thought of as a bastion of macho attitudes. But a new hotel here is adding to the city's growing image as a bastion of gay-friendliness. The Axel Hotel...

Source: Daily Telegraph via News.com.au A UNION has raised concerns about the Australian bank, ANZ, asking its employees to identify their sexual orientation and religion in a survey. ANZ is one of the largest financial institutions in Australia with branch commercial banks throughout the country and...