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Gay Star News

LGBT news website

Summary

LGBT news website

Field	Value
name	Gay Star News
logo	Gay Star News logo.svg
logo_size	250px
type	Private
industry	Internet News
founder	Tris Reid-Smith (Director, Editor-in-Chief)
Scott Nunn (Director of Sales and Marketing)
location_city	London
location_country	United Kingdom
founded	2011
area_served	Worldwide
homepage

Scott Nunn (Director of Sales and Marketing)

Gay Star News (GSN) is a news website focused on events related to and concerning the global LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex) community. Headquartered in the UK, it is privately owned and was founded by Tris Reid-Smith, and Scott Nunn in December 2011.

The site reports on breaking news in international politics, religion, business, crime, entertainment and lifestyle. The site also features interviews with members of the LGBTI community. A staff of internationally based professional reporters handles day-to-day stories but the site also includes articles by LGBTI activists, freelancers, bloggers, academics, historians, celebrities, and people of prominence.

The site features 'top stories', 'entertainment', 'features', 'travel', 'GSN loves' and 'comment', 'Business', 'Family, 'Support' and 'Prides and Festivals' sections. Readers could post comments, share and like stories to display on online social networks including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Weibo and LinkedIn.

On 30 July 2019, GSN announced that it would be shutting down after almost eight years because of falling revenues due to an inability to monetize. However, following acquisition of the intellectual property of GSN by Iconic Labs, publication has resumed.

Gay Star News was bought by Joe Media and relaunched in June 2024.

History

Gay Star News went live with the backing of investors Goldman Sachs, PricewaterhouseCoopers and National Australia Bank on 16 January 2012. Stephen Fry then tweeted his support to his 3.7 million followers, and is credited by Gay Star News for publicising their site regularly.

In 2012 the site won the Stonewall UK Award for Publication of the Year.

The editorial policy of Gay Star News is to publish pro-LGBTI media without activism. Commonly seen advertisers on the site are: International Fund for Animal Welfare, Direct Line insurance, Lufthansa Airways, Travelex, Lloyds Bank, Smirnoff, Blued, Manchester United, late night rooms, Alfa Romeo, Heathrow, Snickers, Hoseasons, naked wines, npower, Fujitsu, the co-operative, the London Women's Clinic, Knight Frank, DigitasLBI and several pride support groups.

In 2016 Gay Star News launched Digital Pride, an annual, week-long program of online discussions, articles and video events to promote LGBTI Pride around the world – particularly to those in countries facing oppression.

References

(21 October 2012). "Intersex in Australia".
(26 September 2011). "Da Vinci Gay". southfloridagaynews.com.
(5 October 2012). "GSN Profiles Wayne Besen".
(30 July 2019). "Gay Star News is closing: You deserve the full story, all our thanks and love". Gay Star News.
Gremore, Graham. (2019-07-30). "Without any warning, major LGBTQ media site announces it's shutting down effective immediately".
(9 September 2019). "Media firm Iconic Labs buys Gay Star News for £1".
Reid-Smith, Tris. (5 October 2012). "The story of GayStarNews". Gay Star News.
"Stephen Fry tweet on day one". BlueDropAwards.org.
(1 November 2012). "Stonewall Awards Winners". stonewall.org.uk.
(6 March 2016). "Digital Pride launches in April 2016 - Out News Global".

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