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The DHS has issued new guidelines

US accused of not overturning ban on HIV+ visitors

A New York-based LGBT immigration pressure group has accused the US government of failing to follow a new policy on HIV+ people visiting the country.

Traditional gay holiday destinations are suffering

Major gay travel company assures customers it is stable

Mantrav International has issued a statement in the wake of the collapse of two of its rivals, reassuring customers the company is safe.

Respect Holidays has gone out of business

Respect customers will get home says CAA

The Civil Aviation Authority has assured customers of gay travel company Respect Holidays that those already abroad will be flown home at the end of their holiday.

Respect Holidays were one of the biggest in the business

Respect Holidays goes bust

A major UK gay holiday firm has ceased trading. Respect Holidays was one of the best known companies in the business.

The Civil Aviation Authority has been called in to protect holidaymakers booked with the company.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission began work last October.

Evangelical preacher will not compromise us says equality commission

The work of the Equality and Human Rights Commission on sexual orientation will not be compromised by the appointment of Joel Edwards, its director of stakeholder relations has said.

Police did protect gay marchers this year (Photo by Oso: http://www.flickr.com/photos/oso/)

Police fire water cannons at fascists attacking Budapest Pride

While hundreds of thousands peacefully enjoyed London's gay Pride parade Hungarian riot police were forced to use water cannons and tear gas in order to prevent fascists from throwing petrol bombs at Budapest Pride.

Statue of Liberty, New York (credit: Adam Smith Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/adman_as/)

Travel: New York tops city break chart

With nearly 40 per cent of us enjoying two short breaks a year instead of one longer holiday, it’s hardly surprising that many of us decide to make it a fun-packed adventure in one of the worlds many glamorous cities.

Since the 1950s, the island's autocratic government has managed to transform the fishing village to a global, modern city

Comment: How the biggest threat to gay communities in Singapore is not just the legal system

Singapore is a tiny island state which has managed cramped 4.6 million people into her lands. Although it is sandwiched between Muslim countries, the country has a Chinese majority, but also supports a healthy proportion of Malays, Indians and others (which includes the Whites).

A romantic break on the railways

Travel on the "Orient-Express of the North"

Britain’s railways have romantic history. It began with steam trains and blossomed into a golden age of opulent rail travel during the 1930s. The heady romance may have gone from everyday rail travel, but it still lives on in the Orient-Express.

The Roman baths are the best preserved in the world

Travel: A peaceful trip to Bath

The beautiful city of Bath laid its foundations in the Roman era, when the now-famous baths became a healing hangout for dignitaries of the time.

We can't stop going away

We're a nation of "binge holiday makers"

Gone are the days when one holiday was enough to keep us going throughout the year and give us something to look forward to. Now most of us prefer to take multiple short breaks as opposed to one big break and are rapidly become a nation of "binge holiday-makers".

Fancy some haunted house fun?

Travel: Are you brave enough to be haunted?

For most people the thought of unwanted ghostly visitors lurking in their hotel would send a shiver down the spine, but for others its half the fun. If cold spots, mysterious noises and ghoulish sights are your idea of the perfect holiday accommodation then a haunted break could make the ideal getaway.

Hostels can be a great fun

Travel: Fancy trying a hostel?

When thinking of where to stay on your summer holiday, a hostel might not be top of your list. Once thought of as crime-ridden, dirty squalid housing for students and vagabonds, hostels are now considered economical and more sociable alternatives to big chain hotels and resorts.

Travel to Turkey?

Travel: Turkish delights

Fancy a break that offers more than a week in an average hotel or a whirlwind city guidebook tour of your destination? If you’re looking for a holiday that’s far from the madding crowd or something with a slightly different twist, then travel company Journey Anatolia might just have the ideal options for you.

Indiana Jones style travel

Travel: Indiana Jones style Latin America

As heroic adventurer Indiana Jones gets set to return to the silver screen this year in the film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull you might be left wishing you could have an adventure of your own.

















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