private industry internet news founder tris reid smith director editor in chief scott nunn director of sales and marketing headquarters london united kingdom area served worldwide key people joe morgan editor at large david hudson deputy editor jamie tabberer travel editor dan beeson marketing executive greg hernandez journalist james withers journalist andrew potts journalist sylvia tan journalist daniele guido gessa journalist ashlee kelly journalist website www.gaystarnews.com gay star news 1 is an international media source focused on events related to and concerning the global lgbti community . it is privately owned and 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 presenting the information without offering analyses or opinions on events and interviews . the site also features interviews with members of the lgbt community . 2 all the articles cover events and issues affecting the world s lesbians gays bisexuals transgender and intersex 3 people published continuously and daily . this includes discussing which important figures in history were gay . 4 a permanent staff of internationally based professional reporters handles day to day story coverage but the site 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 sections . users can log in post comments share and like stories to display on online social networks including facebook instagram twitter youtube weibo and linkedin . history edit gay star news went live with the backing of investors goldman sachs pwc and national australia bank 5 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 . 6 in 2012 the site won the stonewall uk award for publication of the year . 7 the editorial policy of gay star news is to publish pro lgbti media without activism . commonly seen advertisers on the site are direct line insurance lufthansa airways 6 travelex lloyds bank smirnoff manchester united late night rooms alfa romeo hoseasons naked wines fujitsu the co operative the london women s clinic knight frank and digitaslbi . references edit gay star news . gaystarnews.com . retrieved 1 january 2012 . gsn profiles wayne besen . http www.truthwinsout.org . 5 october 2012 . retrieved 5 october 2012 . external link in publisher help intersex in australia . http oiiaustralia.com . 21 october 2012 . retrieved 21 october 2012 . external link in publisher help da vinci gay . southfloridagaynews.com . 26 september 2011 . retrieved 26 september 2012 . reid smith tris 5 october 2012 . the story of gaystarnews . gaystarnews.com . retrieved 23 january 2014 . a b stephen fry tweet on day one . bluedropawards.org . retrieved 23 january 2014 . stonewall awards winners . stonewall.org.uk . 1 november 2012 . retrieved 5 november 2012 . external links edit official website this article about a news website is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about lesbian gay bisexual or transgender topics is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gay star news & oldid 728241818 categories 2011 establishments in the united kingdomlgbt related media in the united kingdomlgbt related websitesnews websitesnews website stubslgbt stubshidden categories cs1 errors external linkspages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages bahasa indonesiat rk e edit links this page was last modified on 4 july 2016 at 05 58 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view