Between State Lines: LGBTQ-Friendly Travel in the Peach State
Alpacas. Oysters. Bamboo. (Georgia travel is wild — get in here!)
Gay Atlanta pioneer Berl Boykin turns 74
On April 7, Atlanta’s LGBTQ community gathered to celebrate Berl Boykin’s birthday. It’s been 74 years well-lived for the Miami-born gay pioneer, whose activism helped lead the city’s fight for LGBTQ equality a...
LGBTQ Atlanta nightlife resurgence? Community steps up to expand options
LGBTQ Atlanta’s been on a rollercoaster the past few months.Cheshire Bridge landmark nightclub Jungle Atlanta closed last fall, followed by efforts to close nearby adult store Tokyo Valentino. Midtown resta...
Three home and garden trends for the non-green thumbs
If the weather in Georgia would ever cooperate, it’s springtime, which means prime planting season for homeowners and apartment-dwellers alike. But since not everyone was born with a green thumb, Georgia Voice ...
The ring’s the thing: The hottest wedding band picks for 2018
Country songstress Tammy Wynette once crooned that only love can make a golden wedding ring — but in 2018, it’s not just gold that couples can find in their wedding rings.Rose gold returns as a metallic tre...
Your Wedding Day: Jennifer Behm & Kathryn Smith
The first Christmas that Jennifer Behm met Kathryn Smith’s parents, Smith knew she’d found a keeper.The two met in April 2010 at the since-closed Marietta gay bar LeBuzz and hit it off immediately. They beg...
First openly gay candidate qualifies for Athens mayoral race
This March, business owner Richie Knight became the first openly gay candidate to qualify for office in Athens-Clarke County.“This was a surreal moment for me. It was incredible to be a part of making histo...
Athens bookstore forced to remove LGBTQ book from private school event
“The Best Man” is the story of a middle school boy with four male role models, two of which decide to get married.On March 7, “The Best Man” was part of a display of Georgia Children’s Book Award nominees a...
Charis bringing trans activist, author Sarah McBride to Atlanta
Sarah McBride has been a lot of firsts.At just 27, she’s been the first openly transgender student body president at a four-year university; the first openly transgender person to work at the White House, w...
LGBTQ bills to watch as end of legislative session nears
The 2018 legislative session had a promising outlook: there was bipartisan support for a hate crimes bill in Georgia and last year’s anti-LGBTQ amendments to the overhauled state adoption code were removed befo...
A time of reckoning: Atlanta’s LGBTQ community addresses racism problem
As much as leadership and right-winged white Americans might say otherwise, the United States has a racism problem.That means so does 2018 Atlanta, even in the LGBTQ community.“Just because you’re LGBT ...