Michael Lavers, Washington Blade courtesy of the National LGBTQ Media Association, Author at Georgia Voice

House Approves Bill to Designate Pulse Nightclub a National Memorial

The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved a bill that would designate the Pulse nightclub as a national memorial. A press release that U.S. Reps. Darren Soto, Val Demings, and Stephanie Murphy rel...

Global Pride Poised to Make History

Celebrities, activists and politicians from around the world will participate in the world’s largest virtual global Pride celebration on Saturday. Laverne Cox, Olivia Newton John, Kesha, Adam Lambert, Debora...

Supreme Court Blocks Trump Administration from Ending DACA

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday in a 5-4 ruling blocked the Trump administration from ending a program that allows young undocumented immigrants to remain in the U.S. and obtain work permits. More than 60...

Gerald Bostock ‘Ecstatic’ Over Supreme Court Title VII Ruling

The surviving plaintiff in the U.S. Supreme Court case that determined whether the Civil Rights Act of 1964 bans anti-LGBTQ discrimination in the workplace on Monday said he is “ecstatic” by the justices’ rulin...

Activists, Orlando Officials Mark Four Years since Pulse Nightclub Massacre

Friday marks four years since a gunman killed 49 people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. “Four years have now passed, but our community’s commitment to honoring the 49 angels and supporting the su...

Stuart Milk Praises Protests Against Police Brutality

The nephew of Harvey Milk on Thursday expressed his support for those who are protesting against police brutality in the wake of George Floyd’s death. “I’m inspired by the protests,” Stuart Milk told the Was...

Family of Transgender Woman who Died in ICE Custody Files Federal Lawsuit

The family of a transgender woman with HIV who died in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in 2018 has filed a federal lawsuit against five private companies that were responsible for her care. ...

HRC Lays Off 22 Employees Due to Coronavirus Pandemic

The Human Rights Campaign on Tuesday laid off 22 employees because of the coronavirus pandemic. HRC told the Washington Blade that Alphonso David, the organization’s president, “personally reached out to eve...

Class Action Lawsuit Demands ICE Release All Transgender Detainees

Advocacy groups on Thursday filed a class action lawsuit that demands U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement release all transgender people who are in their custody because they are more susceptible to the co...

Four Gay Men with HIV Released from ICE Custody

Immigration Equality says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has released four of its gay clients with HIV. Two of the men had been in ICE custody at the Richwood Correctional Center in Monroe, La. The...

Puerto Rico HIV/AIDS Service Groups Respond to Coronavirus

The coronavirus pandemic has forced HIV/AIDS service organizations and advocacy groups in Puerto Rico to change the way they work. AIDS Healthcare Foundation Regional Director for Puerto Rico Silvana Erbstei...

A time of reckoning: Atlanta's LGBTQ community addresses racism problem

Tech Experts Fear New US Broadcasting Chief Could Jeopardize LGBTQ Internet Freedom

More LGBTQ People are Experiencing Depression and Anxiety for the First Time Due to COVID-19

Black Trans Woman Bree Black Murdered in Florida

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

8 out of 10 Gen Z Trans People Are Only Out Online, Study from Tinder Finds

New Documentary Looks at Terrors Facing LGBTQ Community

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