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Ryan Lee: Bio or chosen, families bring us full circle Ryan Lee Family April 9, 2015 0One of the only places I’ve ever wanted to vacation is Alaska, so I could volunteer passing out hot chocolate...
Ryan Lee: The alternative lifestyle of intimacy without expectations Ryan Lee Outspoken March 24, 2015 0Last month marked a year since the first time I hooked up with a guy who has become one of...
Ryan Lee: The evolving redemption of gay Atlanta’s hero and villain Ryan Lee Outspoken March 10, 2015 0Happy belated birthday, Michael Hardwick. You would’ve turned 61 on February 23, two days after your historic rival took the...
Ryan Lee: Hope for homos in the heart of Dixie Ryan Lee Outspoken February 19, 2015 0I saw a hazy figure approaching, and even as he came into focus it was hard to believe that he...
Ryan Lee: The route from Super Bowl XLIX to Black Gay Pride Ryan Lee Outspoken February 12, 2015 0I’ve spent several Christmases by myself, and those were jolly occasions compared to the gloom that hit me mid-Sunday when...
Ryan Lee: LGBT Georgians pitted against ‘the last stand for righteousness’ Ryan Lee Outspoken January 23, 2015 0Reinforcements are on the way. The rescue signal that LGBT Georgians have been waiting on for 11 years finally glistened...
Ryan Lee: NFL throws LGBT progress for a loss Ryan Lee Outspoken December 10, 2014 0While our community achieved many important victories in 2014, our progress may have been blindsided by football. Everything seemed aligned...
Atlanta’s Gentlemen’s Ball is part of long-term vision for black gay love Ryan Lee Culture December 5, 2014 0Few couples have advocated for black gay love as fiercely as Juan and Gee Session-Smalls, the married Atlanta pair who...
Ryan Lee: House of yessss: Building traditions with chosen family Ryan Lee Outspoken November 21, 2014 0There’s such a harsh judgment in the peal from a Thanksgiving smoke alarm. The already unnerving siren assaults a cook’s...
Ryan Lee: Georgia’s gay marriage fight proved ‘God don’t like ugly’ Ryan Lee Outspoken November 7, 2014 0The silence sounded delicious. In early 2004, I was on the phone with then-state Sen. Bill Stephens, the Republican Senate...
Ryan Lee: Growing out of the ‘angsty LGBT teen’ narrative Ryan Lee Outspoken October 28, 2014 0Life is better outside the closet. This is probably the most self-evident tenet of the LGBT rights movement, but it...