Staff Reports, Author at Georgia Voice - Gay & LGBT Atlanta News

Wanda Sykes, Tig Notaro, Blondie coming to Atlanta for Stonewall anniversary

The Atlanta Pride Committee and The LGBT Institute at The Center for Civil and Human Rights are partnering with the Fox Theatre to bring a two-night comedy, music and drag showcase to town to celebrate the 29th...

Work It! MAAP anniversary, AGLCC seeks volunteers, NGLCC conference keynote

MAAP celebrates 26 years LGBTQ networking group Metro Atlanta Association of Professionals (MAAP) celebrated its 26th anniversary in late March. MAAP creates an inclusive environment for the Metro Atlanta LG...

Georgia Voice readers reveal how they popped the question

We asked readers to send in their proposal stories and you obliged! Some were in Atlanta, some were on vacation, some were on the couch, some were bilingual and all were unforgettable. “Our college friend gr...

HRC grades Georgia healthcare facilities on LGBTQ equality

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC) on March 27 released the 11th edition of its annual Healthcare Equality Index (HEI), which scores healthcare facilities on policies and practices dedicated to the equi...

Audio: Catching Up with Atlanta drag queen Dotte Com

Catching Up is a monthly look at Atlanta’s LGBTQ arts scene brought to you by AM1690 and the Georgia Voice. This month’s guest is Dotte Com, an Atlanta drag queen who created Neonblk: A Drag Show Celebrating Bl...

Georgia Voice 8th Anniversary By The Numbers

This month marks our eighth anniversary! Here are a few facts and figures from over the years. Thank you for continuing to support us! ...

Atlanta rainbow crosswalks damaged, repairs to take 30 to 45 days

LGBTQ Atlanta always has its eyes peeled for if something happens to the rainbow crosswalks at the intersection of 10th Street and Piedmont Avenue, and Tuesday was one of those times. Folks on social media noti...

LGBTQ Atlanta favorite Cowtippers to remain open ‘for the foreseeable future’

An outpouring of love (and business) from Atlanta's LGBTQ community led the owners of Midtown restaurant Cowtippers to put January closing plans on hold for three weeks. Now that deadline has been pushed back a...

Audio: Catching Up with Queeriety founder Nick DeGroote

Catching Up is a monthly look at Atlanta’s LGBT arts scene brought to you by AM1690 and the Georgia Voice. Nick DeGroote is founder of Queeriety, a comedy variety show with an all-queer cast that performs impro...

Queens United benefit at Park Tavern on Feb. 16

Photo Gallery: Queens unite at first benefit show for former Burkhart’s entertainers

Park Tavern was the site Friday night for the first ever benefit show for Queens United, the group formed in the wake of a racism controversy at the once-popular gay Atlanta bar Burkhart's. The event was presen...

Burkhart’s closes as bar’s former entertainers line up Atlanta benefit shows

LGBTQ Midtown bar Burkhart's has apparently closed its doors permanently just weeks after the owner's racist social media posts surfaced. Co-owner Mary Marsh posted about the closing on Facebook on Feb. 12, wri...

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

Chick-fil-A Pledges to Stop Donating to Anti-LGBTQ Organizations

HRC Releases Municipal Equality Index

Parker Slams Media for Reporting Black Voters Won’t Back LGBTQ Candidates

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

No LGBTQ for the Holidays

Lil Nas X Becomes First Out Gay Person to Win Country Music Award

‘Gossip Girl’ Reboot to be More Queer and Diverse than Original Series