Milestones

Special Olympics International celebrates 50 years

July 20, 1968. 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities from the US and Canada gather to compete in the first Special Olympics International (SOI) Summer Games. Held in Chicago, the event proves so success...

From the editor: I’m stepping down at the end of June

After five years with the Georgia Voice, I’ve decided to step down. I feel I’ve done everything I can at the newspaper and am now looking for new opportunities. It’s just time for me to do something different. ...

Friends, loved ones remember Charles Stevens, war vet and gay activist

More than 100 friends, family and loved ones gathered at the Phillip Rush Center on Saturday, May 16, to memorialize Charles Stevens, 87, who died on May 5. A gay activist who was active with such groups as...

Remembering Mike Ritter a year later

If you didn’t know Mike Ritter personally, chances are you knew his work. He was an incredible political cartoonist who did not hold back when it came to skewering anti-gay politicians and ideas. ...

Party time as Atlanta gay bar Friends on Ponce turns 10

Friends on Ponce is turning 10 years old, and they're throwing a bash on Sunday to celebrate hitting double digits. The Ponce de Leon gay bar is going to have a free buffet, door prizes and giveaways, as wel...