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Rising LGBTQ Stars, Historic Platform on Deck for Democratic Convention

With election season in high gear, Democrats are preparing an unprecedented convention next week that includes a mixture of live and virtual events, including components seeking to highlight the party’s commitm...

Black Lesbian Karine Jean-Pierre Named Kamala Harris’ Chief of Staff

Former Vice President Joe Biden has assigned a Black lesbian to be his running mate Kamala Harris’ chief of staff, reported NBC News. Shortly after making the announcement that the California senator would ...

Far-right, Anti-LGBTQ Republican Wins Runoff for Georgia’s 14th District Nomination

Far-right, anti-LGBTQ Marjorie Taylor Greene won her runoff for the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District. Greene defeated John Cowan in the 14th District primary runo...

Harris as VP Pick Brings Diversity, LGBTQ Ally to Biden Ticket

Joe Biden made history Tuesday by selecting Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) as the first woman of color as a vice presidential candidate on a major party ticket, and a rising political star who has demonstrated a...

Trump Campaign Advisor Purposefully Misgenders Transgender Penn. Secretary of Health

A Trump campaign advisor has come under fire after purposefully misgendering the openly transgender Pennsylvania secretary of health. Jenna Ellis, a senior legal advisor to the Trump campaign, is facing crit...

Biden Says He Can Beat HIV by 2025 — But Activists are Skeptical

Joe Biden is seeking to one-up President Trump on the fight against HIV by pledging to end the epidemic by 2025 — an ambitious goal that would beat the current administration’s goal by five years, although some...

Trump’s Own AIDS Council Opposes His Anti-trans Health Rule

President Trump’s own HIV/AIDS advisory council adopted a resolution Thursday urging his administration not to implement a new regulation that would enable discrimination against transgender patients in health ...

More Trans People Have Been Murdered in 2020 than All of 2019

After only eight months, the number of trans people killed this year has surpassed the number for all of 2019. In the U.S. last year, 26 trans, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming people were known to be mu...

LGBTQ and Civil Rights Advocates Criticize Passage of Georgia Police Protection Bill

As a compromise to pass Georgia’s first hate crimes bill, Governor Brian Kemp has signed a proposal into law granting police new protections, a move LGBTQ, racial, and civil rights advocacy groups are criticizi...

Dragging Out the Vote in 2020

Drag queens and kings across the U.S. are set to take part in a national campaign to raise awareness on voting processes, rights and regulations. Drag Out the Vote, a nonpartisan and nonprofit organization w...

Black LGBTQ Americans Are Disproportionately Financially Affected by COVID-19, Report Finds

Black Americans have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19, making up 23 percent of COVID-related deaths despite making up only 13 percent of the population. However, new findings from the Human Rights C...

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

Rising LGBTQ Stars, Historic Platform on Deck for Democratic Convention

Black Lesbian Karine Jean-Pierre Named Kamala Harris’ Chief of Staff

Far-right, Anti-LGBTQ Republican Wins Runoff for Georgia’s 14th District Nomination

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Grana: Will It Go Gay?

Atlanta LGBTQ Arts Groups Receive Lifesaving Grants

Chad Darnell Produces New Play, “Forced”

Rising LGBTQ Stars, Historic Platform on Deck for Democratic Convention

Black Lesbian Karine Jean-Pierre Named Kamala Harris’ Chief of Staff

Far-right, Anti-LGBTQ Republican Wins Runoff for Georgia’s 14th District Nomination

Harris as VP Pick Brings Diversity, LGBTQ Ally to Biden Ticket

Trump Campaign Advisor Purposefully Misgenders Transgender Penn. Secretary of Health

Biden Says He Can Beat HIV by 2025 — But Activists are Skeptical

Trump’s Own AIDS Council Opposes His Anti-trans Health Rule

More Trans People Have Been Murdered in 2020 than All of 2019

LGBTQ and Civil Rights Advocates Criticize Passage of Georgia Police Protection Bill

Dragging Out the Vote in 2020

Black LGBTQ Americans Are Disproportionately Financially Affected by COVID-19, Report Finds

Rising LGBTQ Stars, Historic Platform on Deck for Democratic Convention

Black Lesbian Karine Jean-Pierre Named Kamala Harris’ Chief of Staff

Remembering John Lewis: The Hero, the Person, the Legend

A Gay Salute to ‘Sisogyny’

Atlanta’s LGBTQ Job Fair

Grana: Will It Go Gay?

Atlanta LGBTQ Arts Groups Receive Lifesaving Grants

Impact of Pandemic on Local Businesses

Small Business and the New Normal

“It’s the Supreme Court, Stupid”