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Group Demands ICE Release Trans Woman in ‘Life-or-Death Medical Crisis’

An advocacy group says a transgender woman who is in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in New Mexico is “in a life-or-death medical crisis.” The Santa Fe Dreamers Project, an Albuquerque-based...

Brookhaven Becomes Seventh Georgia Municipality to Outlaw LGBTQ Discrimination

The City Council of Brookhaven voted unanimously to pass an ordinance banning local businesses from discriminating against LGBTQ people and other minority groups, according to Reporter Newspapers. With the o...

House Democrats Call for ICE to Release all Transgender Detainees

More than 40 Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday called for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release all of the transgender people who are in their custody. “The Uni...

Trump Admin. Proposes More Anti-LGBTQ “Religious Freedom” Rules

The Trump administration has proposed nine rules reversing Obama-era regulations affecting faith-based nonprofits with government contracts, enabling them to turn away LGBTQ people or those of another religion ...

Kanye West to Headline Evangelical Event Alongside Anti-LGBTQ Preachers

Kanye West will headline an evangelical mass prayer rally alongside multiple anti-LGBTQ preachers. The event, Awaken2020, is a ten-hour-long prayer rally that will take place Saturday (January 18) in a at Su...

Atlanta Pride Committee Announces 2019 Year-end Grant Recipients

The Atlanta Pride Committee (APC) has once again renewed their commitment to investing into Atlanta’s LGBTQ community by announcing their list of 2019 year-end grand recipients. These grants are awarded to n...

All-Inclusive Saint Mark UMC Gets New Leadership

Saint Mark United Methodist Church’s (UMC) Senior Pastor, Rev. Dr. Beth LaRocca-Pitts, has left the church, leaving Rev. Dr. Dana Everhart to take her place. LaRocca-Pitts will take on a new position as Senior ...

United Methodist Traditional Plan Goes Into Effect

The United Methodist Church has been debating the topic of same-sex marriage and the ordination of LGBTQ individuals for decades. In February 2019, a special session of the United Methodist General Conference, ...

Trump-appointed Judge Rebuffs Trans Inmate on Preferred Pronouns

In a move surprising no one familiar with his anti-LGBTQ record, a Trump-appointed judge on the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday rebuffed a request from a transgender inmate seeking to referred by ...

Twitter Apologizes for Allowance of Ads Targeting “Anti-Gay” Users

After a BBC investigation revealed that it was possible for Twitter to allow ads targeting users who had an interest in phrases like “transphobic,” “white supremacists,” and “anti-gay,” the social media giant i...

White House HIV Panel Urges Trump Admin. to Drop Religious Freedom Regulations in Healthcare

Four members of a White House panel to end the spread of HIV/AIDS have written a letter urging the Trump administration to avoid hindering the ability of LGBTQ people to receive healthcare. The letter, addre...

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

Group Demands ICE Release Trans Woman in ‘Life-or-Death Medical Crisis’

Brookhaven Becomes Seventh Georgia Municipality to Outlaw LGBTQ Discrimination

House Democrats Call for ICE to Release all Transgender Detainees

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Ryan Murphy to Receive GLAAD Award for Accelerating LGBTQ Visibility in Media

Behind the Scenes: “Maybe Happy Ending, The Musical!”

Destination: Malaysian Cuisine

Group Demands ICE Release Trans Woman in ‘Life-or-Death Medical Crisis’

Brookhaven Becomes Seventh Georgia Municipality to Outlaw LGBTQ Discrimination

House Democrats Call for ICE to Release all Transgender Detainees

Trump Admin. Proposes More Anti-LGBTQ “Religious Freedom” Rules

Kanye West to Headline Evangelical Event Alongside Anti-LGBTQ Preachers

Atlanta Pride Committee Announces 2019 Year-end Grant Recipients

All-Inclusive Saint Mark UMC Gets New Leadership

United Methodist Traditional Plan Goes Into Effect

Trump-appointed Judge Rebuffs Trans Inmate on Preferred Pronouns

Twitter Apologizes for Allowance of Ads Targeting “Anti-Gay” Users

White House HIV Panel Urges Trump Admin. to Drop Religious Freedom Regulations in Healthcare

Group Demands ICE Release Trans Woman in ‘Life-or-Death Medical Crisis’

Brookhaven Becomes Seventh Georgia Municipality to Outlaw LGBTQ Discrimination

House Democrats Call for ICE to Release all Transgender Detainees

Ryan Murphy to Receive GLAAD Award for Accelerating LGBTQ Visibility in Media

Trump Admin. Proposes More Anti-LGBTQ “Religious Freedom” Rules

Kanye West to Headline Evangelical Event Alongside Anti-LGBTQ Preachers

Atlanta Pride Committee Announces 2019 Year-end Grant Recipients

Treasuring the LGBTQ ‘Trap’

Lost and Found Teeth

Behind the Scenes: “Maybe Happy Ending, The Musical!”