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Mayor Invites Drag Storytime to City Hall

During a time where RuPaul’s Drag Race is taking over the television and drag queens are launching iconic careers, in parts of Georgia, some aren’t too keen at drag queen pop-up appearances.According to the...

Percentage of Bisexual Americans on the Rise, Survey Finds

The number of Americans identifying as bisexual appears to be increasing, helmed by young women of color, according to the latest biannual General Social Survey (GSS).In 2018, more than 3 percent of America...

Brothers Involved in Smollett Case File Defamation Suit against Actor’s Attorneys

Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo, the two brothers who claim Jussie Smollett paid them to help stage a hate crime hoax, are suing Smollett’s attorneys for defamation.The Osundairo brothers claim Mark Geragos...

Health Dept. Set to Potentially Limit Healthcare Access to Trans People

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is planning to propose a rule that could potentially make it harder for transgender people to access healthcare, reported The Hill.The expected rule would al...

Roseanne Barr Claims She’s ‘Queer,’ Rants about Homophobic Slur

Roseanne Barr slammed the use of the homophobic slur “faggot” and declared herself “queer” in a video rant posted on Sunday.“The word faggot is a really hateful word, isn’t it?” Barr says in the video accor...

Transgender Whistleblower Chelsea Manning Denied Bail

Transgender whistleblower and activist Chelsea Manning was denied bail on Monday (April 22), the judge deciding to hold Manning in civil contempt for refusing to testify in an investigation of Julian Assange, t...

Pelosi: Supreme Court Review to Have ‘No Impact’ on Equality Act, Floor Vote in May

The decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to review whether existing federal law prohibits anti-LGBT discrimination will have “no impact” on the advancement of legislation seeking to ban it explicitly under federa...

Presidential Hopeful Kirsten Gillibrand Hangs Out with Drag Queens

Presidential hopeful Kirsten Gillibrand partied with drag queens in Des Moines, getting glam and swapping looks with one of the queens, reported the New York Post.The senator from New York visited a gay bar...

Pete Buttigieg Places Third in National Poll

After reaching third place in Iowa polls, gay Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg has placed similarly in a poll from Change Research among Democrat primary voters nationwide.Buttigieg placed third in a pol...

Methodist Church Set to Meet to Discuss LGBTQ Views and Possible Split of Denomination

The United Methodist Church (UMC) is discussing a separation of the church over differences in beliefs on same-sex marriage and ordination of LGBTQ pastors, reported the Associated Press.A four-day meeting ...

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Whether Federal Law Bars Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed hear cases seeking to determine once-and-for-all if anti-LGBT discrimination in the workplace is prohibited under federal law.In its orders list on Monday, the court announ...

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

Mayor Invites Drag Storytime to City Hall

Percentage of Bisexual Americans on the Rise, Survey Finds

Brothers Involved in Smollett Case File Defamation Suit against Actor’s Attorneys

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Meat and Three “Supper”

“La Traviata” Returns to ATL for Final Performance

Shaky Knees 2019: Atlanta’s Indie Dreamland

Mayor Invites Drag Storytime to City Hall

Brothers Involved in Smollett Case File Defamation Suit against Actor’s Attorneys

Health Dept. Set to Potentially Limit Healthcare Access to Trans People

Roseanne Barr Claims She’s ‘Queer,’ Rants about Homophobic Slur

Transgender Whistleblower Chelsea Manning Denied Bail

Pelosi: Supreme Court Review to Have ‘No Impact’ on Equality Act, Floor Vote in May

Presidential Hopeful Kirsten Gillibrand Hangs Out with Drag Queens

Pete Buttigieg Places Third in National Poll

Methodist Church Set to Meet to Discuss LGBTQ Views and Possible Split of Denomination

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Whether Federal Law Bars Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination

The Perilous Mirage of Monogamy

Expensive Sweets

Best Bets: Our Guide to the Best LGBTQ Events in Atlanta for April 26-May 9

Meat and Three “Supper”

“La Traviata” Returns to ATL for Final Performance

Shaky Knees 2019: Atlanta’s Indie Dreamland

Atlanta’s Newest Gay Newscaster

The Stupid Question: Are You Clean?

The True Meaning of “Undetectable”

Know Your Status – HIV and STI Testing Across Atlanta