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Serenbe Playhouse Staff Laid Off, Operations Suspended Following Claims of Racism

The entire staff of the outdoor theater company Serenbe Playhouse have been laid off amid claims of a racist work environment. The Serenbe Institute for Art, Culture, and the Environment, which oversees Sere...

Out Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields Resigns Following Police Shooting of Rayshard Brooks

Out Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields has resigned from her position following the police killing of Rayshard Brooks in Downtown Atlanta. Brooks, a 27-year-old Black man, was shot and killed by police on Sa...

Georgia Primary Results Stream In After Voting Chaos

Last updated: June 10 at 10:50am With roughly 93 percent of precincts reporting, Joe Biden and others have emerged as the clear winners of yesterday’s primary elections. Results from Georgia’s primary ele...

Pride Month Moves Online

It comes as no surprise that 2020’s Pride month looks a little different from years before. With the COVID-19 pandemic still raging on, some of the biggest and most well-known Pride celebrations around the coun...

City of Atlanta Releases COVID-19 Resource for the LGBTQ Community

The City of Atlanta and Mayor Keisha Bottoms have released ATLGBTQ Strong, a COVID-19 resource guide for Atlanta’s LGBTQ community. “Furthering our commitment to the protection and advancement of the LGBTQ c...

COVID-19 Threatens Lesbian Bars Nationwide, Including My Sister’s Room

While the number of lesbian bars in the U.S. has been steadily declining since the ‘80s, the coronavirus pandemic may seriously impact this decline as it’s leaving many lesbian bars, including Atlanta’s own My ...

BREAKING: Atlanta Pride is Not Cancelled, Despite Move from City to Halt Permits

Amid reports that the City of Atlanta has decided to halt the issuing of permits for large-scale, outdoor events, the Atlanta Pride Committee has confirmed that the Atlanta Pride festival and parade are still e...

Mayor Keisha Bottoms Announces Advisory Council for Reopening Atlanta

On the heels of Gov. Brian Kemp announcing plans to reopen Georgia for business amid the coronavirus, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Bottoms has announced she’s created an advisory council to create a similar reopening p...

City of Atlanta to Spend $1.5 Million to Combat Coronavirus Among Homeless Population

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has ordered the City of Atlanta to spend an additional $1.5 million to address the coronavirus among the city’s homeless population. According to the AJC, Bottoms said the addition...

Stay-at-Home Conditions Boost Local E-bike Sales

Electric bikes (e-bikes) offer a boost to the traditional bicycle riding experience, and the COVID-19 pandemic has been an unexpected accelerant for an Atlanta store seeking to chart a new path in the e-bike in...

Atlantans Prohibited from Visiting Gay-friendly Blue Ridge During Outbreak

North Georgia sheriffs are telling Atlantans not to visit their cabins at this time. Fannin County, Georgia, made an emergency declaration this week instituting a curfew and preventing those living out of co...

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

Fauci Confirms U.S. One of Hardest Hit Countries by Coronavirus

Amy Coney Barrett Was a Trustee at Anti-LGBTQ Christian School

Biden Pledges to Mom of Trans Kid to Protect LGBTQ Rights: ‘I Will Flat Out Change the Law’

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

‘Drag Race’ and ‘Dragula’ Halloween Specials Stream this Month

An Iconic LGBTQ Remake and a New Thriller

The Birth of LGBTQ Social Media Platform Molly Tommy