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Westboro Baptist Church Protests Morehouse’s Transgender Admissions Policy

Kansas-based hate group the Westboro Baptist Church demonstrated outside of Morehouse's commencement ceremony, protesting the historically black college's new transgender admissions policy, reported the AJC. ...

Gay Atlanta Strip Club Swinging Richards Files for Bankruptcy

Atlanta’s favorite gay male strip club Swinging Richards has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after five dancers sued for unpaid wages, reported the Atlanta Business Chronicle.Five former dancers sued the ni...

Celebrity Headliners Revealed for 2019 HRC Atlanta Gala Dinner

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest LGBTQ rights organization, has announced that Representative Lucy McBath, actress Cynthia Erivo, and writer Ryan O’Connell will headline this year’s HRC Atlant...

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...

Mayor of Atlanta Solidifies Opposition to Conversion Therapy

Mayor of Atlanta Keisha Lance Bottoms has introduced a legislation opposing conversion therapy in the city and calling on the rest of the state to follow suit.This resolution, which was passed unanimously b...

Morehouse College to Allow Admission to Trans Students

Morehouse College, the country’s only all-male historically black collage, released a statement on April 13 announcing the approval of a new policy which would allow transgender male students to be considered f...

Woofs Sports Bar Relocating After 17 Years

Atlanta’s only gay sports bar is packing up shop after 17 years on Piedmont Road in Buckhead, heading for a brand new location just a few miles down the road in Midtown. The announcement came after the building...

ATL’s LGBTQ Women of Color Stand Together

Atlanta is home to many things, including a large community of black LGBTQ women. But when it comes to consistent outlets for those women to network and build bridges outside of a nightclub atmosphere, many say...

Atlanta Black Pride Rebrands Labor Day Festivities

Atlanta Black Pride has officially launched “Reclaiming Atlanta Black Pride”, a 2019 campaign to rebrand the Labor Day weekend event and help educate, empower, and celebrate the black LGBTQ community. ...

Tomi Lahren Draws Small Crowds, Criticism

Tomi Lahren spoke at a conference in Atlanta on Feb. 23, and the outcome was far from what she expected. “Tomi Lahren is racist!” yelled attendee and Atlanta local, Jerome Trammel, while standing u...

Georgia State University Named Top Sugar Baby School in the Country

SeekingArrangement, the world’s largest Sugar Daddy/Mommy dating site, has released its annual report of the Fastest Growing Sugar Babies Schools, and Georgia State University (GSU) topped the list.With a t...

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

Puerto Rico Governor Under Pressure to Resign over Homophobic, Misogynistic Comments

LGBTQ Advocates Call Out Tech Giants for Anti-LGBTQ Donations

UN Human Rights Council Votes to Renew Expert in LGBTQ Protection

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

DC Universe Gets First Gay Villain in ‘Birds of Prey’

Nicki Minaj Cancels Saudi Arabia Concert in Pro-LGBTQ Move

Stranger Things Introduces Lesbian Character in Third Season