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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...

Mayor Bottoms Signs Stay at Home Order to Address Coronavirus

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has signed a 2-week stay-at-home order to address the coronavirus pandemic. The order, which went into effect midnight Tuesday (March 24) and lasts until April 7, directs A...

Local Bookstore Helps Keep People Reading During Pandemic

Although Charis Books & More closed its doors due to the Coronavirus and cancelled multiple events, the bookstore has still been placing orders for folks looking to do some reading during this time of s...

All Atlanta Bars, Clubs, and Other Public Spaces Close over Coronavirus

Mayor of Atlanta Keisha Lance Bottoms has closed all bars, clubs, and other public spaces due to the coronavirus. After signing an executive order limiting the number of people in public spaces to 50, Mayor ...

TransParent Chapter Opens in Metro Atlanta

TransParent launched a new chapter in metro Atlanta in Februrary in repsonse to the growing need for local support and resources to help parents raising a transgender or gender-independent child. Meetings will ...

Fighting Climate Change with Art

According to the Climate Clock, a website that tracks worldwide carbon emissions, we have about twelve years until the effects of climate change are irreversible. With many desperate for change, some are turnin...

Ryan Roemerman Named New Co-Chair of Mayor’s LGBTQ Advisory Board

The Mayor’s LGBTQ Advisory Board has some new leadership: Ryan Roemerman has been appointed as the newest co-chair of the board. Roemerman is the founding director of the LGBTQ Institute at the National Center ...

Atlanta’s First-ever Biennial LGBTQ Report Details Accomplishments and Commitment to LGBTQ Community

Last night (January 30), Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ office and the City of Atlanta launched the city’s first-ever biennial report on LGBTQ affairs, which details the city’s accomplishments, LGBTQ-related prior...

Jorge Estevez is WSB-TV’s First Openly LGBTQ News Anchor

Walking into WSB-TV, Jorge Estevez is full of energy as he begins a new journey with the news station. Estevez’s first day was on Jan. 13, making him the station’s first openly LGBTQ anchor. Estevez comes from ...

HIV Conference Comes to Atlanta

Two-day event brings discussion to the impact of HIV/AIDS on black women and their families When it comes to the discussion of HIV in the black community, black men (especially those who have sex with men) a...

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

Trump Administration Sued Again over Rescission of Transgender Health Care Protections

Supreme Court Makes Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination Easier at Religious Schools

House Democrats Demand Transgender Military Ban Be Lifted in Light of SCOTUS Ruling

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Scooby Doo’s Velma is a Lesbian, ‘Mystery Incorporated’ Producer Confirms

Bisexual Actress Javicia Leslie Takes on Role of Batwoman

8 out of 10 Gen Z Trans People Are Only Out Online, Study from Tinder Finds