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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...

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 ...

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

Biden Takes Over, Signs LGBTQ Executive Order

Biden Announces Appointment of Trans Woman Dr. Rachel Levine to HHS

Biden, Harris Inauguration Events Mostly Virtual

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Gay Couple Directs Thriller ‘Antebellum’ While Novice Feature Director Helms Lesbian-themed ‘Two of Us’

Black History Reading List

Pandemic Brings Decrease in LGBTQ Representation on TV, GLAAD Report Finds

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

Mayor Keisha Bottoms Announces Advisory Council for Reopening Atlanta

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

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

Atlantans Prohibited from Visiting Gay-friendly Blue Ridge During Outbreak

Mayor Bottoms Signs Stay at Home Order to Address Coronavirus

Local Bookstore Helps Keep People Reading During Pandemic

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

TransParent Chapter Opens in Metro Atlanta

Fighting Climate Change with Art

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

Win, Lose & Live: Reunion with a Crush

History Repeats Itself

Gay Couple Directs Thriller ‘Antebellum’ While Novice Feature Director Helms Lesbian-themed ‘Two of Us’

As Horrifying as the Attack on Our Capitol Was, It Is a Comfort to Know Technology Will Hold Them Accountable

BLM Protests and the Capitol Siege Aren’t the Same

A Look at BLM in France

Black History Reading List

Shifting the Story Around Black Gay Men

Repaying the Backbone of America: The Case for Reparations After Slavery

How LGBTQ and Civil Rights Came Together with Two People