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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...

Rush Center Names Simone Bell as New Interim Executive Director

This week, the Phillip Rush Center Board of Directors named Simone Bell as its Interim Executive Director. Bell made national history in 2009, when she was elected to represent Georgia’s 58th House District,...

Atlanta Pride Committee Announces 2019 Year-end Grant Recipients

The Atlanta Pride Committee (APC) has once again renewed their commitment to investing into Atlanta’s LGBTQ community by announcing their list of 2019 year-end grand recipients. These grants are awarded to n...

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

Statesboro Becomes 11th Georgia City to Pass LGBTQ Nondiscrimination Protections

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

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

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