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Transgender Fire Chief of Byron, Georgia Fired

Transgender fire chief of Byron, Georgia, Rachel Mosby, has been terminated from her position, reported 13MWAZMosby has served as fire chief for about 11 years in Byron, but did so for eight as a man before...

Rep. John Lewis Reintroduces Inclusive Adoption Bill into House of Representatives

Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) reintroduced the Every Child Deserves a Family Act into the House of Representatives yesterday (June 4), which would eliminate discrimination in foster care based on sexual orientation or...

Almost Half of Trans Southerners Report Experiencing Police Violence

A new report from an Atlanta-based transgender advocacy group has revealed that nearly half of transgender and non-binary Southerners have experienced “high levels of violence by law enforcement.”The Grapev...

WATCH: Georgia Representative John Lewis Supports Equality Act

Georgia Representative John Lewis has come out in support of the Equality Act in a new video from the Human Rights Campaign.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ougdcZhcReoLewis was one of the “Big Six” lead...

Production Companies Vow to Boycott Georgia Over Abortion Law

Five production companies have announced that they plan not to film in Georgia after Gov. Brian Kemp signed the controversial heartbeat abortion law.On Tuesday (May 7), Kemp signed one of the most restricti...

Gov. Brian Kemp Signs Heartbeat Abortion Bill into Law

Governor Brian Kemp signed one of the most restrictive abortion bills in the country on Tuesday (May 7), restricting not just straight women, but lesbians, bi women, trans men with uteruses, and other LGBTQ peo...

Georgia Ranks Low in National Survey on LGBTQ-Inclusive Business Climates

A new survey ranked the states on LGBTQ-inclusive business climates, with Georgia ranking low nationally but relatively high regionally.The LGBT+ Business Climate Index ranked the states on a number of meas...

Georgia LGBTQ Activists Pen Letter to Business Leaders Requesting Opposition to Abortion Bill

Local LGBTQ activists and lawmakers have penned an open letter to business leaders across Georgia demanding they keep HB 481, the “heartbeat” six-week abortion bill moving through the Georgia legislature, from ...

Lost-n-Found Youth Gifted with Grant

Atlanta-based nonprofit Lost-n-Found Youth (LNFY) has received a $25,000 grant from The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation (ETAF) in partnership with Macy’s for its “PROMISE for HIP” program. LNFY is the only org...

Hate Crime Bill Passed by Georgia Representatives

The Georgia State House of Representatives passed a hate crime bill on Thursday night (March 7).HB 426, which was passed out of the House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee last week, passed with a vote of 96 to...

Bill Banning Conversion Therapy is Filed in Georgia Assembly

Georgia State Representative Matthew Wilson has co-sponsored legislation that would ban anti-gay conversion therapy.HB 580, otherwise known as the Youth Mental Health Protection Act, seeks to ban “any pract...

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

Transgender Fire Chief of Byron, Georgia Fired

An Apparent Trump Win is Really a Huge Trans Victory

Reporters Granted Access to ICE Transgender Detainee Unit

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

YouTuber Dan Howell Comes Out as Gay

Jonathan Van Ness Named Essie’s First Non-Female Ambassador for Pride Month

‘Queer Eye’ Star Antoni Porowski Gets a Drag Makeover from Miz Cracker

Transgender Fire Chief of Byron, Georgia Fired

Rep. John Lewis Reintroduces Inclusive Adoption Bill into House of Representatives

Almost Half of Trans Southerners Report Experiencing Police Violence

WATCH: Georgia Representative John Lewis Supports Equality Act

Production Companies Vow to Boycott Georgia Over Abortion Law

Gov. Brian Kemp Signs Heartbeat Abortion Bill into Law

Georgia Ranks Low in National Survey on LGBTQ-Inclusive Business Climates

Georgia LGBTQ Activists Pen Letter to Business Leaders Requesting Opposition to Abortion Bill

Lost-n-Found Youth Gifted with Grant

Hate Crime Bill Passed by Georgia Representatives

Bill Banning Conversion Therapy is Filed in Georgia Assembly

YouTuber Dan Howell Comes Out as Gay

An Apparent Trump Win is Really a Huge Trans Victory

Transgender Fire Chief of Byron, Georgia Fired

Reporters Granted Access to ICE Transgender Detainee Unit

Six Democratic Candidates, Including Pete Buttigieg, Would Beat Trump in 2020, Poll Finds

Florida Reps. Announce Plan to Make Pulse Nightclub National Memorial

Puerto Rico Passes “Religious Freedom” Bill

Survey Shows Growing Support for Transgender Rights Among Americans

Jonathan Van Ness Comes Out as Non-Binary

Lambda Legal, MAP Release Report on LGBT Rights in US Territories