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Former Methodist Church in Savannah Becomes Nondenominational Over LGBTQ Beliefs

Following the split of the United Methodist Church (UMC) denomination over LGBTQ issues, Asbury Memorial Church in Savannah, Georgia, has become the first church in the country to disaffiliate from the denomina...

Georgia Republican Submits Amendment that Would Bar Trans Girls from Girls’ Sports Teams

Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler has submitted a bill attempting to rewrite civil rights law to bar transgender students from participating in school sports aligning with their gender identity. The Republican’s a...

Georgia Equality Announces Endorsements for 2020 General Election

The Board of Directors of Georgia Equality, the state’s largest political advocacy organization for LGBTQ Georgians and our allies, has announced its endorsements in the upcoming 2020 General Election. The G...

LGBTQ Ally Jon Ossoff Narrowly Leads David Perdue in New AARP Poll

A brand-new poll from AARP has found that LGBTQ ally Jon Ossoff is narrowly leading incumbent Sen. David Perdue less than two months until election day. The poll, conducted from August 30 to September 5, sho...

Savannah Church is First in the Country to Leave the Methodist Denomination over LGBTQ Issues

A church in Savannah, Georgia, has become the first in the country to officially disaffiliate itself from the United Methodist Church (UMC) over LGBTQ rights, reported USA Today. The new Asbury Memorial Chu...

Four Georgia Healthcare Facilities Score High on Healthcare Equality Index

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has released their 13th annual Healthcare Equality Index (HEI), a national LGBTQ benchmarking tool that evaluates the polices and practices of healthcare facilities as they relat...

Far-right, Anti-LGBTQ Republican Wins Runoff for Georgia’s 14th District Nomination

Far-right, anti-LGBTQ Marjorie Taylor Greene won her runoff for the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District. Greene defeated John Cowan in the 14th District primary runo...

LGBTQ and Civil Rights Advocates Criticize Passage of Georgia Police Protection Bill

As a compromise to pass Georgia’s first hate crimes bill, Governor Brian Kemp has signed a proposal into law granting police new protections, a move LGBTQ, racial, and civil rights advocacy groups are criticizi...

Savannah City Council Unanimously Passes Non-discrimination Protections for LGBTQ People

The Savannah City Council has passed an ordinance that protects LGBTQ people from discrimination while improving hate crimes reporting by law enforcement, making it the ninth city in Georgia to enact such measu...

BREAKING: Human Rights Campaign Endorses Jon Ossoff for U.S. Senate

In a Voice exclusive, the Human Rights Campaign has endorsed Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff in the 2020 U.S. Senate race. Osoff is challenging Republican incumbent David Perdue who won the seat in 2015. Huma...

Advocates Say Georgia’s New Hate Crimes Law is Tainted by Police Protection Bill

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed a landmark hate crimes bill into law on Friday (June 26), which includes language protecting LGBTQ victims, but a police protection bill passed alongside it may be doing more ...

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

Biden Rallies LGBTQ Supporters, Denounces Trump at HRC Event

Ginsburg’s Death Leaves LGBTQ Rights on Supreme Court Vulnerable to Religious Claims

Former Methodist Church in Savannah Becomes Nondenominational Over LGBTQ Beliefs

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Jonathan Bennett Stars in Hallmark’s New LGBTQ-inclusive Christmas Rom-Com

Brandon Krajewski on Directing and Co-Writing ‘Stone | Fruit’

Cindy L. Abel Talks Her Doc ‘Surviving the Silence’

Former Methodist Church in Savannah Becomes Nondenominational Over LGBTQ Beliefs

Georgia Republican Submits Amendment that Would Bar Trans Girls from Girls’ Sports Teams

Georgia Equality Announces Endorsements for 2020 General Election

LGBTQ Ally Jon Ossoff Narrowly Leads David Perdue in New AARP Poll

Savannah Church is First in the Country to Leave the Methodist Denomination over LGBTQ Issues

Four Georgia Healthcare Facilities Score High on Healthcare Equality Index

Far-right, Anti-LGBTQ Republican Wins Runoff for Georgia’s 14th District Nomination

LGBTQ and Civil Rights Advocates Criticize Passage of Georgia Police Protection Bill

Savannah City Council Unanimously Passes Non-discrimination Protections for LGBTQ People

BREAKING: Human Rights Campaign Endorses Jon Ossoff for U.S. Senate

Advocates Say Georgia’s New Hate Crimes Law is Tainted by Police Protection Bill

Biden Rallies LGBTQ Supporters, Denounces Trump at HRC Event

Jonathan Bennett Stars in Hallmark’s New LGBTQ-inclusive Christmas Rom-Com

Ginsburg’s Death Leaves LGBTQ Rights on Supreme Court Vulnerable to Religious Claims

Brandon Krajewski on Directing and Co-Writing ‘Stone | Fruit’

Cindy L. Abel Talks Her Doc ‘Surviving the Silence’

Mourning RBG, Our Constitutional Bodyguard

Living Through Tumultuous Times

Why Art and Film Matter

Lisa Donato Talks ‘Gossamer Folds’

Out On Film Becomes a “Flextival”