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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...

The South Boasts the Highest LGBTQ Population in the Nation, According to Williams Institute

A new Williams Institute study looking at LGBTQ demographics across the United States found that the South had the largest LGBTQ population of all the regions in America, with Georgia having the second-highest ...

Religious Freedom Bill Introduced in Georgia State Senate

A Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) was reintroduced in the Georgia State Senate last week, according to the Human Rights Campaign.SB 221 is sponsored by Sen. Marty Harbin and cosponsored by nine fel...

Lesbian Retreat Brings Women of Color Together

Growing up in Mississippi, Anondra Williams learned early on to view trees as more than greenery. They served as neighborhood hubs, men and women gathering beneath their shady branches to talk, drink and let go...

Trans Teen Charlie Baum Wins Homecoming Queen in Forsyth County

17-year-old trans girl Charlie Baum took home the crown as homecoming queen at Forsyth Central High School, making history.The teenager told PinkNews that, although she won homecoming queen, she had experie...

Georgia One of 28 States Ranked Lowest in HRC’s State Equality Index

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) released their fifth annual State Equality Index (SEI), which looks at state legislation and determines the level of LGBTQ equality in all 50 states. According to the SEI, more t...

Georgia Sheriff Named Georgia Equality’s 2019 “Champion of Equality”

Chatham County Sheriff, John T. Wilcher, has joined a extensive list of fighters for LGBTQ equality after being honored with the 2019 Champion for Equality Award. The announcement came at the Georgia Equality 2...

Tech Students Question University’s Political Stance After Kemp Inauguration

Georgia Tech University is getting heat after the inauguration of 83rd Governor of Georgia. Unlike previous governor’s, Brian Kemp chose Georgia Tech’s McCamish Pavilion as the site of his swearing-in ceremony....

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

Health Dept. Proposes Removing Data Collection on LGBTQ Foster Kids

Trump’s Transgender Military Ban to Affect Naval Academy

Same-Sex Couples More Likely To Be Denied a Loan, Study Says

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Nintendo Faces Backlash After Removing Trans Flag Level from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Converse Releases New Pride and Trans Pride Sneakers

Frank Ocean Reveals He’s Been in a Relationship for Three Years