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Legal experts: Hate crimes bill under consideration will cover transgender people

When a hate crimes bill passed out of a Georgia House committee earlier this month, it was seen as a pivotal step toward finally getting Georgia to join the 45 other states that have similar legislation on the ...

Stacey Evans makes pitch for LGBTQ vote for Georgia governor

Last October wasn't the first time Stacey Evans marched in the Atlanta Pride parade, but it was the first time doing it with her four-year-old daughter, Ashley, who rode her bike through the route.Evans sai...

The Best Man by Richard Peck and Avid Bookshop in Athens

Athens bookstore forced to remove LGBTQ book from private school event

“The Best Man” is the story of a middle school boy with four male role models, two of which decide to get married.On March 7, “The Best Man” was part of a display of Georgia Children’s Book Award nominees a...

Georgia House Judiciary Committee hearing March 8, 2018

LGB-inclusive hate crimes bill gets new life, passes out of House committee

Three LGBTQ-inclusive hate crimes bills were proposed this year in the Georgia Legislature, but none of them passed from one chamber to the next by Crossover Day last week, making them effectively dead for the ...

Macon march to protest anti-LGBTQ adoption bill SB 375

When it comes to having comprehensive non-discrimination laws, Georgia demonstrates a bias. The 2018 March on Macon aims to change that.The organizers label the happening as a "public demonstration/civic en...

Rally to stop anti-LGBTQ adoption bill SB 375

Hundreds rally against anti-LGBTQ adoption bill across from Georgia State Capitol

Around 200 people gathered across the street from the Georgia State Capitol on Thursday afternoon for the Rally To Stop SB 375, the anti-LGBTQ adoption bill that passed in the Senate last week and has quickly c...

Atlanta rainbow crosswalks damaged, repairs to take 30 to 45 days

LGBTQ Atlanta always has its eyes peeled for if something happens to the rainbow crosswalks at the intersection of 10th Street and Piedmont Avenue, and Tuesday was one of those times. Folks on social media noti...

William Ligon, Donzella James and Jeff Graham

LGBTQ bills to watch as end of legislative session nears

The 2018 legislative session had a promising outlook: there was bipartisan support for a hate crimes bill in Georgia and last year’s anti-LGBTQ amendments to the overhauled state adoption code were removed befo...

LGBTQ Atlanta favorite Cowtippers to remain open ‘for the foreseeable future’

An outpouring of love (and business) from Atlanta's LGBTQ community led the owners of Midtown restaurant Cowtippers to put January closing plans on hold for three weeks. Now that deadline has been pushed back a...

State Rep. Park Cannon and Dr. David Holland

Queer Georgia state representative pushes PrEP bill

Georgia could launch a three-year statewide pilot program to distribute free pre-exposure HIV prophylaxis — or PrEP — to men and women at high risk for infection before 2021, under legislation working its way t...

Georgia Equality announces March 1 rally against SB 375

Minutes after the Georgia Senate voted in favor of an anti-LGBTQ adoption bill, statewide LGBTQ rights organization Georgia Equality announced a March 1 rally at Central Presbyterian Church, which is across the...

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?

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

Watch: Jimmy Fallon Parodies Pete Buttigieg on ‘Tonight Show’

Madonna Announces New Album ‘Madame X’