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Final efforts to pass anti-LGBTQ adoption bill fail as Georgia legislative session ends

Last-ditch efforts to pass an anti-LGBTQ adoption bill failed on the final day of the 2018 Georgia legislative session on Thursday, and for the fifth straight year, the session ended with the state avoiding pas...

Athens mayoral candidate Richie Knight

First openly gay candidate qualifies for Athens mayoral race

This March, business owner Richie Knight became the first openly gay candidate to qualify for office in Athens-Clarke County. “This was a surreal moment for me. It was incredible to be a part of making histo...

HRC grades Georgia healthcare facilities on LGBTQ equality

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC) on March 27 released the 11th edition of its annual Healthcare Equality Index (HEI), which scores healthcare facilities on policies and practices dedicated to the equi...

Butts-Mehre Heritage Hall, the University of Georgia football team's training facility.

UGA football equipment manager arrested after hidden shower cam found

A hidden shower camera has led to the arrest of the University of Georgia's equipment manager. The alleged perpetrator is Kevin Purvis, age 37, associate equipment manager for the UGA football team. Purvis, of ...

Trans March 2017

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 ...