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Biden Signs EO to Undo Trump’s Transgender Military Ban

President Biden has signed an executive order that reverses Trump administration policy against transgender military service and prohibits discharges based on diagnoses of gender dysphoria, but stops short ...

Biden Takes Over, Signs LGBTQ Executive Order

Democrat Joe Biden was sworn in January 20 as the next president of the United States, ushering in a much-improved political climate for LGBTQ people and, many might say, the nation. In one of his first acts...

Biden Announces Appointment of Trans Woman Dr. Rachel Levine to HHS

Just ahead of his inauguration, President-elect Joe Biden announced he will be appointing Dr. Rachel Levine to the position of assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...

Biden, Harris Inauguration Events Mostly Virtual

The Presidential Inaugural Committee for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is calling on the LGBTQ community to participate in several planned virtual inaugural events that reflec...

Trump Administration Allows LGBTQ Discrimination with New HHS Rule

Amid the chaos following the far-right riots at the U.S. Capitol, the Trump administration’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has officially adopted new rules allowing for discrimination against LG...

LGBTQ Trump Supporters Tiptoe Away from President after U.S. Capitol Attack

In the aftermath of the assault on the U.S. Capitol instigated by President Trump, his one-time LGBTQ supporters are now distancing themselves from him without outright renouncing their previous support. Man...

COVID-19 Vaccine FAQ

As 2020 comes to a close, the newly approved COVID-19 vaccines seem like a light at the end of the tunnel. As Georgia begins to inoculate select citizens against the novel coronavirus, many have questions about...

LGBTQ Groups Condemn Capitol Siege, Back Trump Removal from Office

LGBTQ rights groups on Wednesday were quick to condemn the siege of the U.S. Capitol. “Today’s violence is revolting and nothing short of insurrection, a coup instigated by Donald Trump and abetted by coward...

Jonathan Van Ness Reveals Marriage to Fitness Guru Mark Peacock

In an Instagram post, Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness revealed they got married earlier this year to their partner, Mark Peacock. In a post detailing Van Ness’ events and accomplishments of 2020 – which includ...

Trump Names Owner of Conversion Therapy Practice to Key Administration Post

Donald Trump has named Marcus Bachmann to the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities, an advisory panel in the Department of Health and Human Services. Bachmann and his wife, former Rep...

LGBTQ Faces from Obama Years Included in Latest Appointments by Biden

LGBTQ staffers who are familiar faces from the Obama years are among the choices for the upcoming Biden administration as the transition continues to ramp up. One prominent LGBTQ Trump supporter is among the ap...

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

Biden Signs EO to Undo Trump’s Transgender Military Ban

Biden Takes Over, Signs LGBTQ Executive Order

Biden Announces Appointment of Trans Woman Dr. Rachel Levine to HHS

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Gay Couple Directs Thriller ‘Antebellum’ While Novice Feature Director Helms Lesbian-themed ‘Two of Us’

Black History Reading List

Pandemic Brings Decrease in LGBTQ Representation on TV, GLAAD Report Finds

Biden Signs EO to Undo Trump’s Transgender Military Ban

Biden Takes Over, Signs LGBTQ Executive Order

Biden Announces Appointment of Trans Woman Dr. Rachel Levine to HHS

Biden, Harris Inauguration Events Mostly Virtual

Trump Administration Allows LGBTQ Discrimination with New HHS Rule

LGBTQ Trump Supporters Tiptoe Away from President after U.S. Capitol Attack

COVID-19 Vaccine FAQ

LGBTQ Groups Condemn Capitol Siege, Back Trump Removal from Office

Jonathan Van Ness Reveals Marriage to Fitness Guru Mark Peacock

Trump Names Owner of Conversion Therapy Practice to Key Administration Post

LGBTQ Faces from Obama Years Included in Latest Appointments by Biden

Biden Signs EO to Undo Trump’s Transgender Military Ban

Win, Lose & Live: Reunion with a Crush

History Repeats Itself

Gay Couple Directs Thriller ‘Antebellum’ While Novice Feature Director Helms Lesbian-themed ‘Two of Us’

As Horrifying as the Attack on Our Capitol Was, It Is a Comfort to Know Technology Will Hold Them Accountable

BLM Protests and the Capitol Siege Aren’t the Same

A Look at BLM in France

Black History Reading List

Shifting the Story Around Black Gay Men

Repaying the Backbone of America: The Case for Reparations After Slavery