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Ten Transgender Women from LGBTQ Caravan Granted Asylum

Ten transgender women from Central America, who traveled with the immigrant caravan attacked by President Donald Trump, have successfully attained asylum and have been released from South Texas Detention Center...

Bill Would Prompt State Department to Review ‘Lavender Scare’ Firings

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) this week introduced a bill that would prompt the State Department to review the termination of personal during the so-called “lavender scare.”A press release that Menendez’s...

Bolsonaro Cancels US Trip after Outcry from LGBT Activists

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has cancelled an upcoming trip to the U.S. amid growing outrage among LGBT activists and other groups.Bolsonaro was scheduled to accept an award from the Brazilian-America...

Trump Administration Announces ‘Conscience Rule’ for Health Care Providers

The Trump administration on Thursday announced the final version of a “conscience rule” for health care providers.The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights in a statementsaid ...

Georgia Ranks Low in National Survey on LGBTQ-Inclusive Business Climates

A new survey ranked the states on LGBTQ-inclusive business climates, with Georgia ranking low nationally but relatively high regionally.The LGBT+ Business Climate Index ranked the states on a number of meas...

LGBTQ Housing Discrimination Bill Introduced in Congress

Members of Congress have introduced a bipartisan bill to protect sexual orientation and gender identity from housing discrimination, reported ABC 13.Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine and eleven colleagues from all ...

House Judiciary Committee Passes Equality Act

The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday approved a bill that would add sexual orientation and gender identity to federal civil rights laws.The Equality Act, which U.S. Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) reint...

Biden Receives Early LGBT Support Amid Lingering Questions, Criticism

Former Vice President Joe Biden’s announcement that he is running for president has sparked a mixed reaction among activists and LGBT Democrats.“From his support for inclusive hate crimes protections in the...

Democratic Presidential Candidates Decline to Speak at Anti-LGBT Group’s Summit

Six Democratic presidential candidates have declined an invitation to speak at an anti-LGBT group’s summit in Iowa.NBC News on Monday reported U.S. Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), f...

Gay Brigham Young University Student Comes Out during Commencement Speech

Brigham Young University valedictorian Matt Easton came out as gay during his commencement speech to the school’s College of Family, Home and Social Science.“I have felt another triumph; that of coming to t...

Methodist Church Upholds Anti-LGBTQ Traditional Plan

The judicial council of the United Methodist Church (UMC) decided on Friday (April 26) to uphold the “Traditional Plan,” which solidifies the church’s ban on same-sex marriage and ordination of LGBTQ pastors, ...

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

Human Rights Campaign Close to Naming Next President: Sources

ICE Has Been Placing LGBTQ Immigrants in Solitary Confinement

Taiwanese LGBTQ Couples Celebrate Marriage Equality with Mass Same-Sex Wedding

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Real Housewife Lisa Vanderpump Apologizes for Transphobic Joke about Erica Jayne

Farmers Market Jitters

“The Cake” Takes the Atlanta Stage