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Trump’s Labor Dept. Goes Through with Gutting LGBTQ Workplace Protections

With less than two months remaining in the Trump administration, the Department of Labor went through with making a rule final on Monday that would grant religious institutions a broader exemption under former ...

LGBTQ Questions Missing from Senatorial Debate Between Loeffler and Warnock

Despite efforts from LGBTQ advocacy organizations to get LGBTQ issues on the docket at last night’s Senatorial debate between Republican Kelly Loeffler and Democrat Raphael Warnock, there was no mention of Geor...

Biden Promises LGBTQ Leaders ‘the Most Pro-equality Administration in History’

President-elect Joe Biden pledged Friday to a conference of LGBTQ leaders he and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris “are committed to being the most pro-equality administration in history.” Biden made the co...

Kelly Loeffler Donated Senate Salary to Anti-LGBTQ and Anti-abortion Organizations

Georgia Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler, who is running against Raphael Warnock in the upcoming runoff election, has donated portions of her Senate salary to anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQ organizations, according...

COVID-19 and the World’s LGBTQ Community

We’ve all seen the devastating consequences COVID-19 has had on the lives of those who are disabled, of certain ethnic groups, or have underlying health problems. What the pandemic has also managed to do is ...

‘Mean Girls’ Star Jonathan Bennett is Engaged to Partner Jaymes Vaughan

Mean Girls and The Christmas House star Jonathan Bennett has gotten engaged to his partner TV host Jaymes Vaughan. In an interview with People, the couple revealed that Vaughan wrote a proposal song for Benn...

Elliot Page Comes Out as Transgender, Non-binary

Oscar-nominated actor and star of Netflix’s “The Umbrella Academy” Elliot Page, came out Tuesday as transgender and non-binary in a message posted to his social media accounts. “I love that I am trans. And I...

Gay Veteran Aide Carlos Elizondo First LGBTQ Appointee in Biden-Harris Administration

The first of what is expected to be a number of LGBTQ appointees in the Biden-Harris administration is veteran aide Carlos Elizondo. Elizondo, who previously served both terms of the Obama administration as ...

Two Lesbian Women of Color Named to Key Roles in Biden White House Communication Staff

The Biden transition team announced late Sunday night two lesbian women of color — Karine Jean-Pierre and Pili Tobar — were selected to serve as key members for the new administration’s White House communicatio...

Trans Woman Ashley Diamond Sues Georgia Department of Corrections

Ashley Diamond, a Black transgender woman represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Southern Poverty Law Center, has sued the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) for the second time for it...

Court Strikes Down Bans on Conversion Therapy as Violations of Free Speech

A federal appeals court has issued a major blow against bans on conversion therapy for youth by ruling they violate the First Amendment, setting up a split within the judiciary that could lead the U.S. Supreme ...

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

Biden Takes Over, Signs LGBTQ Executive Order

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

Biden, Harris Inauguration Events Mostly Virtual

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

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

The Year in LGBTQ Cinema

Tamisha Iman and LaLa Ri Represent Atlanta on “Drag Race” Season 13