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The South Boasts the Highest LGBTQ Population in the Nation, According to Williams Institute

A new Williams Institute study looking at LGBTQ demographics across the United States found that the South had the largest LGBTQ population of all the regions in America, with Georgia having the second-highest ...

Tennessee Becomes First Southern State to Protect Trans People from Hate Crimes

Tennessee has become the first southern state to protect transgender individuals from hate crimes, reported the Tennessean. Tennessee attorney General Herbert Slatery issued a statement confirming trans peop...

Nashville Becomes First Southern City to Recognize LGBTQ-Owned Businesses

Nashville on Monday became the first city in the South to recognize LGBT-owned businesses. Nashville Mayor David Briley signed an executive order including LGBT Business Enterprises certified by the National...

Anti-Same Sex Marriage Bill is Reintroduced in Tennessee

Tennessee lawmakers have reintroduced the Natural Marriage Defense Act, which would prohibit same-sex marriage in the state, reported the Tennessean. The act was introduced by Sen. Mark Pody and Rep. Jerry S...

NC University Names LGBTQ Center After Atlanta Gay Activist

It’s now the largest LGBTQ Center in the UNC-system, located on the East Carolina University, and the state-of-the-art center will now hold the name of one of Atlanta’s most-influential gay activists, Dr. Jesse...

Netflix Won’t Film Series in North Carolina Over Anti-LGBTQ Law

North Carolina won’t be the filming location for an upcoming Netflix series because of the state’s lingering House Bill 2, the bathroom bill that caused numerous production companies to forgo North Carolina in ...

New Florida Gov Excludes LGBT People from Non-Discrimination Order

Newly sworn-in after his victory over Andrew Gillum in the Florida gubernatorial race, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed on Wednesday an executive order ensuring non-discrimination in state employment and state contract...

First Trans Person Murdered This Year in Alabama

Transgender woman Dana Martin from Alabama was murdered on Sunday – the first reported murder of a trans person in the U.S. in 2019. According to the Montgomery Advertiser, Martin, 31, was fatally shot and f...

Trans Woman Attacked in Bar Bathroom in North Carolina

North Carolina police said two women sexually assaulted a transgender woman at a bar in the state’s capital Raleigh, reported ABC 30. 38-year-old Amber Harrell and 31-year-old Jessica Fowler started verbally...

Homophobic N. Carolina Republican Won’t Be Seated, Say House Democrats

The Democratic party, headed by incoming House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, said that they will not seat North Carolina Republican Mark Harris because of election fraud, reported the Washington Post. The ...

The Popular Vote in Diversity: Meet Some of 2018’s Legislative Heroes

The 2018 midterm elections yielded several diverse candidate selections that will most certainly put LGBTQ rights at the forefront in politics across the nation. The “blue wave” pummeled states across the South...

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

Recent Wins for LGBTQ Families

LGBTQ Education Bill Passes Illinois House of Representatives

United Methodist Church to Investigate Irregularities in LGBTQ Vote

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Gay Singer Sam Smith Comes Out as Non-Binary Genderqueer

Bisexual YouTuber Lily Singh gets Late Night NBC Talk Show

Netflix Cancels ‘One Day at a Time’