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Pulse Survivors No Longer Identify as Gay and Organize Ex-Gay ‘Freedom March’

Two survivors of the Pulse nightclub shooting no longer identify as gay and are organizing a “Freedom March” to connect the LGBTQ community with Christianity, according to NBC News. Angel Colon and Luis Javi...

Serial Killer Who Targeted Gay Men in the 90s to be Executed

A serial killer who targeted gay men in the ‘90s will be executed in Florida this week, according to PinkNews. Gary Ray Bowles, known as the “I-95” killer, will face the death penalty on Thursday (August 22)...

GLAAD Hires DaShawn Usher as Program Officer for Communities of Color

LGBTQ media advocacy organization GLAAD has hired DaShawn Usher as their Program Officer for Communities of Color to reduce the stigma around HIV/AIDS, especially in the South. Usher, an award-winning advoca...

Man Turns Himself in For Murdering Trans Woman Denali Berries Stuckey

Dominck Maquis Archield, 34, has been charged in the murder of South Carolina transgender woman Denali Berries Stuckey, reported the Post and Courier. Archield turned himself in on Sunday (August 11) after a...

Second Trans Woman Killed in South Carolina in Two Weeks

Black transgender woman, Pebbles LaDime “Dime” Doe, has been killed in South Carolina, the second transgender woman killed in South Carolina in only two weeks, reported The Post and Courier. 24-year-old Doe ...

Transgender Woman Kiki Fantroy Killed in South Florida

21-year-old transgender woman Kiki Fantroy was killed in Florida on Wednesday (July 31), making her the 13th transgender person killed this year in the U.S. Fantroy was shot on a street corner in Miami after...

Trans Woman Denali Stuckey Murdered in South Carolina

Transgender woman Denali Berries Stuckey was murdered in South Carolina, making her the 12th trans person killed in the country since the beginning of 2019. The body of 29-year-old Stuckey was found shot to ...

Transgender North Carolinians Win Victory in Bathroom Bill Case

Southern transgender activists won a partial victory after a federal judge approved a legal settlement in the issue of the North Carolina transgender bathroom bills, reported The Guardian. The settlement, br...

Pete Buttigieg Interview Pulled From Country Radio Station

Gay presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg did an interview on a country radio show based in Tennessee. However, the interview was subsequently blocked from airing, according to the Huffington Post. Blair Garne...

Black Transgender Woman Chanel Scurlock Murdered in North Carolina

Chanel Scurlock, a 23 year old black transgender woman from North Carolina, was found dead early Wednesday (June 5) morning, according to Gay Star News. Scurlock’s body was found in a field, where she appear...

Almost Half of Trans Southerners Report Experiencing Police Violence

A new report from an Atlanta-based transgender advocacy group has revealed that nearly half of transgender and non-binary Southerners have experienced “high levels of violence by law enforcement.” The Grapev...

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

Trump Campaign Advisor Purposefully Misgenders Transgender Penn. Secretary of Health

Biden Says He Can Beat HIV by 2025 — But Activists are Skeptical

Trump’s Own AIDS Council Opposes His Anti-trans Health Rule

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Disney Channel’s ‘The Owl House’ to Have Openly Bisexual Character

New Documentary Follows Life of Gay Disney Songwriter Howard Ashman

‘The Ellen DeGeneres’ Show Under Investigation Over Claims of a Toxic Work Environment