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WATCH: Expert Explains How to Properly Wear Face Mask

If you're wearing or considering wearing a protective face mask during this pandemic, Dr. Ho Pak-leung goes through the steps to properly putting one on. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xLjCfmx0...

Five LGBTQ Asylum Seekers Released from ICE Custody in Ariz.

A Phoenix-based advocacy group says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Monday released five LGBTQ asylum seekers who had been in ICE custody at two Arizona detention centers. Trans Queer Pueblo, whi...

Coronavirus Leaves Migrants Along Mexico-U.S. Border Even More Vulnerable

Advocates along the Mexico-U.S. border say they are increasingly concerned about the coronavirus’ impact on migrants. Jaime Antonio Marin Rocha and his mother, Yolanda Rocha, run Jardín de las Mariposas, a s...

Caitlyn Jenner Revealed to Take Thousands from Fake Charity in Sting Operation

Former Olympian and transgender reality TV personality Caitlyn Jenner has been caught taking thousands of dollars from a fake charity in a sting operation set up by British news network Channel 4. Channel 4’...

8 in 10 LGBTQ People Have Experienced Harassment Online, and 2 in 5 Leave Social Media Because of It

According to Galop’s 2020 Online Hate Crime Report, many LGBTQ people leave social media due to online abuse and harassment. Of the 700 LGBTQ people surveyed, eight out of ten reported experiencing online ab...

Attorney for Transgender Starbucks Employee Calls New Trans-Positive Ad Campaign “Hypocritical”

An attorney for Maddie Wade, a former transgender Starbucks employee who sued the company for harassment and discrimination, has deemed the coffee shop’s new trans-positive ad campaign "hypocritical." In 201...

Twitter Apologizes for Allowance of Ads Targeting “Anti-Gay” Users

After a BBC investigation revealed that it was possible for Twitter to allow ads targeting users who had an interest in phrases like “transphobic,” “white supremacists,” and “anti-gay,” the social media giant i...

Study Finds American More Women Prejudiced Against Lesbians than Men

A landmark study looking at attitudes towards same-sex relationships across 23 countries found that, while American men and women “did not significantly differ in their attitudes toward gay men,” women were “si...

Comedy Troupe’s HQ Attacked for Gay Jesus Comedy Special

The headquarters of the Brazilian comedy troupe Porta dos Fundos was attacked on Christmas Eve following backlash from their Netflix comedy special featuring a gay Jesus, reported Entertainment Weekly. The F...

J.K. Rowling Criticized for Supporting Anti-Trans Woman

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has garnered criticism after supporting a woman whose contract was not renewed because of anti-transgender comments she made on social media. Maya Forstater, a visiting fello...

Lesbian Swe Zin Htet Competes in Miss Universe, Makes History

While Myanmar’s Swe Zin Htet didn’t take home the crown at last night’s (December 8) Miss Universe pageant held in Atlanta, she did make history as the competition’s first openly gay contestant, according to LG...

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

Employees of Metrotainment Cafes Haven’t Received Overdue Checks

PrEP Manufacturer to Test Drug Against COVID-19 — But Has Low Expectations

WATCH: Expert Explains How to Properly Wear Face Mask

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Dating App #Open Offers Free Virtual Sex-ed Class to Help Ease the ‘Self-isolation’ Blues

WATCH: Sex Toy Sign Language from ‘Tacoma FD’

Epidemic Eating: Spend, Tip, Donate, Volunteer, and Don’t Panic

WATCH: Expert Explains How to Properly Wear Face Mask

Five LGBTQ Asylum Seekers Released from ICE Custody in Ariz.

Coronavirus Leaves Migrants Along Mexico-U.S. Border Even More Vulnerable

Caitlyn Jenner Revealed to Take Thousands from Fake Charity in Sting Operation

Attorney for Transgender Starbucks Employee Calls New Trans-Positive Ad Campaign “Hypocritical”

Twitter Apologizes for Allowance of Ads Targeting “Anti-Gay” Users

Study Finds American More Women Prejudiced Against Lesbians than Men

Comedy Troupe’s HQ Attacked for Gay Jesus Comedy Special

J.K. Rowling Criticized for Supporting Anti-Trans Woman

Lesbian Swe Zin Htet Competes in Miss Universe, Makes History

Employees of Metrotainment Cafes Haven’t Received Overdue Checks

High Museum Hosts Virtual Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon to Address Gender Inequality

PrEP Manufacturer to Test Drug Against COVID-19 — But Has Low Expectations

Dating App #Open Offers Free Virtual Sex-ed Class to Help Ease the ‘Self-isolation’ Blues

WATCH: Sex Toy Sign Language from ‘Tacoma FD’

WATCH: Expert Explains How to Properly Wear Face Mask

Atlanta Opera Costume Shop Produces Masks for Hospitals

Five LGBTQ Asylum Seekers Released from ICE Custody in Ariz.

Atlanta Humane Society Puppies Visit Closed Georgia Aquarium

Atlanta Doctor Will Stay Open Despite Confusion on Social Media