Domestically Disturbed Archives - Georgia Voice

Ryan Lee: ‘Religious liberty’ crowd reveals true colors as First Amendment crumbles

As they've lost ground in the culture wars, conservatives have been crying wolf about the endangered nature of faith in America, insisting that our country was straying from its founding principle of religious ...

Patrick Saunders: New year brings fresh changes at Georgia Voice

Of the numerous reactions to the election of Donald Trump to the presidency of the United States – fear, anger, anxiety, disbelief – one of the common ones that emerged was a desire to get more involved in the ...

Chris Cash: The courage to change

I’m a long-time member of a certain 12-step group. Anonymity is big for some but it never has been for me. I am proud to be a part of a group who works a program day in and day out to become the best human bein...

Rob Smith: Looking back on being closeted in the Army, five years after Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

Editor's Note: Five years ago today, the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy on military service by lesbian, gays and bisexuals officially ended. To mark the anniversary, we're publishing an excerpt from "Closets, C...

Mark Segal: Tracing the LGBT DNC legacy

The Democratic National Convention that will convene in Philadelphia July 25 is creating LGBT history on full public view. This will be the first national political party convention with LGBT participation on e...

Ryan Lee: A discourse on disclosure

Last month, an Atlanta social media “celebrity” posted a series of videos on Facebook in which he outed his former roommate (and unrequited love interest) as being HIV-positive. The videos were salacious and vi...

Ryan Lee: Appreciating the flimsy faith of America’s Christian leaders

My friend has been experimenting with organic mixology lately, and after a sip of one of his latest creations, the most encouraging review I could offer was, “It’s not as bad as I expected it to be.” “Well t...

Ryan Lee: Lost in other people’s feelings

The last place I thought I would be during Easter weekend was inside a church, but that’s where I spent part of a life-or-death Saturday, or more accurately, love-and-death. I started my day attending a funeral...

Creep of the Week: Republican presidential candidates Cruz, Rubio and Carson

Making sure that gays and lesbians were never afforded legally recognized marriages was the focus for the anti-gay right for so long. So many resources were poured into stopping John and Bill from saying, "I do...

Simon Williamson, columnist with Georgia Voice

Simon Williamson: Being polite in shitty company

South Africa, whence I hail, and whence I write this, is a fairly bizarre place. It largely parallels the American South in many key ways, but the repair job is much newer, the anger more raw, and the wounds le...

Ryan Lee: A queer take on gun control

I try to promote joy and peace in my gift giving, which is why most of the holiday presents I pass out are THC-based. I had an odd, unfamiliar feeling last week as I licked and sealed an envelope and prepared t...

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

White House Livestreams Anti-LGBTQ Sermon

Group Demands ICE Release Trans Woman in ‘Life-or-Death Medical Crisis’

Brookhaven Becomes Seventh Georgia Municipality to Outlaw LGBTQ Discrimination

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Katie Sowers to Make History as First Openly LGBTQ Coach at Super Bowl

Ryan Murphy to Receive GLAAD Award for Accelerating LGBTQ Visibility in Media

Behind the Scenes: “Maybe Happy Ending, The Musical!”