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Georgia governor signs law granting AIDS patients access to medical marijuana

Gov. Nathan Deal signed Senate Bill 16 on May 9, which expands Georgia's Low THC Cannabis Oil Registry program to cover six more diseases and conditions, including AIDS. Registry participants are able to leg...

Georgia Senate approves medical marijuana law expansion to include AIDS

Pending the governor's signature, Georgia AIDS patients now have access to medical marijuana. Senate Bill 16 passed the Senate this morning with a vote of 45 to 6. It's a compromise version of the original H...

Georgia Senate agrees to compromise bill to allow AIDS patients medical marijuana access

The House Judiciary Committee passed a compromise version of House Bill 65 this morning, which means AIDS patients could be weeks away from access to medical marijuana to treat their symptoms. HB 65, introdu...

Bill allowing HIV/AIDS patients access to medical cannabis advances

Georgia House Bill 65, which aims to add HIV/AIDS as diagnoses for which medical cannabis can be prescribed, is all set to head to the House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee. The House’s working group on medica...

Georgia GOP lawmaker: Anti-gay policies driving party ‘toward extinction’

State Rep. Allen Peake (R-Macon) says the prospect of Donald Trump in the White House “scares the bejeebies out of me” and laments that the party's treatment of the LGBT community, Hispanics and African-America...

GOP lawmaker tries Hail Mary on medical marijuana for HIV/AIDS, other conditions

The Macon sponsor of a bill that would add HIV/AIDS and other ailments to the list of qualifying medical conditions eligible for Georgia’s medical marijuana program is making a last-ditch effort to push the bil...

Medical marijuana one step closer for Georgians living with HIV/AIDS

While the state’s LGBT community has been trying to avoid taking steps backward with anti-LGBT bills like HB 757, there is a sliver of good news to report from the Gold Dome. A bill that would exp...

GOP lawmaker cites gay brother in HB 757 ‘compromise’

A lot has been said since Feb. 19 when the Senate passed a hybrid anti-gay “religious freedom” bill, but the million dollar question remains: what will the House come up with now that House Bill ...

Medical marijuana could be on the way for Georgians living with HIV/AIDS

During last year's legislative session, state Rep. Allen Peake's (R-Macon) much-debated medical marijuana bill passed, allowing Georgians to use a form of cannabis oil to treat severe cases of eight different i...

‘Religious freedom’ bill co-sponsor opens up about gay brother

During a taping of WMAZ's Close-Up program this week, state Rep. Allen Peake (R-Macon) talked about the difficulty of backing a so-called "religious freedom" bill that could open up the door to more LGBT discri...

Employment discrimination, hate crimes and HIV bills highlight LGBT bills under Gold Dome

Religious freedom isn't the only issue affecting the LGBT community during this year's legislative session. Employment discrimination, bullying, hate crimes and HIV/AIDS are just some of the subjects covered in...

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

Georgia Equality Announces Endorsements for 2020 General Election

Rev. Kim Jackson Nominated for Up and Coming Politician of the Year Award

LGBTQ Ally Jon Ossoff Narrowly Leads David Perdue in New AARP Poll

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

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New Series, Movie by Gay Directors

Out On Film Virtually Opens September 24