Local LGBTQ Activist and Ally Judy Colbs Dies at 89

Judy Colbs, the President of PFLAG Atlanta, has died at the age of 89. Colbs passed away on January 5, according to her obituary. She is remembered as a staunch ally to Atlanta’s LGBTQ community. After her d...

HRC Endorses LGBTQ Ally Lucy McBath for Reelection

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has endorsed staunch LGBTQ ally Rep. Lucy McBath for reelection. “Congresswoman McBath has been a steadfast ally of the LGBTQ community and a leading voice on combating gun vi...

Katie Burkholder: My Ally Story

As a self-absorbed pre-teen living in a small town, all I knew of the world was what was immediately around me, and “diverse” is not the word I’d use to describe it: a lot of straight, white people who said tha...

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I’m a black, straight woman who’s an ally to the LGBTQ community, and I identify with its struggles.
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Ashleigh Atwell: LGBT allies—show up, do the work

It’s officially summer and that means two things: it’s hot as the devil’s toenails here in Georgia and it’s Pride season. LGBT folks across the country are gearing up to march, spectate and shine at celebration...

Belinda Carlisle returns ‘center stage’ in ATL

In the ’80s, she fronted the all-female pop group The Go-Go’s. She had a successful solo career, posed for Playboy, became a vegan, got sober, married a politician, had a gay son, moved to France, started pract...