Top 10 National Stories of 2018
No. 10: Ric Grenell confirmed as ambassador U.S. Ambassador to Germandy Richard Grenell (Photo public domain) After months of Democratic opposition, the U.S. Senate confirmed Richard Grenell this y...
State Senate candidate under fire for Facebook posts: ‘I’m deeply sorry’
State Senate District 6 candidate Jaha Howard has apologized for the anti-gay and misogynistic views he expressed in a series of social media posts from 2011 to 2014. The apology came in a statement posted to h...
Blue Jays star suspended for gay slur against Atlanta Braves
Major League Baseball player Kevin Pillar, an outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays, was suspended this week after yelling a gay slur at Braves pitcher Jason Motte during a game at SunTrust Park. Pillar will ...
5 LGBT things you need to know today, May 18
1. So much for participating in the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. A Shariah law court in a conservative part of Indonesia spent that day condemning two young gay men to public caning for...
5 LGBT things you need to know today, March 10
1. Dr. Joseph Nicolosi, who founded the ex-gay conversion therapy movement, died yesterday from influenza complications. 2. The Austin, Texas, nonprofit Texas Health Action has a new project: the Kind Clinic...
CPAC disinvites Milo Yiannopoulos over unearthed pedophilia video
Update: Milo Yiannopoulos resigned today from his position as senior editor with Breitbart following the discovery of the video. He announced his resignation this afternoon. Original story: Although anti-...
Attack ads target openly gay South Fulton mayoral candidate
1:45 p.m.: This story has been updated with remarks from fellow candidate Robert Dawson. A series of political attack ads aimed at a gay mayoral candidate has Fulton County’s LGBT community and allies furiou...
Vandals tag Midtown car with homophobic, racist, anti-Semitic slurs
The night before the Super Bowl, a car parked in Ansley Park was tagged with graffiti including the words "nigger," "faggot," "kyke" and "fag. New Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields took the moment to re-affirm...
Bishop Eddie Long dies of ‘aggressive form of cancer’ at 63
Eddie Long, the Lithonia, Georgia, anti-LGBT pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church who made headlines in 2010 after sexual contact allegations, died yesterday. The church released a statement Sunday ...
5 LGBT things you need to know today, Jan. 2
1. New year, new gender status on a New York birth certificate: Sara Kelly Keenan, 55, became the first person to be identified as intersex on a birth certificate. 2. The Peach State's own Georgia Prosper in...
5 LGBT things you need to know today, May 27
1. “Little People, Big World” stars made news for making anti-gay comments this week—twice. 2. The L.A. Times reports on undercover cops entrapping gay men in parks. 3. Slate talks to queer writer/perform...