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Atlanta Chipotles Celebrate Pride with Fundraiser and Pride Merch

Chipotle is celebrating Pride by raising money for national and local LGBTQ organizations with new Pride merch, as well as a one-day fundraiser on June 20.Chipotle has released limited edition Pride merch, ...

Gay Man Trey Peters Attacked and Killed in DeKalb County

Gay man Ronald “Trey” Peters was shot early Tuesday morning (June 4) after attackers shouted homophobic slurs at him.Peters, 28, was walking home from a MARTA station in Stone Mountain when he was approache...

Drag Queen Story Hour Comes to Atlanta City Hall

Mayor of Atlanta Keisha Lance Bottoms will be hosting a Drag Queen Story Hour, featuring local drag queen Miss Terra Cotta Sugarbaker, on June 29 at Atlanta City Hall.After the Alpharetta Library Branch dro...

Atlanta City Council Votes to Provide PrEP to High-Risk Populations

Atlanta's City Council unanimously approved Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms' legislation to allocate money to provide PrEP to high-risk populations.The resolution, which was sponsored by City Councilmember Anton...

Westboro Baptist Church Protests Morehouse’s Transgender Admissions Policy

Kansas-based hate group the Westboro Baptist Church demonstrated outside of Morehouse's commencement ceremony, protesting the historically black college's new transgender admissions policy, reported the AJC. ...

Charity Bike Race Raises Money for HIV/AIDS Research in Atlanta

Action Cycling Atlanta (ACA) is hosting the 17th annual AIDS Vaccine 200 (AV200), a 2-day, 200-mile bike race to raise money for HIV/AIDS research and treatment, on May 18 and 19.Cyclists will bike 200 mile...

Gay Atlanta Strip Club Swinging Richards Files for Bankruptcy

Atlanta’s favorite gay male strip club Swinging Richards has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after five dancers sued for unpaid wages, reported the Atlanta Business Chronicle.Five former dancers sued the ni...

New Report Finds “Widespread Failure” of Police in Treatment of Transgender People

A new report from the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) exposed the “widespread failure” of various cities' police forces in protecting transgender people.In the report “Failing to Protect and...

Mayor of Atlanta Solidifies Opposition to Conversion Therapy

Mayor of Atlanta Keisha Lance Bottoms has introduced a legislation opposing conversion therapy in the city and calling on the rest of the state to follow suit.This resolution, which was passed unanimously b...

Morehouse College to Allow Admission to Trans Students

Morehouse College, the country’s only all-male historically black collage, released a statement on April 13 announcing the approval of a new policy which would allow transgender male students to be considered f...

Atlanta Pride Comes to Six Flags

Hang out with Atlanta Pride at Out in the Park at Six Flags Over Georgia on Saturday, June 1. Guests will enjoy a day of fun and thrills, as well as an exclusive all-you-can-eat catered buffet, a drag show, and...

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

An Apparent Trump Win is Really a Huge Trans Victory

Transgender Fire Chief of Byron, Georgia Fired

Reporters Granted Access to ICE Transgender Detainee Unit

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

YouTuber Dan Howell Comes Out as Gay

Jonathan Van Ness Named Essie’s First Non-Female Ambassador for Pride Month

‘Queer Eye’ Star Antoni Porowski Gets a Drag Makeover from Miz Cracker

Atlanta Chipotles Celebrate Pride with Fundraiser and Pride Merch

Gay Man Trey Peters Attacked and Killed in DeKalb County

Drag Queen Story Hour Comes to Atlanta City Hall

Atlanta City Council Votes to Provide PrEP to High-Risk Populations

Westboro Baptist Church Protests Morehouse’s Transgender Admissions Policy

Charity Bike Race Raises Money for HIV/AIDS Research in Atlanta

Gay Atlanta Strip Club Swinging Richards Files for Bankruptcy

New Report Finds “Widespread Failure” of Police in Treatment of Transgender People

Mayor of Atlanta Solidifies Opposition to Conversion Therapy

Morehouse College to Allow Admission to Trans Students

Atlanta Pride Comes to Six Flags

YouTuber Dan Howell Comes Out as Gay

An Apparent Trump Win is Really a Huge Trans Victory

Transgender Fire Chief of Byron, Georgia Fired

Reporters Granted Access to ICE Transgender Detainee Unit

Six Democratic Candidates, Including Pete Buttigieg, Would Beat Trump in 2020, Poll Finds

Florida Reps. Announce Plan to Make Pulse Nightclub National Memorial

Puerto Rico Passes “Religious Freedom” Bill

Survey Shows Growing Support for Transgender Rights Among Americans

Jonathan Van Ness Comes Out as Non-Binary

Lambda Legal, MAP Release Report on LGBT Rights in US Territories

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