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Transgender Georgia man who fought judge for name change dead at 25

Rowan Feldhaus, a transgender Augusta man who successfully fought a Georgia judge to get his name changed, has died after complications from surgery. He was 25.Superior Court Judge David J. Roper denied Fel...

Georgia judge denies transgender man’s name change

Lambda Legal filed a brief Thursday in the Georgia Court of Appeals on behalf of a transgender Augusta man whose petition to legally change his name to reflect his gender identity was denied by a trial court be...

LGBT Atlanta rallies to celebrate Supreme Court marriage decision [PHOTOS] [VIDEO]

A brief patch of rain didn't stand a chance of dampening spirits Friday as several hundred people, including local politicians, plaintiffs and attorneys from Georgia's marriage lawsuit and other community leade...

Court finds city of Atlanta in contempt for not implementing police trainings mandated after unconstitutional Eagle raid

A federal judge has found the city of Atlanta in contempt of court and imposed numerous sanctions for the city’s failure to properly train police officers as mandated in a lawsuit settlement following the uncon...

What happens to Georgia’s same-sex marriage case after U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling?

Oral arguments on same-sex marriage are taking place today at the U.S. Supreme Court with a decision likely in June. Georgia is one of the remaining states where same-sex marriage is banned via a constitutional...

Federal judge makes way for attorneys to take Georgia same-sex marriage case straight to 11th Circuit Court of Appeals

U.S. District Judge William Duffey paved the way for the attorneys in the Georgia same-sex marriage case to take their case directly to the 11th Circuit of Appeals as court documents continue to fly in one of t...

Lambda Legal agrees with motion to stay Georgia gay marriage case until after high court rules

Lambda Legal late Tuesday filed a response saying it does not oppose the state's motion to stay a ruling in Georgia's same-sex marriage case until after the Supreme Court makes it ruling on marriage bans this s...

2014 People of the Year: The Georgia gay marriage plaintiffs

One day in November 2004, nine men and women were going about their lives like it was any other day when they heard the news that 76 percent of their friends and neighbors had a message for them—marriage isn't ...

Georgia AG Sam Olens says marriage never meant ‘as extending to same-sex couples’

Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens shows no sign of backing down from defending the state’s same-sex marriage ban despite the overwhelming rulings by federal judges across the country stating the bans are uncon...

[PHOTOS] Georgia Stonewall Bar’s 20th anniversary awards dinner recognizes LGBT legal leaders

The 20th annual awards dinner for the Stonewall Bar Association of Georgia was a grand affair, held Oct. 16 in the Fox Theatre's Egyptian Ballroom. The Stonewall Bar Association is Georgia's legal group for LGB...

Lambda Legal, experts weigh in on Supreme Court decision’s effect on Georgia marriage case

Today's surprising news that the Supreme Court has decided against taking up a marriage equality case this term cleared the way for same-sex marriage to be legalized in 11 more states, which would bring the tot...

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

Singer Sam Smith Now Uses “They/Them” Pronouns

Another Same-Sex Couple Sues State Department Over Citizenship of Daughter

Man Behind North Carolina’s “Bathroom Bill” to be Congressman

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Getting to Know the Creator of “For They Know Not What They Do”

Bowen Yang Becomes First Asian LGBTQ SNL Cast Member

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