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2017 In Memoriam: Georgia’s LGBT community lost activists, artists, valued everyday citizens

There has been an overwhelming frequency of homicides against transgender Americans in 2017, with an average of more than two murders per month nationally. Unfortunately, Georgia was at the forefront of this al...

2017 Georgia Voice People of the Year: Georgia’s lost transgender citizens

2017 was not easy for LGBT Americans. It was especially difficult for transgender Americans, whose struggles took center stage. As North Carolina legislated what bathroom a person could use; as the president...

Jaha Howard, the disco ball from Backstreet and Jungle and rainbow crosswalks

2017 Year In Review: Top local LGBT news stories of 2017

Take a step back to look at the local LGBT news landscape in Georgia in 2017 and you might wince. An anti-LGBT candidate wins a Georgia Congressional race, multiple deaths in the transgender community, an early...

FBI’s hate crimes report leaves out Georgia incidents related to gender identity

The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Monday released its 2016 Hate Crimes Statistics report showing 12 incidents in Georgia motivated by a victim's sexual orientation and no incidents in the state motivated b...

Transgender woman found murdered in Macon

A transgender woman missing for three days was found shot to death in Macon on Tuesday afternoon. Candace Towns, 30, was last seen alive on Saturday and was reported missing on Sunday. She becomes the 25th tran...

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

In Final Debate, Biden Delivers Sophisticated Performance, Trump Gives Untruths

Atlanta Mayor Endorses Ossoff and Warnock for Senate

The LGBTQ Platform: Biden vs. Trump

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Out Front Theatre Offers Streaming Options

‘Drag Race’ and ‘Dragula’ Halloween Specials Stream this Month

An Iconic LGBTQ Remake and a New Thriller

2017 In Memoriam: Georgia’s LGBT community lost activists, artists, valued everyday citizens

2017 Georgia Voice People of the Year: Georgia’s lost transgender citizens

2017 Year In Review: Top local LGBT news stories of 2017

FBI’s hate crimes report leaves out Georgia incidents related to gender identity

Transgender woman found murdered in Macon

In Final Debate, Biden Delivers Sophisticated Performance, Trump Gives Untruths

Atlanta Mayor Endorses Ossoff and Warnock for Senate

I Prefer to Be Gay

A Lack of Trust

‘The Boys in the Band’: A Call to Vote Your Ass Off

Out Front Theatre Offers Streaming Options

Election Night Tension

LGBTQ History and Disability

Misogyny in Politics

The LGBTQ Platform: Biden vs. Trump

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