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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

City of Atlanta Releases COVID-19 Resource for the LGBTQ Community

New Information Surrounding Death of Tony McDade Emerges

Grindr Removes Ethnicity Filter and Donates to Black Lives Matter Movement

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Lady Bunny’s Comedy Special Slays Sacred COVID-19 Cows

Gay ‘Mister Rogers’ Actor No Longer Bound by Oath to Children’s TV Titan

Charis Books and The Invisible Histories Project Host ‘The Deviant’s War’ Virtual Book Tour

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

City of Atlanta Releases COVID-19 Resource for the LGBTQ Community

New Information Surrounding Death of Tony McDade Emerges

Grindr Removes Ethnicity Filter and Donates to Black Lives Matter Movement

Biden Recognizes 50th Anniversary of LGBTQ Pride Month

Creep of the Week: Alex Azar

HRC Releases #PrideInside Toolkit to Make Celebrating Pride Month from Home Simple

Equality Florida Hosts Virtual LGBTQ Black Lives Matter Town Hall

Same-sex Weddings Have Boosted Economy by $3.8 Billion

Court Rules Same-sex Couples Have Equal Access to Survivor’s Benefits

Creep of the Week: The Republican Party

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