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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

Gay Ex-liberal Leader Arrested on Capitol Riot Charges

White House Website Allows Visitors to Specify Pronouns

Biden Signs EO to Undo Trump’s Transgender Military Ban

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Gay Couple Directs Thriller ‘Antebellum’ While Novice Feature Director Helms Lesbian-themed ‘Two of Us’

Black History Reading List

Pandemic Brings Decrease in LGBTQ Representation on TV, GLAAD Report Finds

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

Gay Ex-liberal Leader Arrested on Capitol Riot Charges

Creep of the Week: Trump Supporters

White House Website Allows Visitors to Specify Pronouns

Biden Signs EO to Undo Trump’s Transgender Military Ban

Win, Lose & Live: Reunion with a Crush

History Repeats Itself

Gay Couple Directs Thriller ‘Antebellum’ While Novice Feature Director Helms Lesbian-themed ‘Two of Us’

As Horrifying as the Attack on Our Capitol Was, It Is a Comfort to Know Technology Will Hold Them Accountable

BLM Protests and the Capitol Siege Aren’t the Same

A Look at BLM in France

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