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Charis bringing trans activist, author Sarah McBride to Atlanta

Sarah McBride has been a lot of firsts. At just 27, she’s been the first openly transgender student body president at a four-year university; the first openly transgender person to work at the White House, w...

Georgia Voice 2017 Best of Atlanta winners: Shopping

Bookstore Charis Books and More While across the nation LGBT bookstores have shut their doors, Atlanta’s Charis Books and More (www.charisbooksandmore.com) has managed to not only survive but remain a fan...

Packed schedule of Georgia events lined up for Stonewall Month

Pride should always be celebrated year-round, but June is an especially momentous time as it marks the month in 1969 when Greenwich Village's LGBT community fought back against police after a raid on the Stonew...

Readers weigh in on how Georgia’s LGBT nonprofits have affected their lives

“Raising children to recognize and celebrate not only their own, but everyone's, full range of complex and unique human expressions is one of the primary focuses of my life. I believe that we can do that with r...

Catching Up with Charis Books’ E.R. Anderson on Independent Bookstore Day

E.R. Anderson is executive director of Charis Circle, the nonprofit programming arm of Charis Books and More, the South's oldest independent feminist bookstore. Anderson joined us on AM1690 to talk Independent ...

Catching Up with the AJC Decatur Book Festival insiders [AUDIO]

We talk the AJC Decatur Book Festival with Julie Wilson, programming director of the festival, and Elizabeth Anderson, a member of the festival's programming committee who is better known as the executive direc...

Catching Up … with Saralyn Chesnut, longtime Atlanta LGBT activist

Saralyn Chesnut was no late bloomer to activism. She was born in 1948 in Tifton, Georgia, the daughter of a liberal mother raised in a conservative town in the segregated South at the beginning of the civil rig...

Georgia Voice 2015 Best of Atlanta winners: Shopping

BOOKSTORE CHARIS BOOKS It's been around for 40 years and is Atlanta's favorite bookstore: Charis Books (www.charisbooksandmore.com). With a welcoming home in Little Five Points, a great selection of new and...

There’s a Tiny Door coming to Charis Books

The Tiny Doors ATL movement has spread to include a notable name in Atlanta's LGBT community. Organizers behind the public art project announced Friday that the next Tiny Door is coming to Charis Books & Mo...

LGBT Atlanta’s Best Bets for the weekend and beyond

Friday, Dec. 12 Edie Cheezburger, Jaye Lish and cast bring “The Other Show” drag event weekly to Jungle, 9 p.m., www.jungleatl.com Traxx Girls night at My Sister’s Room offers drink specials, great music ...

Charis celebrates 40 years with birthday bash [Photos]

Charis Books & More, one of the few remaining feminist bookstores left in the nation, hit a major milestone with its 40th anniversary last weekend and celebrated with a birthday bash on Nov. 8 at the Marian...

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

Biden Pledges to Mom of Trans Kid to Protect LGBTQ Rights: ‘I Will Flat Out Change the Law’

Barrett Won’t Budge From No Comment on Whether She’d Overturn Same-sex Marriage

Barrett Dodges on Same-sex Marriage, Downplays Ties to Anti-LGBTQ Law Firm

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

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

An Iconic LGBTQ Remake and a New Thriller

The Birth of LGBTQ Social Media Platform Molly Tommy

Charis bringing trans activist, author Sarah McBride to Atlanta

Georgia Voice 2017 Best of Atlanta winners: Shopping

Packed schedule of Georgia events lined up for Stonewall Month

Readers weigh in on how Georgia’s LGBT nonprofits have affected their lives

Catching Up with Charis Books’ E.R. Anderson on Independent Bookstore Day

Catching Up with the AJC Decatur Book Festival insiders [AUDIO]

Catching Up … with Saralyn Chesnut, longtime Atlanta LGBT activist

Georgia Voice 2015 Best of Atlanta winners: Shopping

There’s a Tiny Door coming to Charis Books

LGBT Atlanta’s Best Bets for the weekend and beyond

Charis celebrates 40 years with birthday bash [Photos]

The Choice is Clear

Creep of the Week: Donald Trump

Biden Pledges to Mom of Trans Kid to Protect LGBTQ Rights: ‘I Will Flat Out Change the Law’

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

Barrett Won’t Budge From No Comment on Whether She’d Overturn Same-sex Marriage

The History of Southern Voice

Barrett Dodges on Same-sex Marriage, Downplays Ties to Anti-LGBTQ Law Firm

Kamala Harris Contends Amy Coney Barrett Confirmation Could Threaten Marriage Equality

A Record Number of LGBTQ Candidates are Running in 2020

Creep of the Week: Amy Coney Barrett

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