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Photo Gallery: Packed house for MLK Day at annual Rustin/Lorde Breakfast

It was standing room only at the Loudermilk Conference Center in downtown Atlanta on Monday as the community marked Martin Luther King Jr. Day with the 16th Annual Bayard Rustin/Audre Lorde Breakfast. The theme...

2016 In Memoriam: A number of notable LGBT deaths throughout Georgia community

From the January death of David Bowie, to the passing of Zsa Zsa Gabor earlier this month, 2016 will be remembered as the year we mourned the loss of so many iconic celebrities, politicians, journalists, activi...

2016 Year In Review: Anti-gay bill, community mourning color chaotic year locally

Park Cannon wins Georgia House District 58 in runoff Following the resignation of Rep. Simone Bell in November 2015, there was concern about the falling number of LGBT voices in the state Legislature. But th...

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Ashleigh Atwell: Rest in peace and power, Cheryl Courtney-Evans

When I met Cheryl Courtney-Evans for the first time, two years ago, she was mad as hell. I invited her to speak to my student group at Georgia State for a meeting about police brutality against LGBTQ people....

Atlanta transgender activist Cheryl Courtney-Evans dies

Pioneering Atlanta transgender activist Cheryl Courtney-Evans has died. She had been battling cancer and other health issues recently. News of Courtney-Evans' death over the weekend led to an outpouring of o...