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FRIDAY, DEC. 21Atlanta Ballet’s ﬁrst new “The Nutcracker” in 20 years marks a milestone in dance history. Tonight at 7:30pm through Dec. 24 Fox TheatreThe legendary Libby Whittemore returns for her 10th...

Comedians, wives Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher on Atlanta tour stop, empowering LGBT voices

Soon after Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher met and began dating in 2012 in Chicago, they decided to follow their show business dreams and headed to Los Angeles, where they quickly found work doing exactly wha...

Atlanta comedians take to the stage for LGBT social justice

Protests. Marches. Canvassing. All are important ways to share messages of inclusiveness, social justice and civil rights.But for Atlanta comedians, there’s another way to spread the word: stepping up to a ...

Three LGBT movies on the roster for 2017 Atlanta Jewish Film Festival

The Atlanta Jewish Film Festival kicks off this week, and there are three pieces LGBT moviegoers might want to add to their “must-see” lists.The documentary “The Freedom to Marry” chronicles the journey to ...

Lesbian comic Kristen Becker, straight ally Jay Bakker to ‘Loosen The Bible Belt’

What do you get when you cross a lesbian comedian with a skate-punk preacher who also happens to be the son of Jim & Tammy Faye Bakker? You get a tag-team duo hitting the South for their second “Loosen the ...

Theater: Actor Harold Leaver lets loose in ‘Santaland Diaries’

It was never intended to be a franchise. When Horizon Theatre artistic director Lisa Adler rounded up actor Harold Leaver for a reading and later a run of the comic “The Santaland Diaries,” neither knew it woul...

Theater: Sibling chaos erupts in Broadway comedy

The Tony award-winning “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” has become one of the most-produced regional productions around. Staged earlier this year by Horizon Theatre, the local co-production now travels acr...

Gay-friendly comedians flock to Atlanta’s Laughing Skull Comedy Fest this weekend

The 6th Annual Laughing Skull Comedy Festival returns to Atlanta now through March 29.  More than 400 comedians submit to be in the festival, but the competition only selects the top 72 of them. This is...

Gay comedian James Adomian returns to Laughing Skull Lounge

Stand-up comedian James Adomian really loves Atlanta. Sure, he grew up here and his favorite aunt and family still live here, but James loves this town.He has mentioned several times his love of the audienc...

New generation of LGBT comics shine in Atlanta’s comedy scene

A lesbian, a bear and a drag performer walk into a popular Italian restaurant on Atlanta’s hip Edgewood Avenue …There’s no punchline, actually, but instead a fairly philosophical discussion of Atlanta’s com...

Ian Aber: Anti-gay ‘slur play’ not funny in comedy

The old adage “sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me” just doesn’t seem to ring true anymore. Nowadays, in an age where any idea, no matter how virulent, stupid or pointless, can be ...

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

Health Dept. Proposes Removing Data Collection on LGBTQ Foster Kids

Trump’s Transgender Military Ban to Affect Naval Academy

Same-Sex Couples More Likely To Be Denied a Loan, Study Says

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Converse Releases New Pride and Trans Pride Sneakers

Frank Ocean Reveals He’s Been in a Relationship for Three Years

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