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More LGBTQ People are Experiencing Depression and Anxiety for the First Time Due to COVID-19

A new study shows that many members of the LGBTQ community are experiencing anxiety and depression for the first time because of the coronavirus pandemic. The survey of nearly 2,300 LGBTQ people found that, con...

HIV Medications May Lower Risk of COVID-19, Study Finds

A new study has revealed that HIV-positive people on antiretroviral therapy (ART) medications have a lower risk of getting coronavirus, experiencing severe symptoms, and dying from COVID-19-related complication...

COVID-19 Redraws the 2020 LGBTQ Travel Roadmap

When Dorothy returned from Oz and declared, “There’s no place like home,” that dewy tribute to domesticity made sense, coming from a Kansas farm girl recently abducted by flying monkeys and repeatedly threatene...

LGBTQ Celebs Headline “Can’t Cancel Pride” Virtual Fundraiser

Stars like Billy Porter, Melissa Etheridge, Katy Perry, Kim Petras, Adam Lambert, and Ricky Martin will be headlining in “Can’t Cancel Pride,” a new virtual fundraiser to raise visibility and money for the LGBT...

Research Details Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Transgender Community

New research from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC) and PSB Research reveals the disproportionate economic impact COVID-19 has had on the transgender community. The research found that transgender p...

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

The City of Atlanta and Mayor Keisha Bottoms have released ATLGBTQ Strong, a COVID-19 resource guide for Atlanta’s LGBTQ community. “Furthering our commitment to the protection and advancement of the LGBTQ c...

Creep of the Week: Alex Azar

An uninterrupted moment of silence for each person that has died from COVID-19 would last 62 days. And yet there is no state of national mourning, which is the loudest thing I have ever heard. This is only the ...

Creep of the Week: The Republican Party

There is a lot to be worried about when it comes to the public health crisis we are currently in. The biggest worry is, of course, getting sick and dying. The second is getting someone else sick and killing the...

Saint Mark UMC Offers Free COVID-19 Testing

LGBTQ-friendly Saint Mark United Methodist Church, the winner of Georgia Voice’s 2020 Best of Atlanta: All-stars award for Best Church, is offering free walk-up COVID-19 testing to the Atlanta community in June...

Ask Brian: What Are the Best Ways to Handle Anxiety?

One of the things that has been interesting during this time is the almost completely opposite counterbalance of struggles that I think people would generally identify with. For example, I suffer from chronic a...

HRC Announces Vote Equal, Vote Safe Initiative to Ensure Voting Rights During Pandemic

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has announced a new initiative, Vote Equal, Vote Safe, to ensure LGBTQ and allied voters are able to vote without compromising their health and safety during the coronavirus pand...

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

Donald Trump Nominates Amy Coney Barrett to Replace RBG on Supreme Court

Biden Rallies LGBTQ Supporters, Denounces Trump at HRC Event

Ginsburg’s Death Leaves LGBTQ Rights on Supreme Court Vulnerable to Religious Claims

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Jonathan Bennett Stars in Hallmark’s New LGBTQ-inclusive Christmas Rom-Com

Brandon Krajewski on Directing and Co-Writing ‘Stone | Fruit’

Cindy L. Abel Talks Her Doc ‘Surviving the Silence’