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Theatrical Outfit Announces New 2020-2021 Digital Lineup

Theatrical Outfit has announced a brand-new lineup that embraces digital programming for their 2020-2021 season, which includes Downtown Dialogues, Made In Atlanta, The Welcome Table, The Unexpected Play Festiv...

Crowded and Maskless Peach Party Event Prompts Social Media Criticism

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, Peach Party waged on—without adherence to safety guidelines. The party, which has been the highlight of Atlanta’s circuit party scene for the past nine years, kicked off las...

Pure Heat Community Festival Postponed to 2021

The Pure Heat Community Festival has been postponed due to COVID-19. The festival, which was scheduled for Sunday, September 6 in Piedmont Park during the annual Atlanta Black Gay Pride celebration, will be ...

Drag in the Age of COVID-19

For many local drag queens, this spring was the last time they performed in front of a crowded audience. No one would ever have expected that the much-loved and entertaining drag queen performances would ever s...

Voices of Note Kicks Off New Season with ‘We Need Some Light’

Voices of Note will be kicking off their 2020-2021 season with We Need Some Light, a kick-off fundraising cabaret. Voices of Note, which includes both the Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus and the Atlanta Women’s Cho...

Impact of Pandemic on Local Businesses

After months of closures due to COVID-19, local Atlanta businesses are reopening and ready to serve their community as safely as possible. Georgia Voice talked to a number of Atlanta’s favorite LGBTQ businesses...

Black LGBTQ Americans Are Disproportionately Financially Affected by COVID-19, Report Finds

Black Americans have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19, making up 23 percent of COVID-related deaths despite making up only 13 percent of the population. However, new findings from the Human Rights C...

Fauci: No Clear Evidence HIV Heightens Coronavirus Risk

Dr. Anthony Fauci on Friday said it remains unclear whether people with HIV are more vulnerable to the coronavirus. “The story is not yet completely out in individuals with HIV,” he said during a panel that ...

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...

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

Biden, Harris Inauguration Events Mostly Virtual

Trump Administration Allows LGBTQ Discrimination with New HHS Rule

LGBTQ Trump Supporters Tiptoe Away from President after U.S. Capitol Attack

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

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

The Year in LGBTQ Cinema

Tamisha Iman and LaLa Ri Represent Atlanta on “Drag Race” Season 13