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Counter Narrative Project’s ‘The Reckoning’ Receives GLAAD Media Award Nomination

GLAAD has announced the nominees for their 32nd annual Media Awards, and local organization Counter Narrative Project (CNP), which was featured by Georgia Voice this month, has received a nomination. The GLA...

Charles Stephens: Collective memory is an act of resistance

I am a black gay man from the South. I came of age in the '90s and early 2000s. Like most of my generation (those of us in the gap between Generation X and Y), I grew up with a vague notion of what it meant to ...

Atlanta LGBT groups, allies plan community vigil at civil rights center

A diverse coalition of 25 different Atlanta-area organizations have signed onto a letter in response to the Sunday shooting at LGBT Orlando nightclub Pulse and are calling on the community to come together for ...

Atlanta at the center of HIV/AIDS news, events this month

Georgia ranks second in the U.S. in the rate of new HIV infections and Atlanta is fifth among metropolitan areas according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. So perhaps it's appropriate that Atl...

Atlanta black gay men offer support, challenge HIV laws

His dick was a lethal weapon, at least according to Missouri state law. But before Michael Johnson aka “Tiger Mandingo” was sentenced in May to 30.5 years in prison for felony HIV exposure and recklessly infect...

Charles Stephens: On arts funding, racial justice, and cultural innovation

Art is indispensable to social justice. Effective social movements are often accompanied by, if not shaped by, art and artists. One of the more recent examples that comes to mind is from the 1980s, when a fl...

Charles Stephens: On problems and perspective

A few weeks back I was co-hosting a staged reading of the Tarell Alvin McCraney play, "Choir Boy," and I ended up in a really horrible mood. I forced a smile onto my face nonetheless and hoped for ...

Charles Stephens: Perfect black gay men; on being thrice as good

Atlanta is the city of perfect black gay men, or rather the illusion of perfection. Perfect bodies. Perfect jobs. Perfect homes. Perfect cars. Perfect clothes. Perfect credentials. Perfect boyfriends. And if...

Counter Narrative Project seeks to change the story of black gay men in Atlanta

One recent Wednesday night at the Philip Rush Center, a group of black gay men gathered to have a discussion. It was following a screening of the late Marlon Riggs' 1992 documentary “No Regret,” which featured ...

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

Biden’s First 30-day LGBTQ Report Card

Meet the New Board Members of the Atlanta Pride Committee

Am I Getting Another Stimulus Check?

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

New “United States vs. Billie Holiday” Revisits the Legendary Singer

A Look at HBO Max’s ‘It’s a Sin’

Bianca Del Rio Comes to Atlanta in New Drive-in Drag Show

Counter Narrative Project’s ‘The Reckoning’ Receives GLAAD Media Award Nomination

Charles Stephens: Collective memory is an act of resistance

Atlanta LGBT groups, allies plan community vigil at civil rights center

Atlanta at the center of HIV/AIDS news, events this month

Atlanta black gay men offer support, challenge HIV laws

Charles Stephens: On arts funding, racial justice, and cultural innovation

Charles Stephens: On problems and perspective

Charles Stephens: Perfect black gay men; on being thrice as good

Counter Narrative Project seeks to change the story of black gay men in Atlanta

Biden’s First 30-day LGBTQ Report Card

Creep of the Week: One Million Moms

GLAAD Hosts Virtual HIV Stigma and Faith Summit

Stolen Fruit: Downfall of a Closeted Gay Predator

A Tale of Black Bourbon Confusion

New “United States vs. Billie Holiday” Revisits the Legendary Singer

A Look at HBO Max’s ‘It’s a Sin’

#MeTooGay

One on One with Feroza Syed

The Hedonic Treadmill and Why Happiness Has No Price Tag

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