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Atlanta Pride Announces Highlights of 2020 Virtual Programming

The Atlanta Pride Committee (APC) announced highlights today for their 2020 virtual festival. Earlier this year, due to concerns around COVID-19, the APC announced that the 50th anniversary festival would be...

HRC Releases Data Detailing the Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Latinx LGBTQ People

New data from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC) show that Latinx LGBTQ are disproportionately likely to experience a negative economic impact from COVID-19. The research, released in partnership wit...

My Sister’s Room Receives Funding from HRC and SHOWTIME’s “Queer to Stay” Initiative

Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) — the nation’s largest LGBTQ civil rights organization — and SHOWTIME announced that Atlanta-based lesbian bar My Sister’s Room is a recipient of the “Queer to Stay: An L...

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...

HRC and SHOWTIME Launch Initiative to Support LGBTQ Businesses Affected by COVID-19

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and SHOWTIME, who scored a perfect 100 on HRC’s 2020 Corporate Equality Index, partnered up to launch an initiative supporting and preserving businesses that serve the LGBTQ comm...

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

Biden Rallies LGBTQ Supporters, Denounces Trump at HRC Event

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

Former Methodist Church in Savannah Becomes Nondenominational Over LGBTQ Beliefs

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’