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Georgia progressives move to ‘flip the 6th’ Congressional District

The battle is on for Georgia’s 6th Congressional District. Nineteen candidates threw their hats in the ring to take the House seat just vacated by new Health and Human Services Sec. Tom Price, who represented t...

Simon Williamson: LGBT people will be skewered this election season

General elections tend to bring out the absolute worst in people. Nearly seven years of Barack Obama will certainly have let you know which of your friends are racists through their angrily typed Facebook po...

Saint Mark UMC gay minister Josh Noblitt to make run for Georgia state House

Josh Noblitt, the openly gay Minister of Social Justice at Saint Mark United Methodist Church, is set to throw his hat in the ring to run for open state House seat that will be available when State Rep. Margare...

Guest editorial: Ten years after Georgia’s gay marriage amendment

Houses in Massachusetts are really expensive, and more than three-fourths of my fellow Georgians hate me. Those were the parallel thoughts running through my head 10 years ago on election night, as I lay in ...

HRC’s Chad Griffin coming to ATL to urge LGBT voters support Michelle Nunn, Jason Carter

Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign, is coming to Atlanta Thursday to make phone calls on behalf of U.S. Senate hopeful Michelle Nunn as well as gubernatorial candidate Jason Carter. Nunn, a...

Watch: Jimmy Carter says gay marriage should be left up to states

Former president Jimmy Carter, and grandfather of Georgia gubernatorial candidate Jason Carter, was interviewed in Texas on Sunday and said he supports states deciding the issue of gay marriage. “I’m kind of...

LGBT activists: ‘Georgia cannot afford to be last’ when it comes to gay marriage

The visual was quite compelling. Dozens of same-sex couples, their children, clergy wearing rainbow-colored stoles, and people carrying two large rainbow flags waving in the cool wind, all gathered behind a ...

Editorial: Going to the polls is crucial, but our choices, again, are less than ideal

Endorsements in political races are a responsibility we feel all news organizations should accept. This year, we’ve settled on anti-endorsements in the governor’s race and the U.S. Senate race, and say: do n...

Greg Hecht chides Sam Olens for defending Georgia’s gay marriage ban

Democratic Attorney General candidate Greg Hecht took his case straight to the source on Sunday, blasting Republican incumbent Sam Olens for defending the state’s same-sex marriage ban. Hecht went on the off...

Letter to the editor: Why President Obama and Georgia needs the LBGTQ community in November

In a tongue-in-cheek, but pointed article, Newsweek Magazine nicknamed President Obama as “the first gay President.” This was an editorial comment on President Obama’s firm support of same-sex marriage, employm...

Guest editorial: What’s at stake for the LGBT community in Georgia’s U.S. Senate race

We support Michelle Nunn for U.S. Senate because the choice in this election is crystal clear. We have the opportunity to choose between electing a progressive leader who has expressed her support for issues ...

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

New Study Looks at Demographics of Queer-Identified People

Sanders Campaign Defends Accepting Joe Rogan Support Amid LGBTQ Backlash

Rush Center Names Simone Bell as New Interim Executive Director

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Lil Nas X and Other LGBTQ Celebs Rock the Grammys

Season 12 Cast of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Announced

Lizzo Says She Wants Her Music to Make Black Trans Women Feel Good