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Canada Announces New Coin to Commemorate Decriminalization of Homosexuality

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the decriminalization of homosexuality, the Royal Canadian Mint announced the release of a new $1 coin, reported CBC.Gay sex was decriminalized in 1969, two years after ...

A. Bentley Hudgins: The other virus ravaging Atlanta’s queer community

Recently, I was able to be a part of a movement that resulted in an amendment to the Macon-Bibb Charter and Code of Ordinances that now prohibits discrimination in public employment on the basis of sexual orien...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Aug. 16

1. Ding dong, the bill is dead! Which old bill? The anti-transgender Texas bathroom bill, that is.2. In Alabama, the fight to fill Jeff Sessions' vacated seat after he leveled up to the federal government: ...

Q&A with Chanel Haley, Georgia Equality’s transgender inclusion organizer

Native Atlantan Chanel Haley jokes that she works so much there’s not much free time to have hobbies — but she does find time to sit down for her favorite TV show, “Big Brother.” Haley is Georgia Equality’s tra...

Two gay candidates join Athens mayoral race, push for civil rights committee

People like to ask Antwon Stephens if Athens, Georgia, is ready for a LGBT mayor.He thinks it is — and he or fellow candidate Richie Knight have good chances at being the first. Both threw their hats in the...

Q&A: Atlanta musician Chelsea Shag on new song, equal love

Atlanta musician Chelsea Shag was born in Nova Scotia, Canada, and moved to the metro area when she was a child. Her music is multi-genre, influenced by a host of artists, including John Mayer, Stevie Wonder, E...

LGBT rights group SONG kicks off rescue mission

It’s no secret there are racial disparities in the criminal justice system. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People reported that one out of every 100 African-American women is in prison....

5 LGBT things you need to know today, May 9

1. Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) makes his case for supporting human rights in a piece for the New York Times.2. Human Rights Campaign condemned Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam this week for signing House Bill 11...

Atlanta LGBT advocate comes out as ‘The Gay Preacher’s Wife’

Lydia Meredith didn’t set out to become a LGBT advocate.But after learning she was both married to and mother of two gay men, Meredith knew she had a new path to forge. Her story is chronicled in her new bo...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, May 3

1. A major win for same-sex couples in Hong Kong this week. Justice Anderson Chow Ka-ming ruled that the husband of a gay civil servant who married overseas where same-sex marriage is legal should be entitled t...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, April 10

1. LGBT couples in Hawaii are petitioning for equal access to in-vitro fertilization treatment and surrogacy programs. Under state law, heterosexual couples are able to obtain financial assistance for the proce...

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

HIV Vaccine Moves On to Late-Stage Testing

LGBTQ Americans May Be More Likely to Show Early Signs of Dementia

Gay Porn Emits Estimated 17 Million Tons of Carbon Dioxide a Year

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Billy Porter Makes History with Emmy Nomination

DC Universe Gets First Gay Villain in ‘Birds of Prey’

Nicki Minaj Cancels Saudi Arabia Concert in Pro-LGBTQ Move