Atlanta Pride Comes to Six Flags
Hang out with Atlanta Pride at Out in the Park at Six Flags Over Georgia on Saturday, June 1. Guests will enjoy a day of fun and thrills, as well as an exclusive all-you-can-eat catered buffet, a drag show, and...
Bruce Garner: We will not be sanitized out of existence
I try not to impute motive in most statements and actions when there may not be motive. However the announced closing of Cowtippers feels to me like just one more attempt to “sanitize” Atlanta of its LGBTQ+ his...
Georgia state representative comes out as bisexual
On the eve of National Coming Out Day, just days before Atlanta Pride, Georgia Rep. Renitta Shannon (D-Decatur) came out as bisexual. “I am not only a consistent advocate for LGBTQ issues, I am a member of t...
November special elections will fill vacated state House, Senate seats
The next big election cycle isn’t supposed to happen until 2018, but Georgia is less than two months’ shy of several major statewide races to replace elected officials running for higher office. In the state...
Singer-songwriters Anne Steele and Matt Alber kick off Pride at City Winery
Earlier this month, the Atlanta Pride Committee announced the kick-off event for 2017 Atlanta Pride: Anne Steele and Matt Alber will perform at City Winery on Friday, Oct. 6. Steele, a lesbian vocalist, wife an...
Eating My Words: In search of scrumptious chicken
Tommy, my longtime friend and frequent dinner companion, recently experienced a health crisis that requires he eat as close to no salt as possible. Last week, our usual Friday night dining pals went in search o...
5 LGBT things you need to know today, Sept. 28
1. The Birmingham, Alabama, city council passed the state's first LGBT non-discrimination ordinance this Tuesday. 2. NPR interviews a lesbian couple about what it's like to go through the adoption process wh...
Packed lineup on tap for annual Gentlemen’s Ball Weekend
The Gentlemen’s Foundation is gearing up for its annual Gentlemen’s Ball Weekend, which kicks off Friday evening. This is the second year in a row the Foundation chose to extend what was once a one-night fun...
5 LGBT things you need to know today, Sept. 27
1. Roy Moore won Alabama's GOP Senate primary last night — much to the dismay of Trump, who supported the other candidate. Here's what you need to know. 2. The gruesome murder of 17-year-old Ally Lee Steinfe...
Burglars kill gay Stone Mountain man
Theodore Moore, 48, was shot and killed during a home invasion on Sept. 25, DeKalb County police say. Burglars forced their way into the home and locked Moore's husband in a closet when Moore returned from w...
Out On Film: ‘Happy’ follows Augusta gay artist’s journey, smile campaign
Ask Georgia’s own Leonard “Porkchop” Zimmerman, an Augusta native, what it was like having his life turned into a film, and the answer he provides is “weird.” “Originally … I kind of didn’t want to do it,” Z...