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Pete Buttigieg Confirmed to Cabinet by Senate, Makes LGBTQ History

Pete Buttigieg has been confirmed as the transportation secretary by the Senate, making him the first openly gay person to be confirmed to a Cabinet position. Buttigieg was approved on Tuesday (February 2) w...

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...

‘Mean Girls’ Star Jonathan Bennett is Engaged to Partner Jaymes Vaughan

Mean Girls and The Christmas House star Jonathan Bennett has gotten engaged to his partner TV host Jaymes Vaughan. In an interview with People, the couple revealed that Vaughan wrote a proposal song for Benn...

Atlanta’s Jeffrey Gray in New Baking Competition

When Atlanta’s Jeffrey Gray left his job with an ad agency last year after more than 30 years (during 20 of which he was one of the owners), he wanted to move in a completely different direction. Now, as the ow...

More LGB Republicans than Democrats Wish They Were Straight, Study Finds

A new study examining the differences between LGB Republicans and Democrats found that many Republicans wish they were straight or see being LGB as a “personal shortcoming.” The report, released by the Willi...

Pope Francis Supports Civil Unions for Same-sex Couples

For the first time, Pope Francis has declared his support for same-sex civil unions, according to the Catholic News Agency. In the documentary Francesco, which first premiered at the Rome Film Festival on We...

Jonathan Bennett Stars in Hallmark’s New LGBTQ-inclusive Christmas Rom-Com

Out Mean Girls star Jonathan Bennett will be starring in Hallmark’s new Christmas rom-com featuring a gay couple. Bennett will star in in The Christmas House, which will follow the story of a gay couple tryi...

Demings, Quigley Introduce Bill to Repeal MSM Blood Donor Restrictions

Two members of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday introduced a bill that would repeal restrictions on men who have sex with men who want to donate blood. A press release that U.S. Reps. Val Demin...

Grenell Makes No Mention of Being Gay in Republican Convention Speech

Richard Grenell, the former acting director of national intelligence hailed by gay conservatives for being the first openly gay Cabinet member, made no mention of his sexual orientation or LGBTQ issues in his s...

Facebook Removes Trump Ads Because of Nazi Hate Symbol

Facebook deactivated ads from President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence that used an upside-down triangle used by Nazis to label gay and queer prisoners in death camps. The ads, which were removed...

Gay Themed “Love, Victor” Bows on Hulu

As Brian Tanen awaited word on whether or not his series, “Grand Hotel,” would be renewed, he got an offer he eventually knew he had to leap at—being a co-showrunner and executive producer of the new series, “L...

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

Marjorie Taylor Greene Posts Anti-Trans Sign Outside Office

House Passes Equality Act

Biden’s First 30-day LGBTQ Report Card

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