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Georgia House passes non-discriminatory adoption bill as Senate stalls on anti-LGBT language

Sen. William Ligon (R-Brunswick) and several fellow GOP senators are not backing down from including anti-LGBT language in House Bill 159, so the bill's author found another vehicle to get what he was looking f...

Five Georgia LGBT bills to know about heading into Crossover Day

Before the legislative session kicked off in January, one of the major changes making headlines is that Crossover Day moved to Day 28 of the session — Friday, March 3. This is the final day one chamber of the G...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, March 2

1. In a landmark move, the United Nations is sending a human rights expert to Argentina to assess anti-LGBT violence and discrimination in the country. Preliminary findings will be announced on March 10. 2. ...

Bill allowing HIV/AIDS patients access to medical cannabis advances

Georgia House Bill 65, which aims to add HIV/AIDS as diagnoses for which medical cannabis can be prescribed, is all set to head to the House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee. The House’s working group on medica...

LGBT, legislative leaders react to Georgia comprehensive civil rights bill introduction

State Sen. Lester Jackson (D-Savannah) introduced Senate Bill 119 on Feb. 2, which if passed would serve as a statewide comprehensive civil rights bill that includes protections for LGBT people. “It’s import...

State GOP lawmakers form ‘Obamacare repeal and replace task force’

Congressional Republicans are doing their best to ensure the Affordable Healthcare Act will be repealed at the federal level. Here in Georgia, state GOP lawmakers are doing their best to make sure the state is ...

Georgia GOP leaders sidestep anti-LGBT ‘religious freedom’ legislation

No matter what the forecast held, state legislators were required by law to brave snow, sleet, hail and high water to be under the Gold Dome this morning to kick off the 2017 session. Notably absent from the...

Georgia’s LGBT legislators prepare for 2017 General Assembly session

There’s an air of anticipation in downtown Atlanta this month as the 2017 General Assembly session gets underway. “With the addition of and I this legislative session, we’re representing over 200,000 indivi...

State senator aims to continue ‘religious freedom’ bill push despite loss of leadership position

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported just before the end of 2016 that Georgia’s Senate Republican Caucus met in a closed-door meeting to discuss merging its two judiciary committees. If the merger is appro...

Punches and counter punches: A timeline of Georgia’s ‘religious freedom’ bill fight

The battle over Georgia's so-called “religious freedom” bills began relatively quietly, but the introduction of a surprise opponent to the anti-LGBT bills and a jagged momentum shift back and forth over the fin...

UPDATE: ‘Religious freedom’ bill Monday hearing canceled

UPDATE ON SUNDAY: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting the Monday meeting of the House Judiciary Committee to discuss the "religious freedom" bill is canceled. Whether or not it will be re...

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

Record Number of Businesses Earn Perfect 100 on HRC Corporate Equality Index

White House Livestreams Anti-LGBTQ Sermon

Group Demands ICE Release Trans Woman in ‘Life-or-Death Medical Crisis’

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Katie Sowers to Make History as First Openly LGBTQ Coach at Super Bowl

Ryan Murphy to Receive GLAAD Award for Accelerating LGBTQ Visibility in Media

Behind the Scenes: “Maybe Happy Ending, The Musical!”