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Jeff Graham, Josh McKoon and Park Cannon

2018 Legislative Preview: Lawmakers, activists weigh in on religious exemptions, hate crimes bills

Passing a modernized adoption bill is a top priority for the General Assembly and statewide LGBT advocacy group Georgia Equality in 2018, but a continued discussion looms over potentially discriminatory languag...

Catching Up with former ‘Mayor of East Atlanta’ Jimmie Scott Robinson

Newly arrived in Atlanta in 1996, Jimmie Scott Robinson had a simple goal: He wanted to date openly, party thoroughly and basically have the type of carefree, rollicking life a man could only find in the LGBT m...

Cathy Woolard on healing following divisive mayoral race and what’s next

When we reached Cathy Woolard the other day for an interview, we just barely reached her. Woolard has spent the last two-and-a-half years in the public eye campaigning for Atlanta mayor — a race she came in a c...

Georgia Equality Youth Policy Advisors present on World AIDS Day 2017

HIV-positive youth lobby lawmakers on tackling HIV, homelessness at World AIDS Day event

Georgia Equality's Youth HIV Policy Advisors (YHPA) hosted a World AIDS Day policy and action brunch on Dec. 1 at the Center for Civil and Human Rights, making a case for the link between housing and Atlanta's ...

Kyle Bailey: Mary Norwood for us, for marriage before it was popular

Mary Norwood’s moral compass led her to support the freedom to marry for same-sex couples when it was not politically expedient to do so. For her, right was right, and wrong was wrong, and she wasn’t afraid to ...

Alex Wan, Keisha Waites and De'Andre Pickett

Metro Atlanta LGBT candidates still in the hunt in important down-ballot races Dec. 5

While everyone's eyes are on the Atlanta mayoral race, there are still a good number of other important races that also went to a runoff — and still a good chance for major LGBT representation on the local and ...

World AIDS Day events scheduled throughout Georgia

World AIDS Day takes place Friday, Dec. 1, but there is a series events taking place throughout the week and weekend and across the state to mark the day. Sunday, Nov. 26 Rev. Dr. James Brewer-Calvert, Re...

Georgia Stonewall Democrats endorse Bottoms for Atlanta mayor

With two weeks to go until the Election Day runoffs, Georgia Stonewall Democrats released their endorsements, and this round they did something they had yet to do during this election cycle — endorse someone fo...

FBI’s hate crimes report leaves out Georgia incidents related to gender identity

The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Monday released its 2016 Hate Crimes Statistics report showing 12 incidents in Georgia motivated by a victim's sexual orientation and no incidents in the state motivated b...

Liliana Bakhtiari, Josh McNair and Cathy Woolard

LGBT groups’ endorsements roll in as potentially historic Election Day approaches

As the days dwindle to Election Day on Nov. 7, voters across Georgia — and especially in the city of Atlanta — are faced with choosing among a dizzying number of candidates in numerous races on the municipal, c...

Atlanta leaders give mixed grades on Mayor Kasim Reed’s LGBT record

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed has seven years’ tenure under his belt, and the field is stacked for the next city leader to take over his office. As the election nears, Georgia Voice asked a few LGBT activists, and R...

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

Pete’s Predicament: Winning Over Black Voters on Super Tuesday

Supreme Court to Hear if Adoption Agencies can Reject LGBTQ Families

HRC Releases 2020 Presidential Questionnaire

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Out on Television Premieres on Apple TV

Pit Boss: Lots of Sweet Memories and Sugary Sauce

“And Then We Danced”

2018 Legislative Preview: Lawmakers, activists weigh in on religious exemptions, hate crimes bills

Catching Up with former ‘Mayor of East Atlanta’ Jimmie Scott Robinson

Cathy Woolard on healing following divisive mayoral race and what’s next

HIV-positive youth lobby lawmakers on tackling HIV, homelessness at World AIDS Day event

Kyle Bailey: Mary Norwood for us, for marriage before it was popular

Metro Atlanta LGBT candidates still in the hunt in important down-ballot races Dec. 5

World AIDS Day events scheduled throughout Georgia

Georgia Stonewall Democrats endorse Bottoms for Atlanta mayor

FBI’s hate crimes report leaves out Georgia incidents related to gender identity

LGBT groups’ endorsements roll in as potentially historic Election Day approaches

Atlanta leaders give mixed grades on Mayor Kasim Reed’s LGBT record

Religion’s Rule Over Me

Pancake Surprise!

Out on Television Premieres on Apple TV

Nightlife at a Glance: February 28-March 14

Pit Boss: Lots of Sweet Memories and Sugary Sauce

Arts at a Glance: February 28-March 12

“And Then We Danced”

Welcome to the LGBTQIA-borhood!

Witches Be Like … What is the Difference Between Religion and Spirituality Anyway?

America’s Spiritual Awakening: Religion Gets Personal

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