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Atlanta’s LGBT community glams it up for 29th Annual HRC Dinner [PHOTOS] Patrick Saunders Atlanta May 2, 2016 0Around 1,200 members of the city’s LGBT community were joined by allies, politicians and others Saturday night at the Hyatt...
Community rallies to celebrate veto of anti-gay Georgia ‘religious freedom’ bill [PHOTOS] Patrick Saunders Atlanta April 5, 2016 0Over 300 people gathered in Liberty Plaza next door to the Georgia Capitol on Tuesday afternoon to celebrate Gov. Nathan Deal’s...
LGBT groups take fight against anti-gay bill to governor’s office [PHOTOS] Patrick Saunders Atlanta March 2, 2016 0Representatives from Georgia Unites Against Discrimination, Georgia Equality, Human Rights Campaign and Lambda Legal sent a message to Gov. Nathan...
Local, national LGBT groups strike back against sweeping anti-gay bill Patrick Saunders Atlanta February 17, 2016 0Local and national LGBT activists are up in arms about a move by Georgia lawmakers to combine the controversial First...
Hundreds rally against religious exemptions bills at Georgia Capitol Patrick Saunders Atlanta February 9, 2016 0Roughly 150 opponents of the numerous so-called “religious exemptions” bills under consideration in the Georgia legislature braved the cold and...
Bill protecting pastors from same-sex marriage breezes through House subcommittee Patrick Saunders Atlanta February 4, 2016 0It was standing room only Thursday afternoon as a subcommittee of the House Judiciary heard House Bill 757, the so-called...
Is the ‘Utah Compromise’ a way through for Georgia LGBT, faith communities? Patrick Saunders Atlanta January 21, 2016 0Last March, a bill passed in the Utah state legislature that banned discrimination in employment and housing on the basis...
Georgia’s latest anti-gay bill is worse than you think Patrick Saunders Atlanta January 20, 2016 0So apparently Wednesday is the favorite day to drop anti-gay bills. Last Wednesday it was state Rep. Kevin Tanner (R-Dawsonville)...
LGBT discrimination takes center stage at Georgia ‘religious freedom’ bill debate Patrick Saunders Atlanta January 7, 2016 0Anyone who’s kept an eye on the fight over the so-called ‘religious freedom’ bill over the past two legislative sessions...
‘Religious freedom’ bill author, Georgia Equality’s Graham lined up for RFRA debate Patrick Saunders Atlanta December 28, 2015 0The next legislative session doesn’t start until Jan. 11, but those looking for an appetizer of what’s to come can...
Atlanta at the center of HIV/AIDS news, events this month Patrick Saunders Atlanta December 10, 2015 0Georgia ranks second in the U.S. in the rate of new HIV infections and Atlanta is fifth among metropolitan areas...