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Catching Up with … progressive champion Larry Pellegrini

Larry Pellegrini has spent roughly 30 years championing progressive causes and fighting for LGBTQ equality at the Georgia State Capitol. He first got involved after working with none other than Southern Voice u...

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...

Senate Resolution 105: Georgia Legislature’s first ‘religious freedom’ fight of 2017?

Less than a month after both Speaker of the House Rep. David Ralston and Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle told reporters they had no plans to entertain so-called “religious liberty” bills in the General Assembly this year,...

Georgia LGBT organizations, leaders regroup after surprise Trump win

In the days and weeks following Donald Trump's defeat of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in this year's presidential election, donations poured into LGBT and other progressive groups around the nation...

Your 2016 LGBT Georgia local, county, legislative and statewide race roundup

U.S. Senate Democratic newcomer Jim Barksdale has been polling around 10 to 15 points lower than his incumbent Republican opponent Sen. Johnny Isakson. But Isakson needs to break 50 percent plus 1 vote to av...

Georgia GOP lawmaker: Anti-gay policies driving party ‘toward extinction’

State Rep. Allen Peake (R-Macon) says the prospect of Donald Trump in the White House “scares the bejeebies out of me” and laments that the party's treatment of the LGBT community, Hispanics and African-America...

Catching Up with … lesbian former state Rep. Simone Bell

When Simone Bell won the election for the House District 58 seat in 2009, she made history, becoming the first African-American out lesbian to serve in a U.S. state legislature. In October, she announced that s...

State Rep. Simone Bell says she was ‘threatened’ by former opponent

State Rep. Simone Bell (D-Atlanta) posted a status to Facebook today alleging she was threatened by her former opponent, Ralph Long. Bell, one of three lesbians in the Georgia legislature and is seeking reel...

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

Chick-fil-A Pledges to Stop Donating to Anti-LGBTQ Organizations

HRC Releases Municipal Equality Index

Parker Slams Media for Reporting Black Voters Won’t Back LGBTQ Candidates

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

No LGBTQ for the Holidays

Lil Nas X Becomes First Out Gay Person to Win Country Music Award

‘Gossip Girl’ Reboot to be More Queer and Diverse than Original Series

Catching Up with … progressive champion Larry Pellegrini

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

Senate Resolution 105: Georgia Legislature’s first ‘religious freedom’ fight of 2017?

Georgia LGBT organizations, leaders regroup after surprise Trump win

Your 2016 LGBT Georgia local, county, legislative and statewide race roundup

Georgia GOP lawmaker: Anti-gay policies driving party ‘toward extinction’

Catching Up with … lesbian former state Rep. Simone Bell

State Rep. Simone Bell says she was ‘threatened’ by former opponent

Chick-fil-A Pledges to Stop Donating to Anti-LGBTQ Organizations

HRC Releases Municipal Equality Index

No LGBTQ for the Holidays

Parker Slams Media for Reporting Black Voters Won’t Back LGBTQ Candidates

LGB Adults are More Likely to Smoke E-cigarettes, Study Finds

LGBTQ Advocacy Groups Urge Supreme Court to Uphold DACA

‘Atypical’ Actor Brigette Lundy-Paine Comes Out as Non-binary

Hillary Clinton Says Cisgender Women Have “Legitimate Concerns” About Trans Women

Lil Nas X Becomes First Out Gay Person to Win Country Music Award

Pence Extols Trump’s Anti-LGBTQ Adoption Rule as ‘Decisive Action’

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