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LGBTQ Progress in Schools Has Stalled, says GLSEN

The Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network’s (GLSEN) 2017 National School Climate Survey found that progress toward more LGBTQ-inclusive schools has stalled for the first time in years, revealing that sch...

LGBT groups react to Trump’s ‘religious freedom’ executive order, Atlanta rally cancelled

President Donald Trump commemorated the 2017 National Day of Prayer in the White House Rose Garden Thursday by signing a “religious freedom” executive order that, to the relief of LGBT and equality organization...

Georgia LGBT organizations participate in National Give OUT Day

It’s National Give OUT Day, and there’s a plethora of LGBT-related organizations to support across the nation, the Southeast and locally in the Peach State. Give OUT Day is the only organized national day of...

DeVos meets with LGBT groups over trans student protections

Representatives from a trio of LGBT organizations and families with transgender kids met Wednesday with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos in the aftermath of the Justice and Education Departments revoking Obama-e...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Jan. 20

1. As the new president takes the Oath of Office today, it seems as good a time as any to review the LGBT advances brought to America by our outgoing leader. Thanks, Obama. 2. Makonnen comes out as mainstrea...

Georgia schools ‘not safe’ for most LGBT students, national survey says

Schools are, ideally, a safe space to learn, meet new friends and expand the mind. That’s not necessarily the case for Georgia’s LGBT students, according to a report released today by national education organiz...

2015 Georgia Voice Person of the Year: South Georgia teenager Mars Hallman

As LGBT people across the state came down from the late-June high of the U.S. Supreme Court decision on marriage equality, little did they know there was a fight brewing in South Georgia that would give a peek ...

Inside Georgia teen Mars Hallman’s star-studded night at the GLSEN Awards

Nashville, Georgia teenager Mars Hallman just had the weekend of a lifetime in Beverly Hills as they were honored by GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network) as Student Advocate of the Year at the ...

Patrick Faerber: Make it better now for LGBT youth

As the chair of GLSEN Atlanta and a recent high school graduate, I have many discussions with LGBT students across Georgia. The more I talk with them, the clearer it is that they don't want to hear about...

Georgia senators help defeat LGBT student protection amendment

Seven Republicans crossed the aisle to vote in favor of the Student Nondiscrimination Act (SNDA), but Georgia's senators stayed put as the amendment to an education bill fell eight votes short of the 60-vote th...

This hate group published a creepy map to Atlanta LGBT organizations

The American Family Association has long been deemed a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, and the SPLC will give you one or two or 147 reasons why on their website. Count the AFA's latest creepy mov...

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

Trump Admin. Proposes More Anti-LGBTQ “Religious Freedom” Rules

Kanye West to Headline Evangelical Event Alongside Anti-LGBTQ Preachers

Atlanta Pride Committee Announces 2019 Year-end Grant Recipients

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

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

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

Destination: Malaysian Cuisine