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Vice President Pence campaigns for anti-LGBTQ candidate Lou Barletta

On Tuesday, Vice President Michael Pence made a surprising stop in Pennsylvania. It seems the VP is campaigning hard for Congressman Lou Barletta, who is running for the Senate of that state. Pence took a tr...

Texas GOP reaffirms homophobic planks in party platform

The Texas Republican Convention, held in San Antonio this past weekend, decided to reaffirm the state party's long-term allegiance to homophobic policy. Among the platforms adopted by the conservative group:...

North Carolina bathroom policy focus of new court case

A year after the state of North Carolina removed the most infamous provisions of its transphobic bathroom bill, transgender advocates are saying the state has not undone the discriminatory reach of the earlier ...

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Congressional Republicans are doing their best to ensure the Affordable Healthcare Act will be repealed at the federal level.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...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, July 14

1. The New York Times reports on how Grindr is becoming an effective way to get gay men of color to try home HIV self-testing kits. 2. The largest survey of transgender people yet shows the extent of the dan...

Is Ben Carson softening his message on gay rights?

The Republican presidential field’s current frontrunner Ben Carson said Wednesday night he is not a homophobe and believes “our constitution protects everybody regardless of their sexual orientation.” Carson...

Simon Williamson: LGBT people will be skewered this election season

General elections tend to bring out the absolute worst in people. Nearly seven years of Barack Obama will certainly have let you know which of your friends are racists through their angrily typed Facebook po...

Ryan Lee: Georgia’s gay marriage fight proved ‘God don’t like ugly’

The silence sounded delicious. In early 2004, I was on the phone with then-state Sen. Bill Stephens, the Republican Senate majority leader who a week earlier announced at a press conference that he was intro...

Gay former GOP spokesperson urges Sam Olens do ‘right thing’ and drop gay marriage ban defense

James Richardson, a former GOP spokesperson who recently came out gay and wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post urging Georgia to overturn its same-sex marriage ban, spoke at a marriage equality rally Oct. 23 u...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Oct. 8

1. Yahoo News on how the Supreme Court's decision not to take up a marriage equality case this term has reignited a debate within the GOP that party leaders hoped to avoid heading into the 2016 presidential ele...

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

Mastercard to Allow Customers to Use Chosen Name on Cards

Winning Design Announced for Pulse Memorial

Another Judge Deals Blow to Trump’s Anti-LGBTQ ‘Conscience Rule’

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

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

Out Country Artist Brandi Carlile to Receive CMT’s Impact Award

Percentage of LGBTQ Characters on TV Increases since Last Year