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LGBT state Rep. Keisha Waites resigns from Georgia Legislature for new run

Lesbian state Rep. Keisha Waites (D-Atlanta) resigned her House District 60 seat Monday to make a run for chair of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners, leaving state Reps. Karla Drenner (D-Avondale Estates...

Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle vows to sign 'religious freedom' measure.

All in: Cagle joins GOP gubernatorial hopefuls in pledge to enact ‘religious freedom’ measure

Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle signed a pledge to enact a “religious freedom” measure if elected, joining his three rivals in the GOP primary race for Georgia governor who already signaled support for the pledge. That me...

Georgia GOP won’t require gubernatorial candidates to pledge support for ‘religious freedom’ legislation

Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidates won’t have to sign a pledge committing themselves to furthering so-called “religious liberty” legislation, party leaders decided this weekend. According to the Atl...

Meet the gay multimillionaire who funded fight against Georgia anti-LGBT ‘religious freedom’ bill

When Georgia Voice chose the People of the Year last December in our annual year-end wrap-up, we went with who we called “the bill killers.” It was all of the people who had a hand in defeating House Bill 757, ...

Georgia GOP senators make last-ditch pitches for anti-LGBT adoption language, ‘religious freedom’ bills

Two controversial pieces of legislation were brought to the Senate well during the second-to-last day of the state's 2017 legislative session. Brunswick Republican Sen. William Ligon's amendment to House Bil...

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal, LGBT activists weigh in on Senate Republicans’ ‘religious freedom’ bill

Senate Bill 233, a “religious freedom” bill filed late yesterday by Sen. Marty Harbin (R-Tyrone), has local LGBT leaders up in arms and Gov. Nathan Deal wary. Deal told the AJC this morning that the state ne...

Atlanta legal expert: Anti-LGBT Trump executive order draft worse than HB 757

A leaked copy of a draft executive order reveals far-reaching plans by the Trump administration that would negatively affect LGBT people and women throughout the US in the name of “religious freedom” if signed ...

LGBT, civil rights groups finally seeing chance to play offense in Georgia

Progressive leaders in Georgia are beating the drum for the state to adopt a comprehensive civil rights bill now that the state's GOP leadership have made it clear they are not interested in getting into anothe...

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...

Georgia’s LGBT legislators prepare for 2017 General Assembly session

There’s an air of anticipation in downtown Atlanta this month as the 2017 General Assembly session gets underway. “With the addition of and I this legislative session, we’re representing over 200,000 indivi...

The top 10 most popular Georgia Voice stories of 2016 were…

Our top 10 most read stories list this year was dominated by HB 757 and the Pulse shooting, with some election history being made, an unwelcome blast from the past and an early-year tragedy sprinkled in. Here w...

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

Bloomberg Pummeled, Lackluster in Response in Bloody Democratic Debate

HRC Releases Preview of Pro- and Anti-LGBTQ Legislation in 2020

Mormon Church Opposes Transgender Transitioning in New Handbook

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Atlanta Fringe Festival Announces Lineup

“The Flash” Actor Rick Cosnett Comes Out

AOC and Others to Guest Judge ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 12