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Craig Washington: For LGBTQ elders of color, we are our own greatest legacy

We watched our bravest, our brightest fall and not get up again. The gap between what we hoped for and what we expected widened along with the obituary pages. We risked taking the conventional drugs if we could...

Eric Paulk: American healthcare system is a dream deferred

The American healthcare system as we know it today — private, decentralized, job-based — is a vestige of the Jim Crow era, which has created in it gaping race-based disparities across almost every category of d...

Ask The Doctor: Should I take PrEP?

Q: I'm a 27-year-old gay man and I'm considering whether to take PrEP or not. What factors should I consider in making my decision? And isn't it pricey? A: Anyone who wants to minimize their risk of getting ...

Audio: Catching Up with ‘Angels in America’ director Freddie Ashley

Freddie Ashley, artistic director of Actor's Express, talks with Georgia Voice Editor Patrick Saunders about the theater company's production of Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning two-part ep...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Dec. 29

1. President Trump has fired the remaining members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA), informing them of their termination without explanation via FedEx letter. In June, six PACHA members ...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Dec. 26

1. Rosie O'Donnell had some choice words to share with House Speaker Paul Ryan for the holiday: “Paul ryan - don't talk about Jesus after what u just did to our nation - u will go straight to hell u screwed up ...

Georgia Equality Youth Policy Advisors present on World AIDS Day 2017

HIV-positive youth lobby lawmakers on tackling HIV, homelessness at World AIDS Day event

Georgia Equality's Youth HIV Policy Advisors (YHPA) hosted a World AIDS Day policy and action brunch on Dec. 1 at the Center for Civil and Human Rights, making a case for the link between housing and Atlanta's ...

Ashleigh Atwell: Ignorance still abounds when it comes to HIV/AIDS

About a month ago, what I thought was a joke turned into an educational session. I was perusing one of several Facebook groups that clog my timeline. A member posted a screenshot of Twitter user @bakedalaska co...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Dec. 1

1. Donald Trump marked World AIDS Day with a speech that had no mention whatsoever of LGBT Americans, who are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS. Of the 1.1 million people living with HIV in the U.S., more...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Nov. 29

1. A photo of a "gay Nativity" scene in a Los Angeles neighborhood has been shared over 22,000 times on Twitter. Comedian Cameron Esposito posted the photo of the display, which features two Josephs wearing pin...

HIV/AIDS group: Insurance companies discriminating against Georgians living with HIV

Already set to charge higher health insurance premiums next year, most of the companies that provide plans via the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace in Georgia are also trying to sidestep one of the tenets ...

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

U.S. Airlines to Offer Non-Binary Gender Option on Tickets

Bernie Sanders Announces Bid for 2020 Presidency

Report: Trump Admin to Launch Global Effort to Decriminalize Homosexuality

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Karl Lagerfeld Dies at 85

Actor Don Cheadle Sports Pro-Trans T-shirt on Saturday Night Live

Ghost Story-Themed Play Makes Magic