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Intersex Organizations Call out WHO for Classifying Intersex Traits as “Disorders”

The World Health Organization (WHO) classified intersex traits as “disorders of sex development,” causing more than 50 intersex advocacy organizations to release a letter condemning the organization. The int...

Judge Again Rules Against State Department in Intersex Passport Applicant Case

A federal judge on Thursday denied the State Department’s request to stay his ruling in favor of an intersex person who was denied a passport because they do not identify as male or female. The State Departm...

Bill Introduced in California to Limit Intersex Surgery

California may become the first state to limit intersex surgery with a new bill that was introduced Monday (February 4), according to the Huffington Post. Intersex people are born with sex characteristics th...

Germany Offers Third Gender Option for Intersex and Non-Binary People

Germany now allows intersex and gender non-conforming people to legally identity as such under a new law, reported BBC. Prior to the law, those who did not identify within the gender binary opted out of regi...

Intersex Activists Denounce Infant Surgeries

Sean Saifa Wall spent more than two decades in the wrong body until he decided to live the life he had always wanted to: that of a man. Wall, a nationally recognized black, intersex activist, was assigned fem...

Colorado Judge Rules in Favor of Intersex Plaintiff in Passport Case

A new ruling states that the Trump Administration's State Department can no longer lean upon a binary-preferring gender policy to refuse passports to gender-diverse citizens. On September 19th, a U.S. Distri...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Nov. 9

1. “Arrested Development” star Portia de Rossi claims actor Steven Seagal sexually harassed her during an audition. Seagal allegedly invited de Rossi to his private office, where the harassment ensued. “He told...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Nov. 2

1. Steve Grasz, Trump’s nominee for federal judge for the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, has been deemed “not qualified” by the American Bar Association due to a history of anti-LGBT stances, only the third nomi...

Georgia Tech student group demands police training, better support for LGBT students

The Georgia Tech Progressive Student Alliance has a message for university leaders. As part of a movement its members call #ScoutAhead, the student group issued a series of demands on its website and Faceboo...

Georgia Tech police shoot and kill Pride Alliance president

Scout Schultz, president of the Georgia Tech Pride Alliance, was shot and killed by campus police on Sept. 16. “We are all deeply saddened by what has occurred,” a statement from the Pride Alliance board say...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Aug. 11

1. The transgender military ban — supposedly on hold due to the threat of nuclear war from North Korea — would be a "great favor" to the military, according to President Donald Trump. Trump addressed the ban du...

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

Current Law vs. Equality Act vs. Fairness for All Act — What’s the Differences?

Marjorie Taylor Greene Posts Anti-Trans Sign Outside Office

House Passes Equality Act

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Two Versions of One Woman: Billie Holiday

Movies to Look Out for This Season

Nava Mau Part of Strong Ensemble in New LGBTQ-themed Series “Genera+ion”

Intersex Organizations Call out WHO for Classifying Intersex Traits as “Disorders”

Judge Again Rules Against State Department in Intersex Passport Applicant Case

Bill Introduced in California to Limit Intersex Surgery

Germany Offers Third Gender Option for Intersex and Non-Binary People

Intersex Activists Denounce Infant Surgeries

Colorado Judge Rules in Favor of Intersex Plaintiff in Passport Case

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Nov. 9

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Nov. 2

Georgia Tech student group demands police training, better support for LGBT students

Georgia Tech police shoot and kill Pride Alliance president

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Aug. 11

Two Versions of One Woman: Billie Holiday

Style Hair, Write a Poem, and Daydream

Birthday at Home

Movies to Look Out for This Season

Nava Mau Part of Strong Ensemble in New LGBTQ-themed Series “Genera+ion”

No, It’s Not Fair, Aunt Barb

Ethel Waters and the Harlem Renaissance

Out on TV

Best Bets: Spring Arts Edition

Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit Comes to Atlanta

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