Georgia Voice 2015 Best of Atlanta winners: People Vandy Beth Glenn Best of Atlanta July 24, 2015 0BUSINESS PERSON EMILIO LOURDES Georgia Tech graduate Emilio Lourdes has been managing The Havana Club for almost three years now,...
Longtime Atlanta LGBT activist passes away at 57 Patrick Saunders Atlanta June 19, 2015 0Longtime LGBT activist Rick Porter passed away on June 1 in what is believed to be from complications from HIV....
28th annual HRC Atlanta dinner looks beyond marriage Dyana Bagby Atlanta May 4, 2015 0Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, was the keynote speaker at the 28th annual HRC Atlanta Gala...
U.S. Rep. John Lewis praises gay Apple CEO in Time most influential list Patrick Saunders Atlanta April 17, 2015 0Time Magazine’s annual 100 most influential people list is out and Apple CEO Tim Cook has a notable author writing...
What was in John Lewis’s backpack in Selma on Bloody Sunday? Patrick Saunders Culture January 18, 2015 0A pivotal moment in the African-American civil rights movement came on March 7, 1965, when roughly 600 marchers were met...
Democrats lose big in Georgia statewide races, gay male candidates fail to break through Patrick Saunders Atlanta November 5, 2014 0It was a rough election night for Democratic candidates as Michelle Nunn, state Sen. Jason Carter, Connie Stokes, Doreen Carter...
Georgia Aquarium party kicked off Atlanta Pride in style Dyana Bagby Culture October 15, 2014 0It was another sold-out party on Oct. 10 at the Georgia Aquarium to kick off Atlanta Pride 2014. Atlanta Pride...
Center for Civil and Human Rights to host Oct. 3 LGBT rights panel Patrick Saunders Best Bets September 29, 2014 0LGBT-related programming is picking up at the Center for Civil and Human Rights, as it hosts an Oct. 3 panel...
Catching Up with … U.S. Rep. John Lewis Patrick Saunders Atlanta August 29, 2014 0John Lewis was never supposed to be “John Lewis.” He grew up, by his own admission, “dirt poor” in a...
LGBT activists say Ferguson shooting hits close to home Patrick Saunders Atlanta August 29, 2014 0Michael Brown was laid to rest Aug. 25, but it’s yet to be seen whether he’ll be able to rest...
Georgia Equality joins other state LGBT groups to denounce Michael Brown shooting Dyana Bagby National August 16, 2014 0Thirty-five state LGBT organizations, including Georgia Equality, released a statement Friday saying they were standing in solidarity with the people...