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2017 Year In Review: Top local LGBT news stories of 2017

Take a step back to look at the local LGBT news landscape in Georgia in 2017 and you might wince. An anti-LGBT candidate wins a Georgia Congressional race, multiple deaths in the transgender community, an early...

Democrats line up to ‘flip the 7th’ Congressional District

Following the nationwide move to “flip the 6th” Congressional District earlier this year, Democrats in Georgia’s 7th see a similar blue light at the end of a long red tunnel. “ has been missing in action. He...

Atlanta march kicks off $20,000 fundraiser for transgender nonprofits

On July 26, President Donald Trump issued a series of tweets claiming the US military “will not accept or allow” transgender people in the armed forces due to a burden of “tremendous medical costs and disruptio...

Georgia Voice 2017 Best of Atlanta winners: People

Business Person Justin Ziegler (Common Ground Real Estate) It was a close call, but Common Ground Real Estate President Justin Ziegler (www.commongroundrealestate.com) came out on top as your favorite busin...

Mixed emotions as Karen Handel takes over 6th District seat

It was about 10 p.m. on June 20 when a tangible mood shift fell over the Westin Atlanta Perimeter hotel. The crowd, packed tightly into a ballroom, spilling out into the hallways and foyer and even the outside ...

6th District Congressional candidate Karen Handel against gay adoption.

Anti-LGBT Karen Handel wins 6th District race

Former Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel pulled out a win against Democratic upstart Jon Ossoff on Tuesday in the most expensive House race in US history. Handel was up 52.5 percent to 47.5 percent with 8...

Karen Handel: ‘My faith calls me to a different place’ on gay adoption

6th Congressional District candidate Karen Handel appears to be doubling down on her much publicized 2010 comments on gay adoption, telling both a Reporter Newspapers writer and the mother of an LGBT child that...

Atlanta LGBT families rally around ‘ally’ Democrat Jon Ossoff at meet-and-greet

Jon Ossoff entered the home of Roswell couple Matt and Barry Levesque on June 9 to a cheering crowd, with parents and children of all ages running up to meet him. Ossoff, the Democratic candidate running to ...

Photo Gallery: Atlanta LGBT families meet-and-greet with Jon Ossoff

LGBT families from around Georgia's 6th Congressional District were invited to join the Young Democrats of Georgia Stonewall Caucus for a meet-and-greet with Jon Ossoff on June 9. Ossoff is a candidate running ...

Queer Georgia legislator gets cold shoulder, police called after Karen Handel questions

Karen Handel, Republican candidate for Georgia’s 6th Congressional District, is still keeping quiet about her views on LGBT rights — even refusing to speak to a fellow elected official following a public debate...

LGBT community, allies come out in force for Atlanta Equality March

Atlanta's LGBT community and allies came out in force Sunday afternoon to take part in the Atlanta Equality March, a sister event to the Equality March for Unity & Pride in Washington, D.C. and others takin...

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

Transgender Troops, Trump Officials to Testify Before Congress on Military Ban

Key LGBT Groups Not Invited to Trump Summit on Decriminalizing Homosexuality

Dolly Parton Calls Pansexuality, Bisexuality, and Gender Fluidity “Fashionable”

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

2017 Year In Review: Top local LGBT news stories of 2017

Democrats line up to ‘flip the 7th’ Congressional District

Atlanta march kicks off $20,000 fundraiser for transgender nonprofits

Georgia Voice 2017 Best of Atlanta winners: People

Mixed emotions as Karen Handel takes over 6th District seat

Anti-LGBT Karen Handel wins 6th District race

Karen Handel: ‘My faith calls me to a different place’ on gay adoption

Atlanta LGBT families rally around ‘ally’ Democrat Jon Ossoff at meet-and-greet

Photo Gallery: Atlanta LGBT families meet-and-greet with Jon Ossoff

Queer Georgia legislator gets cold shoulder, police called after Karen Handel questions

LGBT community, allies come out in force for Atlanta Equality March

Transgender Troops, Trump Officials to Testify Before Congress on Military Ban

Key LGBT Groups Not Invited to Trump Summit on Decriminalizing Homosexuality

Dolly Parton Calls Pansexuality, Bisexuality, and Gender Fluidity “Fashionable”

Tennessee Becomes First Southern State to Protect Trans People from Hate Crimes

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

Anonymous Claims That Jussie Smollett Staged Hate Crime Shift Investigation

Karl Lagerfeld Dies at 85

Colorado Transgender Man Denied Healthcare After Undergoing Chest Surgery

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