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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 ...