From Whence We Came: Our LGBTQ ATL History
Think you know gay Atlanta history? We start in 1826. Come see what we found.
Bottoms declares victory as Norwood asks for recount in Atlanta mayoral race
Keisha Lance Bottoms declared victory in Tuesday's Atlanta mayoral race but her opponent Mary Norwood is demanding a recount. Bottoms bested Norwood by a mere 759 votes in the runoff election according to unoff...
Cathy Woolard endorses Mary Norwood for Atlanta mayor
Cathy Woolard endorsed Mary Norwood for Atlanta mayor Wednesday morning on the steps of City Hall, throwing her considerable weight behind the candidate with six days to go before Election Day. Woolard — the le...
It’s Bottoms, Norwood in a runoff for Atlanta mayor
Get set for another month of campaign ads and mailers. Keisha Lance Bottoms and Mary Norwood were the top two vote-getters in Tuesday's Atlanta mayoral race and will face each other in a runoff on Dec. 5. Botto...
Atlanta leaders give mixed grades on Mayor Kasim Reed’s LGBT record
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed has seven years’ tenure under his belt, and the field is stacked for the next city leader to take over his office. As the election nears, Georgia Voice asked a few LGBT activists, and R...
City of Atlanta releases price tag for publicly funded rainbow crosswalks
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed's office on late Friday released the cost to install the rainbow crosswalks at the intersection of 10th Street and Piedmont Avenue as misperceptions continued to spread about how the pr...
Patrick Saunders: When rainbows have bigots seeing red
The idea was simple. Run by the intersection of 10th and Piedmont to see how the rainbow crosswalks were coming, do a Facebook Live showing Georgia Voice readers the progress so far and answer any questions peo...
Atlanta’s rainbow crosswalks being installed this weekend
Well, that was fast. Mayor Kasim Reed's office announced Thursday afternoon that permanent rainbow crosswalks will be installed this weekend at the intersection of 10th Street and Piedmont Avenue beginning S...
Atlanta installing permanent rainbow crosswalks in Midtown
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed chose the first anniversary of the Pulse shooting to announce some significant news – the city is installing permanent rainbow crosswalks at the intersection of 10th Street and Piedmont...
Atlanta keeps North Carolina travel ban after anti-LGBT replacement law for HB 2
Atlanta is keeping a ban on city employee travel to North Carolina enacted in response to anti-LGBT House Bill 2 despite the governor signing into law a replacement measure. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed enacted ...
Ex-Atlanta fire chief calls for passage of anti-gay bill on Capitol Hill
Kelvin Cochran, the former Atlanta fire chief fired last year after publishing an anti-gay book, was in the spotlight on Tuesday at a congressional hearing where he testified in favor of the anti-LGBT First Ame...