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Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, LGBT leaders meet to discuss safety post-Orlando

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed met with 35 LGBT leaders and business owners on June 21 to discuss public safety concerns following the June 12 mass shooting at Pulse, a gay nightclub in the heart of Orlando that clai...

Tears, strength as Atlanta LGBT community mourns Orlando shooting victims [PHOTOS]

A year ago this month, Atlanta's LGBT community converged on the intersection of 10th Street and Piedmont Avenue to celebrate the U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down same-sex marriage bans nationwide. On ...

Atlanta’s LGBT community glams it up for 29th Annual HRC Dinner [PHOTOS]

Around 1,200 members of the city's LGBT community were joined by allies, politicians and others Saturday night at the Hyatt Regency Hotel for the 29th Annual HRC Atlanta Gala Dinner & Auction. Attendees bid...

Atlanta mayor bans city travel to North Carolina over anti-LGBT law

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed announced late Monday that he is banning travel to North Carolina for city employees after passage of a law there that excludes the LGBT community from anti-discrimination protections a...

Kasim Reed: HB 757 will ‘irreparably damage’ Atlanta’s economy

Mayor Kasim Reed issued a statement on Thursday in response to the state legislature’s passage of House Bill 757, saying it codifies discrimination and its passage will “irreparably damage” the city of Atlanta’...

Judge rules Kelvin Cochran lawsuit against city of Atlanta, Mayor Reed can move forward

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the lawsuit filed by former Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran against the city and Mayor Kasim Reed will move forward, however several of Cochran's claims were dismissed. ...

Ryan Lee: Fetish of fear in the ‘new ATL’

I’m sure I’ll be killed a few days after this column is published, shot in the face while walking to my Midtown apartment, and everyone will sneer, “Told you so!” Not much is more satisfying than when an exagge...

Hillary Clinton rallies in Atlanta as Black Lives Matter protest breaks out

Hillary Clinton made her first public campaign visit to Atlanta on Friday afternoon as numerous LGBT community members and allies looked on. The rally, held at Clark Atlanta University, was both a roll-out of t...

Anti-gay former Atlanta fire chief gets his day in court, city moves to dismiss

Former Atlanta fire chief Kelvin Cochran appeared in federal court Wednesday in the lawsuit over his firing, as the city presented oral arguments in its motion to dismiss the suit. Cochran filed the federal ...

City approves Atlanta Rainbow Crosswalks project

The city has officially approved rainbow crosswalks to be painted at the intersection of 10th Street and Piedmont Avenue, with the project scheduled to be completed just in time for the Atlanta Pride Festiva...

Clarence Thomas film production disrupts rainbow lighting at Atlanta City Hall

This is not an article from The Onion, we promise. Mayor Kasim Reed's office is making accommodations after a production crew filming at Atlanta City Hall this week ordered onlookers of a rainbow lighting di...

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

Anonymous Claims That Jussie Smollett Staged Hate Crime Shift Investigation

Colorado Transgender Man Denied Healthcare After Undergoing Chest Surgery

Transgender Woman Deported from US Murdered in El Salvador

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