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LGBTQ state representatives at the 2017 Atlanta Pride parade.

Georgia state Rep. Renitta Shannon on coming out, amplifying bisexual voices

Bisexual individuals make up more than 50 percent of the country’s LGB citizens according to GLAAD, but it’s a community that often gets overlooked or mischaracterized. “The general population is just more c...
Alex Wan, Keisha Waites and De'Andre Pickett

0 for 3: Trio of LGBT candidates lose in metro Atlanta runoffs

Alex Wan, Keisha Waites and De'Andre Pickett all lost in their respective runoff races on Tuesday, dashing hopes of having LGBT people in crucial positions on the city, county and statewide level. Alex Wan w...
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Patrick Saunders: Hear that sound? That’s you being courted.

As much as we in the LGBT community are used to being let down and disenfranchised — especially since last November's election — we do have our good days, and they need to be recognized and appreciated. Many...
Alex Wan, Keisha Waites and De'Andre Pickett

Metro Atlanta LGBT candidates still in the hunt in important down-ballot races Dec. 5

While everyone's eyes are on the Atlanta mayoral race, there are still a good number of other important races that also went to a runoff — and still a good chance for major LGBT representation on the local and ...
Keisha Lance Bottoms

Georgia Stonewall Democrats endorse Bottoms for Atlanta mayor

With two weeks to go until the Election Day runoffs, Georgia Stonewall Democrats released their endorsements, and this round they did something they had yet to do during this election cycle — endorse someone fo...
Keisha Waites

LGBT state Rep. Keisha Waites resigns from Georgia Legislature for new run

Lesbian state Rep. Keisha Waites (D-Atlanta) resigned her House District 60 seat Monday to make a run for chair of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners, leaving state Reps. Karla Drenner (D-Avondale Estates...

Georgia’s LGBT legislators prepare for 2017 General Assembly session

There’s an air of anticipation in downtown Atlanta this month as the 2017 General Assembly session gets underway. “With the addition of and I this legislative session, we’re representing over 200,000 indivi...

Your 2016 LGBT Georgia local, county, legislative and statewide race roundup

U.S. Senate Democratic newcomer Jim Barksdale has been polling around 10 to 15 points lower than his incumbent Republican opponent Sen. Johnny Isakson. But Isakson needs to break 50 percent plus 1 vote to av...

LGBT group Georgia Equality releases endorsements for November elections

Statewide LGBT advocacy group Georgia Equality released their endorsements for this November's state legislature races, revealing one more LGBT candidate than previously thought and one surprising non-endorseme...

Controversial presidential race overshadowing important LGBT Georgia races

Border walls. Pneumonia. The troops. Deplorables. Fingers on the button. Assaults at rallies. And as Bernie Sanders would put it, those “damn emails.” The American public has been inundated with an amount of...

LGBT Georgia candidates competing in July 26 runoff elections

Historically, there is low voter turnout in runoff elections, making the impact of the vote of those who do turn out that much greater. Here are the two races to watch featuring LGBT candidates on July 26. V...
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