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Barney Frank drums up LGBT support for Hillary Clinton in Atlanta

As the first day of the GOP convention got underway in Cleveland last Monday, openly gay former U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) was in Atlanta to mobilize the city's LGBT community to support former Secretary of ...

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...

Anti-gay preacher bashes gay marriage, transgender rights at Capitol rally [PHOTOS]

Anti-gay preacher Franklin Graham decried marriage equality and transgender rights at a prayer rally Wednesday afternoon at the Georgia State Capitol. Thousands of people packed Liberty Plaza for the event, whi...

Confronting Georgia’s next LGBT civil rights battle and more

The year began with religious freedom controversies, thanks to Atlanta’s former fire chief and a Republican senator, but by the beginning of summer, a watershed moment in the fight for marriage equality had occ...

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. ...

Anti-gay legal groups cite Kelvin Cochran, marriage equality ruling in year-end donation pushes

If it's December, that means a big fundraising push by nonprofits so they can meet their year-end goals. We've found from recent emails sent to their supporters that some anti-LGBT organizations are dangling re...

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 ...

It’s OK to also call anti-gay Atlanta fire chief a misogynist, rules federal judge

A federal judge ruled Monday that Lambda Legal has the right to file an amicus brief on behalf of the city of Atlanta in its motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed by anti-gay fire chief Kelvin Cochran who claims ...

Lambda Legal: City had legal right to fire anti-gay Atlanta fire chief

When it comes to the law, the city of Atlanta had every right to fire former fire chief Kelvin Cochran because he demeaned women as well as LGBT relationships, according to an amicus brief filed by Lamb...

City of Atlanta wants anti-gay fire chief’s lawsuit dismissed

The city of Atlanta states it was well within its rights to sack former fire chief Kelvin Cochran after he wrote and published a book that contained anti-gay passages and handed that book out to many subordi...

‘Religious freedom’ bill supporters don’t believe denying services to LGBT people is discrimination

When the supporters and sponsors of Senate Bill 129/the “religious freedom”/RFRA bill say that they can’t possibly see how anyone could use it to discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual...

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

Mastercard to Allow Customers to Use Chosen Name on Cards

Winning Design Announced for Pulse Memorial

Another Judge Deals Blow to Trump’s Anti-LGBTQ ‘Conscience Rule’

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

‘Gossip Girl’ Reboot to be More Queer and Diverse than Original Series

Out Country Artist Brandi Carlile to Receive CMT’s Impact Award

Percentage of LGBTQ Characters on TV Increases since Last Year