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Three candidates vie to be first openly gay men elected to Georgia General Assembly

In the second week of January 2001, out lesbian Karla Drenner took office in State House District 85 covering Avondale Estates, becoming the first openly gay member of the Georgia General Assembly. Since then, ...

A primary election night recorded in Tweets: what people were saying in Kyle Williams v. Elena Parent race

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Kyle Williams concedes District 42 race to Elena Parent

LGBT history was not made in Georgia on Tuesday. Kyle Williams, who was seeking to become the first openly gay man elected to the Georgia Senate, and the General Assembly, conceded the election for state Senate...

Editorial: That’s so 2004 — Elena Parent goes full-force anti-gay before Tuesday’s primary election

A robocall put out by a DeKalb citizens group today to voters in the state Senate 42nd District calls Elena Parent the “straight shooter” of this race and she is the only candidate "that knows what it takes to ...

Kyle Williams’ supporters respond to attacks, Elena Parent says not LGBT issue

Elena Parent has released a statement addressing the uproar over the mailer she sent to District 42 residents attempting to link Kyle Williams with Mitt Romney, which Williams' supporters are now saying was an ...

Elena Parent, Kyle Williams campaign gets dirtier with faulty Parent mailer

A nasty campaign for the state Senate seat in District 42 between Elena Parent and openly gay Decatur lawyer Kyle Williams just got nastier. Parent's campaign has sent out a mailer (left) attempting to link ...

Former Gov. Roy Barnes slams gay candidate Kyle Williams

Former Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes has come out swinging against Kyle Williams, the openly gay candidate in a heated race with Elena Parent to fill Sen. Jason Carter's District 42 seat. Barnes voices a robocall ...

GA Voice endorses Kyle Williams in state Senate District 42 race

In the campaign to replace Jason Carter as the new state Senator representing Dis- trict 42, a lot of talk has been making the rounds on who is the more progressive can- didate: Kyle Williams or Elena Parent. ...

Gay Georgia Stonewall Dems back Kyle Williams in state senate race to replace Jason Carter

The Georgia Stonewall Democrats endorsed Kyle Williams in the heated race to fill Jason Carter's seat as the former president's grandson vies to become the state's next governor. If Williams wins, he would beco...

Gay candidate Kyle Williams in heated race with Elena Parent for Ga. senate seat

The race to replace state Sen. Jason Carter for the District 42 seat has become a bit of a bumpy one in recent weeks. The two Democratic candidates, Kyle Williams, an attorney from Decatur who also chairs the D...

Activists: ‘Religious freedom’ bills part of national effort to strike back at LGBT victories

The 152nd edition of the Georgia General Assembly was one of the more politically engaged sessions for the LGBT community, in part due to the highly controversial “Preservation of Religious Freedom” bills in th...

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

New Study Looks at Demographics of Queer-Identified People

Sanders Campaign Defends Accepting Joe Rogan Support Amid LGBTQ Backlash

Rush Center Names Simone Bell as New Interim Executive Director

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Lil Nas X and Other LGBTQ Celebs Rock the Grammys

Season 12 Cast of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Announced

Lizzo Says She Wants Her Music to Make Black Trans Women Feel Good