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Senate Races could Dampen LGBT Enthusiasm on Election Day

Chances are good for a “blue” wave on Election Day that will sweep Democrats into power in the U.S. House, but over in the Senate, the odds favor Republicans maintaining control and possibly even gaining seats ...

Lambda Legal files suit to defend military members with HIV

Lambda Legal, the LGBTQ advocacy group, has filed a motion to force the Trump Administration's Department of Defense from discharging military service members who are currently living with HIV. Other organiz...

Lambda Legal’s Atlanta office welcomes two new staffers

There will be some new faces in Lambda Legal's Atlanta office. The LGBTQ legal team's Transgender Rights Project Director, Senior Attorney M. Dru Levasseur, has relocated to Georgia. According to Lambda, Le...

5 LGBTQ things you need to know today, April 9

1. Jimmy Kimmel apologized to the LGBTQ community for a joke that some commenters found offensive. The late-night host made the crack while in a feud with Fox News host Sean Hannity. According to CBS News, whil...

Legal experts: Hate crimes bill under consideration will cover transgender people

When a hate crimes bill passed out of a Georgia House committee earlier this month, it was seen as a pivotal step toward finally getting Georgia to join the 45 other states that have similar legislation on the ...

Macon march to protest anti-LGBTQ adoption bill SB 375

When it comes to having comprehensive non-discrimination laws, Georgia demonstrates a bias. The 2018 March on Macon aims to change that. The organizers label the happening as a "public demonstration/civic en...

Rally to stop anti-LGBTQ adoption bill SB 375

Hundreds rally against anti-LGBTQ adoption bill across from Georgia State Capitol

Around 200 people gathered across the street from the Georgia State Capitol on Thursday afternoon for the Rally To Stop SB 375, the anti-LGBTQ adoption bill that passed in the Senate last week and has quickly c...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Jan. 9

1. The U.S. Supreme Court will not take up a challenge to Mississippi's controversial HB 1523 law, which will go into effect in October. The Republican-backed law permits government employees and businesses to ...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Dec. 22

1. A new GLAAD report reveals that there are few representations of LGBT Latinx people and Hispanics on Spanish-language television stations, only 19 characters out of 698, as tallied from July 1, 2016, to June...

Jameka Evans and Lambda Legal's Greg Nevins

US Supreme Court declines to hear Georgia lesbian’s employment discrimination case

The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday morning that it will not review the case of Jameka Evans, the Georgia woman who claims she was harassed in the workplace and fired from her security officer position at G...

Jeff Cleghorn: Why I’m voting Mary Norwood for Atlanta mayor

We are living a moment in history as LGBTQ Atlanta wields enormous influence over who becomes our city’s next mayor. Estimates are that between 10-12 percent of registered Atlanta voters are gay, which commands...

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

Trump’s Own AIDS Council Opposes His Anti-trans Health Rule

More Trans People Have Been Murdered in 2020 than All of 2019

LGBTQ and Civil Rights Advocates Criticize Passage of Georgia Police Protection Bill

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

New Documentary Follows Life of Gay Disney Songwriter Howard Ashman

‘The Ellen DeGeneres’ Show Under Investigation Over Claims of a Toxic Work Environment

LGBTQ Shows and Characters Pick Up Emmy Nominations

Senate Races could Dampen LGBT Enthusiasm on Election Day

Lambda Legal files suit to defend military members with HIV

Lambda Legal’s Atlanta office welcomes two new staffers

5 LGBTQ things you need to know today, April 9

Legal experts: Hate crimes bill under consideration will cover transgender people

Macon march to protest anti-LGBTQ adoption bill SB 375

Hundreds rally against anti-LGBTQ adoption bill across from Georgia State Capitol

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Jan. 9

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Dec. 22

US Supreme Court declines to hear Georgia lesbian’s employment discrimination case

Jeff Cleghorn: Why I’m voting Mary Norwood for Atlanta mayor

Trump’s Own AIDS Council Opposes His Anti-trans Health Rule

More Trans People Have Been Murdered in 2020 than All of 2019

New Documentary Follows Life of Gay Disney Songwriter Howard Ashman

LGBTQ and Civil Rights Advocates Criticize Passage of Georgia Police Protection Bill

Dragging Out the Vote in 2020

Black LGBTQ Americans Are Disproportionately Financially Affected by COVID-19, Report Finds

Trump Staffer Terminated from USAID Upon Anti-LGBTQ Twitter Tirade

Savannah City Council Unanimously Passes Non-discrimination Protections for LGBTQ People

Creep of the Week: Mike Pompeo

4 in 10 Black LGBTQ Men Experience Police Discrimination, Study Finds

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