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LGBT Institute to hold State of the South Symposium

The LGBT Institute is hosting the State of the South Symposium in downtown Atlanta. The occasion will take place on April 28 and 29 at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights. The Symposium will serve...

Wanda Sykes, Tig Notaro, Blondie coming to Atlanta for Stonewall anniversary

The Atlanta Pride Committee and The LGBT Institute at The Center for Civil and Human Rights are partnering with the Fox Theatre to bring a two-night comedy, music and drag showcase to town to celebrate the 29th...

The Human Rights Campaign's Sarah McBride

Charis bringing trans activist, author Sarah McBride to Atlanta

Sarah McBride has been a lot of firsts. At just 27, she’s been the first openly transgender student body president at a four-year university; the first openly transgender person to work at the White House, w...

LGBT Atlanta’s Best Bets for Oct. 6 – Oct. 12

Friday, Oct. 6 Out singer/songwriters Anne Steele and Matt Alber play City Winery Atlanta for the first time, helping to kick off Atlanta Pride weekend. Steele comes in from New York City a...

Atlanta LGBT groups, allies plan community vigil at civil rights center

A diverse coalition of 25 different Atlanta-area organizations have signed onto a letter in response to the Sunday shooting at LGBT Orlando nightclub Pulse and are calling on the community to come together for ...

LGBT Institute, Georgia State partner to fight anti-LGBT discrimination in the South

The South is home to more LGBT people than any other region in the country, but it's also home to the most anti-LGBT discrimination. Not one Southern state has passed an employment nondiscrimination law, and th...

New civil rights center CEO talks hopes, faith and LGBT rights

Derreck Kayongo is at ease. The newly named CEO of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights glides through the organization's administrative offices at the American Cancer Society building downtown, greet...

Global-Local Connection for LGBT Rights event stirs up conversation

When the programming board of the LGBT Institute at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights walked out of their August meeting, they had in hand a list of three areas to focus on in the years ahead: crim...

Atlanta’s LGBT Institute lines up LGBT rights panel, education summit

Now that The LGBT Institute at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights has opened and debuted an Atlanta LGBT history exhibit, it has lined up programming for the fall that will explore the organization'...

Queer Atlanta activist and rapper Tim’m West challenges the norm

When Tim'm West was a child, he had a severe speech impediment, so he wasn't able to pronounce his first name, Timothy, correctly. So it came out "Tim'm." Eventually he got over the impediment, but he wasn't re...

LGBT Institute, LGBT Atlanta history exhibit unveiled at gala [PHOTOS]

Hundreds were in attendance as The LGBT Institute officially opened on Wednesday evening at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in downtown Atlanta. The event also doubled as a sneak peek at the I...

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

Record Number of Businesses Earn Perfect 100 on HRC Corporate Equality Index

White House Livestreams Anti-LGBTQ Sermon

Group Demands ICE Release Trans Woman in ‘Life-or-Death Medical Crisis’

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

RuPaul Set to Host SNL

Katie Sowers to Make History as First Openly LGBTQ Coach at Super Bowl

Ryan Murphy to Receive GLAAD Award for Accelerating LGBTQ Visibility in Media