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Patrick Saunders: The Atlanta mayoral results, race and the Atlanta way

So the Atlanta mayoral election is over and about half of you are pissed off. At least that's what it seems like from the conversations we've had with you and with the dialogue on our and others' social media c...

Cathy Woolard on healing following divisive mayoral race and what’s next

When we reached Cathy Woolard the other day for an interview, we just barely reached her. Woolard has spent the last two-and-a-half years in the public eye campaigning for Atlanta mayor — a race she came in a c...

Bottoms declares victory as Norwood asks for recount in Atlanta mayoral race

Keisha Lance Bottoms declared victory in Tuesday's Atlanta mayoral race but her opponent Mary Norwood is demanding a recount. Bottoms bested Norwood by a mere 759 votes in the runoff election according to unoff...

Kyle Bailey: Mary Norwood for us, for marriage before it was popular

Mary Norwood’s moral compass led her to support the freedom to marry for same-sex couples when it was not politically expedient to do so. For her, right was right, and wrong was wrong, and she wasn’t afraid to ...

Georgia Equality endorses Mary Norwood for Atlanta mayor

Mary Norwood bagged another high profile endorsement Wednesday as statewide LGBT advocacy group Georgia Equality announced it is backing the Buckhead resident in the Dec. 5 runoff for Atlanta mayor. The news co...

Cathy Woolard endorses Mary Norwood for Atlanta mayor

Cathy Woolard endorsed Mary Norwood for Atlanta mayor Wednesday morning on the steps of City Hall, throwing her considerable weight behind the candidate with six days to go before Election Day. Woolard — the le...

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...

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...

Atlanta mayoral candidates vie for LGBT vote as runoff nears

And then there were two.After months of campaigning in a crowded field of candidates, Atlanta voted and narrowed its choices down to Keisha Lance Bottoms and Mary Norwood, who will face each other one more ...

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...

It’s Bottoms, Norwood in a runoff for Atlanta mayor

Get set for another month of campaign ads and mailers. Keisha Lance Bottoms and Mary Norwood were the top two vote-getters in Tuesday's Atlanta mayoral race and will face each other in a runoff on Dec. 5. Botto...

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

HIV Vaccine Moves On to Late-Stage Testing

LGBTQ Americans May Be More Likely to Show Early Signs of Dementia

Gay Porn Emits Estimated 17 Million Tons of Carbon Dioxide a Year

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Billy Porter Makes History with Emmy Nomination

DC Universe Gets First Gay Villain in ‘Birds of Prey’

Nicki Minaj Cancels Saudi Arabia Concert in Pro-LGBTQ Move