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5 LGBT things you need to know today, June 7

1. Chibụìhè Obi, a 24-year-old writer and LGBT activist from Nigeria, is free after being kidnapped. Obi disappeared after he wrote an essay condemning anti-gay violence in the country. 2. Are you a LGBT Chr...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, May 25

1. Congratulations, Taiwan! The country is Asia's first to legalize same-sex marriage. 2. NPR chatted with Lebanese LGBT activists about how the community is treated in Lebanon, and what Beirut Pride Week is...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, May 4

1. Kim Davis made national headlines after she refused to give a same-sex couple a marriage license based on her religious beliefs. Though the couple did eventually obtain the license, a three-judge appeals cou...

Popular gay Atlanta radio host John Lemley moving from WABE 90.1 FM to AM 1690

After 18 years as a radio host and producer at 90.1 WABE, John Lemley is moving on to AM 1690 WMLB. The move follows a major WABE programming shift announced last November and that went into effect earlier this...

Gay WABE reporter Jim Burress always on lookout for next story

One day in late March, WABE reporter Jim Burress toured a Liberian hospital where the first three people in Guinea diagnosed with Ebola had come for treatment. The next day, he found himself back in the same ho...