Tomorrow is the first debate between President Barack Obama and GOP nominee Mitt Romney and several watch parties are planned by Democrats and Republicans.
For LGBT voters who want to watch with other LGBT voters, politicos and allies, there are two specific parties being sponsored by Georgia LGBT political groups. The debate begins at 9 p.m. and is slated to last 90 minutes.
The sixth annual State of Black Gay America Summit over Labor Day weekend covered a broad range of topics over the course of the day on Sept. 1 — from HIV prevention medicines and the need for volunteers in vaccine research to the specifics of the Affordable Care Act to how much money does it cost to run an effective campaign in Atlanta and Georgia.
Keynote speaker Je-Shawna Wholley, a recent Spelman graduate who now lives in Washington, D.C., and is a senior fellow at the National Black Justice Coalition, tackled the subject of this year's theme at the summit at the Melia Hotel. "Embracing Our Collective Power to Influence Change" must be made by building coalitions and being sincere in the work people do, Wholley said.
After topping the nation just a few months ago for the most people on an AIDS Drug Assistance Drug Program at 1,520, the state Department of Public Health announced today the list is no longer.
“The reduction of our wait list to zero is a remarkable accomplishment, especially considering where we were in 2011,” said DPH Commissioner Brenda Fitzgerald in a prepared statement.
In December, there were 1,520 people who were on the wait list for life-saving drugs used to treat HIV and AIDS — making Georgia the state with the highest number of people on an ADAP wait list.
“Eliminating the waiting list required extraordinary work and ingenuity,” said J. Patrick O’Neal, DPH’s director of health protection.
The Republican Party is busy preparing for its upcoming convention in Tampa, Fla., where it is expected to officially nominate former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney as the party's candidate for the fall presidential election.
Ahead of the convention, GOP insiders have been carefully crafting the party's platform, a set of “core principles” that GOP candidates are expected to adhere to once in office.
Though it hasn't been released yet, reports have surfaced calling the proposed platform “the most conservative platform” in GOP history.
Using words like "wow" and "cool" and "really, really neat," several gay Atlantans who met President Barack Obama today during his fundraising stop in the city described the experience as unlike any other.
"The whole experience was like, 'wow,'" said Glen Paul Freedman, chair of the Atlanta Police LGBT Advisory Board who said he got a ticket to the event from someone who could not make it.
That ticket was a special one, too, because it meant Freedman, a politico who works with Lisa Borders at the Grady Health Foundation, got to shake hands with the president and have his photo made with him.
"Even though it took less than a minute he was so relaxed and shook my hand and said he was glad to meet me. All I could say is thank you and it was an honor to meet you," Freedman said.
A video by "Obama Boy" is getting lots of play after being picked up by gay blog Towleroad and also gay.america.blog.
Please pay attention to the sweet, endearing lyrics and the sexy underwear also as Obama Boy proclaims his love for the president while, among other things, playing one-on-one basketball with his rival, Mitt Romney, and eating a corndog with Michele Bachmann.
Narrated by gay actress Jane Lynch, a new film highlighting President Barack Obama's accomplishments on LGBT equality is both a perfect political ad aimed at us, and a poignant message showing that he has done more to recognize us publicly than any other president.
A Facebook group is urging Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed to "evolve" and come out in support of gay marriage as President Barack Obama did Wednesday.
But in a statement, Reed said he is still "wrestling" with his support of full marriage equality. His full statement:
I respect President Obama’s decision to stand in support of marriage equality. I have fought hard for the rights of gays and lesbians my entire political career from protecting adoption rights for gay and lesbian families, to voting against Georgia’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage as a state senator, to serving as the state house sponsor for the only hate crimes bill ever passed in the state of Georgia.
National LGBT groups are thrilled with President Barack Obama's public support of same-sex marriage as stated today in an interview with ABC's Robin Roberts. And, of course, those who despise Obama and equality for LGBT people are also chiming in with their distaste for the president's historic words.
Those working for marriage equality also noted that while North Carolina suffered a disappointing loss when voters approved a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, there are still ongoing marriage fights currently taking place in Maryland and Washington state.