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

As a compromise to pass Georgia’s first hate crimes bill, Governor Brian Kemp has signed a proposal into law granting police new protections, a move LGBTQ, racial, and civil rights advocacy groups are criticizi...

Police Shoot at Queer Bar Owner in North Carolina Giving First Aid to Protestors

The owner of a queer bar in North Carolina was shot at by police for providing first aid to peaceful protestors, reported The News and Observer. Tim Lemuel, the owner of Ruby Deluxe in Raleigh, North Carolin...

New Report Finds “Widespread Failure” of Police in Treatment of Transgender People

A new report from the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) exposed the “widespread failure” of various cities' police forces in protecting transgender people. In the report “Failing to Protect and...

Madison Pride Banned Police From Pride March

In August, the organizers of the LGBT Pride Parade in Madison, Wisconsin banned uniformed local law enforcement from the march. OutReach LGBT Community Center decided to ban police officers from the parade. ...

San Francisco Cop Alleges Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination by Police Dept.

Brendan Mannix, a 28-year-old openly gay police officer in San Francisco, is suing the city over alleged discrimination and harassment based on his sexuality. The lawsuit, available on the County of San Fran...

ACLU Wins Lawsuit for LGBTQ Inmates in San Bernardino County

In 2014, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s department on behalf of prisoners in San Bernardino county jails. The lawsuit accused the Sheriff’s depart...

Australian Police Official Apologizes to Victims of Infamous Police Assault

On June 24, 1978 in Sydney, Australia, a crowd formed in Taylor Square. The people there would later gain recognition as the “78ers,” and their presence that night sparked an unanticipated chain of events that ...

Cleveland Establishes City’s First-Ever LGBTQ Police Liaison

The city of Cleveland is aiming to provide an overall safe place for residents. Including LGBTQ citizens. To ensure broader protection for different neighborhoods, Mayor Frank G. Jackson recently named the c...

Russian police detain LGBTQ advocates

The LGBTQ community in Russia is suffering another setback. Russian law enforcement officers cracked down on the gay community in the city of St. Petersburg on Saturday. Local armed peace officers detained...

In Reverence of Cop Dogs

Flashing blue lights, guns drawn, and a fierce, highly skilled German Shepherd racing after a perpetrator. Growling and snarling, the dog expertly takes down the crook. All is well. This image is brought to mos...

Nigerian police have arrested a hundred-plus LGBTQ persons

Reports state that police in the Nigerian city of Asaba recently conducted a mass arrest of gays and lesbians at that city's Delta Park Hotel. The raid is reported to have happened at or around 2 a.m. on June 1...

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

Marjorie Taylor Greene Posts Anti-Trans Sign Outside Office

House Passes Equality Act

Biden’s First 30-day LGBTQ Report Card

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

New “United States vs. Billie Holiday” Revisits the Legendary Singer

A Look at HBO Max’s ‘It’s a Sin’

Bianca Del Rio Comes to Atlanta in New Drive-in Drag Show