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WATCH: HRC Releases Video with Billy Porter Urging People to Protest and Vote

Less than 100 days before the 2020 presidential election, the Human Rights Campaign joined forces with Billy Porter to release an inspiring video encouraging people to protest and vote. The video, which feat...

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...

Activists Gather at White House to Protest Trump Anti-Trans Proposal

Upwards of 200 people gathered outside the White House on Monday to protest against the Trump administration’s proposal to define sex in federal policy as biological gender. National Center for Transgender E...

Russian Teen Charged Under “Gay Propaganda Law” Says He Will Continue Fight

Earlier this month, the first minor was charged under Russia’s “gay propaganda laws.” The Russian LGBT Network reports that sixteen-year-old Maxim Neverov of Biysk was fined 50,000 rubles (the equivalent of $73...

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...

Atlanta LGBT, ally activists give inside tips on effective protesting

Black Lives Matter, women’s rights, science, anti-fascism, anti-racism, anti-white supremacy, anti-Trump, pro-equality, pro-LGBT rights, pro-transgender troops — the list of concerns relevant to progressives gr...

LGBT, progressive groups to march against white supremacy in Atlanta

A number of progressive, LGBT and pro-equality organizations will join forces with faith leaders tomorrow for a march to “take down” white supremacy. The coalition includes Athens for Everyone, Black Lives M...

Photo Gallery: Transgender equality march

On July 26, President Donald Trump let loose several tweets that effectively barred transgender service members from being in the US armed forces. Many in the LGBT community saw this move as yet another attempt...

Atlanta LGBT organizations plan Midtown protest for Saturday

If the president’s anti-trans tweets got your pulse racing earlier this week, Atlanta’s LGBT community wants your voice tomorrow at the intersection of 10th and Piedmont. Gay peer mentoring group Rainbros., ...

Sunday’s ‘Standing Silence’ protest to reflect on issues of democracy, LGBT rights

There is power in words. There is also power in silence. That’s the idea behind this Sunday’s “Standing Silence” protest in Atlanta, which will serve as a time to reflect up on and encourage awareness of a n...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, May 22

1. President Trump traveled to Saudi Arabia over the weekend and did not bring up LGBT rights at all — despite criticizing other politicians for doing the same while he was on the campaign trail. 2. Vice Pre...

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

Gay Veteran Aide Carlos Elizondo First LGBTQ Appointee in Biden-Harris Administration

Two Lesbian Women of Color Named to Key Roles in Biden White House Communication Staff

Trans Woman Ashley Diamond Sues Georgia Department of Corrections

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Phoebe Bridgers, Brandi Carlile, and Other LGBTQ Artists Secure Grammy Nominations

Amazon Prime’s Gay-themed Film ‘Uncle Frank’ Set to Debut

2020 Gift Guide: For Him