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5 LGBT things you need to know today, April 26

1. LGBT advocacy groups in South Korea are not happy with recent remarks made by their presidential front-runner, Moon Jae-in.2. Fifty-one members of the US House petitioned President Donald Trump this mont...

Georgia GOP senators make last-ditch pitches for anti-LGBT adoption language, ‘religious freedom’ bills

Two controversial pieces of legislation were brought to the Senate well during the second-to-last day of the state's 2017 legislative session.Brunswick Republican Sen. William Ligon's amendment to House Bil...

Five Georgia LGBT bills to know about heading into Crossover Day

Before the legislative session kicked off in January, one of the major changes making headlines is that Crossover Day moved to Day 28 of the session — Friday, March 3. This is the final day one chamber of the G...

Georgia House announces LGBT-inclusive civil rights bill in wake of ‘religious freedom’ legislation

Two weeks after Sen. Lester Jackson (D-Savannah) introduced a comprehensive "Georgia Civil Rights Act" in the state Senate, the House officially introduced its rumored companion bill this afternoon.House Bi...

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal, LGBT activists weigh in on Senate Republicans’ ‘religious freedom’ bill

Senate Bill 233, a “religious freedom” bill filed late yesterday by Sen. Marty Harbin (R-Tyrone), has local LGBT leaders up in arms and Gov. Nathan Deal wary.Deal told the AJC this morning that the state ne...

LGBT anxiety up as Georgia Senate Republicans file ‘religious freedom’ bill

Despite assurances from state Republican leaders that so-called “religious freedom” bills weren’t on the agenda for the 2017 session, Sen. Marty Harbin (R-Tyrone) put forth a piece of such legislation late yest...

Atlanta legal expert: Anti-LGBT Trump executive order draft worse than HB 757

A leaked copy of a draft executive order reveals far-reaching plans by the Trump administration that would negatively affect LGBT people and women throughout the US in the name of “religious freedom” if signed ...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Feb. 2

1. A leaked document from the Trump administration, which is allegedly a draft of a discriminatory executive order, hit the Internet yesterday. Contraception, adoption by LGBT parents, pre-marital sex, same-sex...

Senate Resolution 105: Georgia Legislature’s first ‘religious freedom’ fight of 2017?

Less than a month after both Speaker of the House Rep. David Ralston and Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle told reporters they had no plans to entertain so-called “religious liberty” bills in the General Assembly this year,...

State Sen. Josh McKoon will not run for re-election in 2018

Josh McKoon (R-Columbus), the GOP senator known as the face behind the Georgia legislature’s “religious freedom” movement, announced yesterday he does not plan to run for re-election in 2018.The announcemen...

LGBT, civil rights groups finally seeing chance to play offense in Georgia

Progressive leaders in Georgia are beating the drum for the state to adopt a comprehensive civil rights bill now that the state's GOP leadership have made it clear they are not interested in getting into anothe...

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

Same-Sex Couples More Likely To Be Denied a Loan, Study Says

TIME’s 100 Most Influential People Honors LGBTQ Icons and Allies

NYC Museum to No Longer Host Gala for Brazil President

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Frank Ocean Reveals He’s Been in a Relationship for Three Years

Watch: Jimmy Fallon Parodies Pete Buttigieg on ‘Tonight Show’

Madonna Announces New Album ‘Madame X’