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Meet the gay multimillionaire who funded fight against Georgia anti-LGBT ‘religious freedom’ bill

When Georgia Voice chose the People of the Year last December in our annual year-end wrap-up, we went with who we called “the bill killers.” It was all of the people who had a hand in defeating House Bill 757, ...

Supreme Court agrees to hear gay wedding cake refusal case

On the two-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s sweeping decision in favor of marriage equality, the court announced Monday it had agreed to review a case in which a Colorado bakery refused to sell a we...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, June 23

1. The Mississippi governor signed House Bill 1523 a year ago, and this week the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals made the so-called "religious freedom" bill law. Advocates are calling it "the worst anti-LGBT law...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, May 15

1. A Kentucky court ruled this month in favor of a "religious freedom" case brought against a Christian-owned T-shirt shop. Lexington Pride Festival ordered its fifth anniversary Pride shirts from a print shop ...

LGBT groups react to Trump’s ‘religious freedom’ executive order, Atlanta rally cancelled

President Donald Trump commemorated the 2017 National Day of Prayer in the White House Rose Garden Thursday by signing a “religious freedom” executive order that, to the relief of LGBT and equality organization...

LGBT groups prepare for fight over Trump ‘religious freedom’ EO

In the wake of a media report that President Trump is preparing to sign a “religious freedom” executive order on Thursday, LGBT groups are making plans to fight the measure on the assumption it will enable anti...

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...

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

White House Livestreams Anti-LGBTQ Sermon

Group Demands ICE Release Trans Woman in ‘Life-or-Death Medical Crisis’

Brookhaven Becomes Seventh Georgia Municipality to Outlaw LGBTQ Discrimination

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Katie Sowers to Make History as First Openly LGBTQ Coach at Super Bowl

Ryan Murphy to Receive GLAAD Award for Accelerating LGBTQ Visibility in Media

Behind the Scenes: “Maybe Happy Ending, The Musical!”