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Georgia Senate passes adoption bill without anti-LGBT provision

The Georgia Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would rewrite the state's adoption laws for the first time in 27 years, and they did so without adding an anti-LGBT provision back in. House Bill 159 passed by ...

Ricky Martin on "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah"

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Jan. 18

1. A new religious exemption rule the Trump administration is considering would allow healthcare workers the right to refuse to treat transgender patients, as well as refuse to perform abortion services for wom...

Georgia State Sen. Jesse Stone (R-Waynesboro)

Georgia Senate committee strips anti-LGBT language, passes adoption bill

The Georgia Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday voted 8-2 in favor of a bill to update Georgia's adoption laws without an anti-LGBT provision that caused the bill to stall in the final days of last year's l...

Jeff Graham, Josh McKoon and Park Cannon

2018 Legislative Preview: Lawmakers, activists weigh in on religious exemptions, hate crimes bills

Passing a modernized adoption bill is a top priority for the General Assembly and statewide LGBT advocacy group Georgia Equality in 2018, but a continued discussion looms over potentially discriminatory languag...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Aug. 25

1. The president hasn't issued the "religious freedom" executive order that the religious right end of the political spectrum wants — and its leaders blame Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner for the disappointment....

Georgia GOP won’t require gubernatorial candidates to pledge support for ‘religious freedom’ legislation

Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidates won’t have to sign a pledge committing themselves to furthering so-called “religious liberty” legislation, party leaders decided this weekend. According to the Atl...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, July 31

1. Kansa Gov. Sam Brownback was nominated as the ambassador at large for international religious freedom — and his constituents back home are happy to get him out of his current office. Speaking of religious fr...

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, ...

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...

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...

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

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

Brookhaven Becomes Seventh Georgia Municipality to Outlaw LGBTQ Discrimination

House Democrats Call for ICE to Release all Transgender Detainees

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

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

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

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