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Religious Freedom Bill Introduced in Georgia State Senate

A Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) was reintroduced in the Georgia State Senate last week, according to the Human Rights Campaign.SB 221 is sponsored by Sen. Marty Harbin and cosponsored by nine fel...

Picket Patrol: Pence & Kemp in ATL the Day Before Pride

They're here for a "Victory Dinner" over Abrams. In October. Huh.

Meet the gay man running for a state House seat in Brookhaven

Georgia’s House District 80, which encompasses Chamblee, Brookhaven and Sandy Springs, has long been a swing district.In 2015, former Georgia Tech quarterback Democrat Taylor Bennett — whose mother and sist...

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, 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, 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...

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...

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,...

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

Roseanne Barr Claims She’s ‘Queer,’ Rants about Homophobic Slur

Transgender Whistleblower Chelsea Manning Denied Bail

Pelosi: Supreme Court Review to Have ‘No Impact’ on Equality Act, Floor Vote in May

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Moonlight Coming to Netflix

Nintendo Faces Backlash After Removing Trans Flag Level from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Converse Releases New Pride and Trans Pride Sneakers