Trump Comes Out Against Equality Act
With a vote on the Equality Act in the U.S. House expected on Friday, a senior administration official indicated exclusively to the Washington Blade that President Trump opposes the bill. “The Trump administ...
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...