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Log Cabin Republicans jump into ‘religious freedom’ bill fight

The Georgia Chapter of the Log Cabin Republicans denounced the so-called “religious freedom” bills being advanced in the Georgia legislature, saying they would be a license to discriminate against same-sex coup...

Republican-on-Republican crime: State reps fire back at Bowers on ‘religious freedom’ criticism

Well, that escalated quickly. We asked former Georgia Attorney General Mike Bowers at a press conference this morning whether he had heard from state Rep. Sam Teasley, state Sen. Josh McKoon or any other Rep...

Former Republican Attorney General Bowers: ‘Religious freedom’ bills a disaster

Former Georgia Attorney General Mike Bowers spoke out strongly against “religious freedom” bills in a press conference today, calling them a “disaster” and saying that they will do nothing but keep people from ...

Mike Bowers: Only purpose of proposed Georgia ‘religious freedom’ bills is ‘unequivocally an excuse to discriminate’ against LGBT people, others

Former Georgia attorney general Michael Bowers, and a one-time longtime LGBT foe, was hired by Georgia Equality to analyze the proposed “religious freedom” bills in the state legislature and his opinion is clea...

Longtime LGBT Georgia foe joins fight against ‘religious freedom’ bills

If you didn't think things could get anymore dramatic in the fight over the so-called “religious freedom” bills, think again. Michael Bowers, the infamous Republican former Georgia attorney general who was at t...

McKoon takes heat over fast-tracking Georgia ‘religious freedom’ bill

Back to the drawing board. What started out as a ho-hum committee meeting of the Senate Judiciary on state Sen. Josh McKoon's “religious freedom” bill ended with criticism over McKoon not giving others on the c...

Experts say ‘religious freedom’ bills could provide cover for denying same-sex marriage licenses in Georgia

The ongoing debate in Georgia over the so-called "religious freedom" bills took another interesting turn thanks to the ongoing battle over same-sex marriage in Alabama. After a U.S. district court judge stru...

Say hello to the second ‘religious freedom’ bill in the Georgia legislature

Republican state Sen. Josh McKoon has waited nearly a year for this day and it's finally here. McKoon has introduced SB 129, which he calls the “Georgia Religious Freedom Restoration Act.” The bill is a compani...

Republican U.S. Reps take Mayor Reed to task on anti-gay Atlanta fire chief sacking

Former Atlanta fire chief Kelvin Cochran has some new friends in the form of six Republican U.S. congressmen from Georgia. The group fired off a letter to Mayor Kasim Reed today asking for Cochran to be reinsta...

Anti-gay former Atlanta fire chief compares himself to Jesus Christ at sermon [VIDEO]

Ousted Atlanta fire chief Kelvin Cochran, who was let go in January by Mayor Kasim Reed for not following city protocol after the publication of his anti-gay book, gave a sermon at a Cartersville church recentl...

Gay Atlanta progressive leader debates Baptist leader on ‘religious freedom’ bill

The debate on the so-called “religious freedom” bills went from the Capitol to inside the studios of local TV station 11 Alive, as Bryan Long, the gay leader of the progressive political organization Better Geo...

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

Anonymous Claims That Jussie Smollett Staged Hate Crime Shift Investigation

Colorado Transgender Man Denied Healthcare After Undergoing Chest Surgery

Transgender Woman Deported from US Murdered in El Salvador

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Karl Lagerfeld Dies at 85

Actor Don Cheadle Sports Pro-Trans T-shirt on Saturday Night Live

Ghost Story-Themed Play Makes Magic