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Final efforts to pass anti-LGBTQ adoption bill fail as Georgia legislative session ends

Last-ditch efforts to pass an anti-LGBTQ adoption bill failed on the final day of the 2018 Georgia legislative session on Thursday, and for the fifth straight year, the session ended with the state avoiding pas...

Macon march to protest anti-LGBTQ adoption bill SB 375

When it comes to having comprehensive non-discrimination laws, Georgia demonstrates a bias. The 2018 March on Macon aims to change that.The organizers label the happening as a "public demonstration/civic en...

Patrick Saunders, Editor of Georgia Voice

Patrick Saunders: SB 375 is the sound of religious conservatives flailing

I wanted to write about the paper's eighth anniversary. I wanted to write about how we've expanded our print distribution in Kennesaw, Marietta, Acworth, Vinings, Sandy Springs, Roswell, South Atlanta and Dorav...

Rally to stop anti-LGBTQ adoption bill SB 375

Hundreds rally against anti-LGBTQ adoption bill across from Georgia State Capitol

Around 200 people gathered across the street from the Georgia State Capitol on Thursday afternoon for the Rally To Stop SB 375, the anti-LGBTQ adoption bill that passed in the Senate last week and has quickly c...

William Ligon, Donzella James and Jeff Graham

LGBTQ bills to watch as end of legislative session nears

The 2018 legislative session had a promising outlook: there was bipartisan support for a hate crimes bill in Georgia and last year’s anti-LGBTQ amendments to the overhauled state adoption code were removed befo...

Georgia Equality announces March 1 rally against SB 375

Minutes after the Georgia Senate voted in favor of an anti-LGBTQ adoption bill, statewide LGBTQ rights organization Georgia Equality announced a March 1 rally at Central Presbyterian Church, which is across the...

Georgia Senate passes anti-LGBTQ adoption bill

The Georgia Senate on Friday morning passed a bill that would allow adoption agencies to refuse to place children with same-sex couples based on their religious beliefs. The bill would also prohibit the Georgia...

Georgia Senate to vote on anti-LGBTQ adoption bill in Friday session

The Georgia Senate will vote on a controversial anti-LGBTQ adoption bill in Friday morning's session, giving it the chance of clearing a major hurdle along the way to possibly becoming law.Senate Bill 375 w...

Georgia Senate committee passes anti-LGBTQ adoption bill

The Georgia Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday morning passed a bill that would allow adoption agencies to refuse to place children with same-sex couples based on their religious beliefs. The bill would also...

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

LGBTQ Ally Elijah Cummings Dies at 68

Drag Queen Tatianna Arrested During Atlanta Pride

Sens. Warren and Baldwin Write Letter Calling Trump Administration to Protect Transgender Migrants

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Kellogg’s Releases “All Together Cereal” to Raise Awareness for Anti-LGBTQ Bullying

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Olympic Gold Medalist Kerron Clement Comes Out