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Metro Atlanta Church Could be Added to Southern Poverty Law Center’s List of Hate Groups

Strong Hold Baptist Church, a new church in Metro Atlanta, may soon be added to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s national list of anti-LGBTQ hate groups, reported WSB-TV. Pastor David Berzins told WSB-TV th...

LGBT Groups Denounce Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting as ‘Horrific Attack’

As the world stands aghast over the latest mass shooting in the United States in which at least 11 people at a synagogue in Pittsburgh were killed, LGBT groups were among those to condemn the atrocity. Janso...

David Dinielli of the Southern Poverty Law Center

Transgender woman in Georgia men’s detention center granted asylum

Last month, a transgender woman identified only by the initials S.A.C. was granted asylum in the United States after enduring rape and torture in her native Guatemala and subsequently spending several months ho...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Feb. 16

1. Yesterday, the Southern Poverty Law Center named the litigation organization Alliance Defending Freedom as an anti-LGBT hate group. The Alliance Defending Freedom filed a number of "religious freedom" lawsui...

Justice Department, U.S. Attorney investigating treatment of Georgia LGBT prisoners

The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney's Office have opened up a joint investigation into the Georgia Department of Corrections' (GDC) treatment of LGBT prisoners. The investigation follows the hi...

Transgender Georgia inmate who filed suit against state released from prison early

Ashley Diamond is finally home. The transgender Georgia inmate, who filed a federal lawsuit against the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) alleging she had been denied medical treatment for gend...

Attorney: Transgender Georgia inmate sexually assaulted again

Ashley Diamond, the transgender Georgia inmate who filed a federal lawsuit against the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC), says that she has been sexually assaulted again. The revelation comes following...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, June 4

1. Katie Couric sits down with Jim Obergefell, the plaintiff at the center of the same-sex marriage case that was heard before the U.S. Supreme Court. 2. The Atlantic has an interesting piece on how the Sout...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, May 14

1. The engineer at the center of the Amtrak crash in Philadelphia has been identified as gay activist Brandon Bostian. The NTSB says Bostian caused the train to derail by slamming on the emergency brakes as the...

Transgender Georgia inmate transferred over safety concerns

Ashley Diamond, the transgender Georgia inmate who filed a federal lawsuit against the Georgia Department of Corrections, has been transferred to a medium security prison following several incidents with fellow...

Macon judge denies transgender Georgia inmate’s plea for transfer

A federal court judge has denied transgender Georgia inmate Ashley Diamond's request to be transferred to a lower-security prison for her safety. The ruling came down in a Monday afternoon hearing in which Diam...

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