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Atlanta leaders give mixed grades on Mayor Kasim Reed’s LGBT record

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed has seven years’ tenure under his belt, and the field is stacked for the next city leader to take over his office. As the election nears, Georgia Voice asked a few LGBT activists, and R...

Tee Tee Dangerfield enters the 50 Yard Line sports bar in Atlanta.

Police release surveillance videos from night of transgender Atlanta woman’s murder

College Park police released surveillance videos showing transgender Atlanta woman Tee Tee Dangerfield just hours before she was found murdered.One video shows Dangerfield entering the 50 Yard Line sports b...

Black LGBT-led safety initiative Tiger’s Eye Collective launches in Atlanta

Tip Brooks remembers the day last year they were driving down Interstate 75 and noticed a whole lot of commotion.The Ku Klux Klan was in Stone Mountain, Georgia, for its annual convention.“I saw a black...

LGBT rights group SONG kicks off rescue mission

It’s no secret there are racial disparities in the criminal justice system. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People reported that one out of every 100 African-American women is in prison....

City honors life of late Fulton County Commissioner Joan Garner

Several hundred mourners gathered on Saturday to honor the life of the late Fulton County Commissioner Joan Garner, who died of breast cancer on April 18. Garner was a beloved community figure and the first ope...

Catching Up with longtime friends, activists Darlene Hudson and Craig Washington

BFFs. Peas in a pod. However you characterize it, it’s clear that well-known gay Atlanta activists Darlene Hudson and Craig Washington have a strong bond. It was evident on a recent Sunday in their wide-armed h...

Catching Up with Southerners On New Ground co-director Mary Hooks

When it comes to iconic Atlanta-based social justice leaders, names like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. instantly come to mind. Somewhat lesser known, however, are their modern counterparts, who continue to carry t...

Georgia LGBT activists, lawyers fight ‘religious freedom’ bills around South

On the morning of March 28, when Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal vetoed House Bill 757, the controversial anti-LGBT so-called “religious freedom” bill, it was the end of the latest chapter of a local fight against suc...

Global-Local Connection for LGBT Rights event stirs up conversation

When the programming board of the LGBT Institute at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights walked out of their August meeting, they had in hand a list of three areas to focus on in the years ahead: crim...

Atlanta’s LGBT Institute lines up LGBT rights panel, education summit

Now that The LGBT Institute at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights has opened and debuted an Atlanta LGBT history exhibit, it has lined up programming for the fall that will explore the organization'...

Catching Up with … Paulina Helm-Hernandez, queer political organizer

When someone is described in their bio as “a queer femme cha-cha girl, artist, trainer, political organizer, strategist and trouble-maker-at-large,” you know that there is a lot to unpack there. ...

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

Gay Facebook Co-Founder Chris Hughes Slams Facebook for Allowing False Political Ads

Presidential Candidates Discuss LGBTQ Plans at HRC Town Hall

Activists Arrested in Sit-In Outside of Supreme Court during LGBTQ Employment Cases

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Olympic Gold Medalist Kerron Clement Comes Out

Billy Porter May be Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother in New Musical

Queer Restaurant? Of Course!