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Drag Queen Tatianna Arrested During Atlanta Pride

RuPaul’s Drag Race star Tatianna was arrested last weekend during Atlanta Pride, reported TMZ. The drag queen was arrested on Sunday (October 13) at Midtown gay bar Ten Atlanta on the grounds of disorderly c...

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

As much as leadership and right-winged white Americans might say otherwise, the United States has a racism problem. That means so does 2018 Atlanta, even in the LGBTQ community. “Just because you’re LGBT ...

Burkhart’s GM responds after owner’s racist Facebook posts uncovered

The owner of popular LGBT Atlanta bar Burkhart's is facing a torrent of criticism over Facebook posts from his account referring to former President Barack Obama by a racial slur among other controversial state...

I Am Midtown movement members allege residents harassing MSR, Blake’s, TEN

Atlanta’s skyline is changing. Along with the iconic high-rises, cranes building new condos find themselves in the silhouette. And with new condos come new people, which brings new concerns for the preservation...

Jaha Howard, the disco ball from Backstreet and Jungle and rainbow crosswalks

2017 Year In Review: Top local LGBT news stories of 2017

Take a step back to look at the local LGBT news landscape in Georgia in 2017 and you might wince. An anti-LGBT candidate wins a Georgia Congressional race, multiple deaths in the transgender community, an early...

Ryan Lee: LGBT and taking a knee

If anyone thought the protest raging through the NFL was not a LGBT issue, the Atlanta Police Department recently reminded us why we should all be taking a knee. Despite the focus on the national anthem and the...

Atlanta police chief reassigns watch commander who forced gay bars to close

The morning watch commander in charge during the early closure of four Atlanta gay bars over Labor Day Weekend has been reassigned. Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields made the announcement late Wednesday aftern...

Mary Norwood: I accept Atlanta police explanation on Black Gay Pride early bar closure

Atlanta City Councilwoman Mary Norwood weighed in on the Atlanta Police Department's decision to close four gay bars two hours early during Black Gay Pride, issuing a statement Wednesday morning saying she spok...

Woolard: Difficult not to call Atlanta gay bar closures during Black Gay Pride discriminatory

Atlanta mayoral candidate Cathy Woolard – the former Atlanta City Council president and first openly LGBT elected official in Georgia – is expressing doubts about the Atlanta Police Department's claim that the ...

Atlanta police claim ‘miscommunication’ led to early closure of LGBT bars during Black Gay Pride

An Atlanta Police Department spokesman claims a "miscommunication" between city police and APD led to the closure of several Midtown LGBT-owned bars in the early hours of Sept. 4, but one bar owner isn't buying...

‘We have light to bring into this world’: LGBT Atlanta rallies against anti-gay Chechnya purge

When LGBT Atlanta gathers to celebrate, mourn or protest, they often end up at the intersection of 10th Street and Piedmont Avenue in Midtown. Such was the case again Tuesday night as around 100 people gathered...

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

The Trevor Project Releases 2020 Study on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health, the Largest of its Kind

BREAKING: Human Rights Campaign Endorses Jon Ossoff for U.S. Senate

‘Glee’ Star Naya Rivera Pronounced Dead at 33

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Instagram and Facebook Ban Promotion of Conversion Therapy

Scooby Doo’s Velma is a Lesbian, ‘Mystery Incorporated’ Producer Confirms

Bisexual Actress Javicia Leslie Takes on Role of Batwoman