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Racism in Atlanta LGBTQ commuunity

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...

TEN Atlanta

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

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...