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Lambda Legal petitions US Supreme Court to review Georgia lesbian’s employment rights case

Lambda Legal on Thursday asked the US Supreme Court to review the case of Jameka Evans, a Savannah security guard who was reportedly physically assaulted, harassed, denied equal pay and forced to leave her job ...

Lambda Legal to take Georgia anti-LGBT discrimination case to US Supreme Court

The US Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals denied an en banc petition asking the full court re-hear a Georgia anti-LGBT discrimination case — so Lambda Legal is going straight to the top. On July 6, Lambda Leg...

ACLU files brief in support of Georgia lesbian fired for being gay

The American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia joined the national ACLU this week in filing a friend-of-the-court brief that argued Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits workplace discrimination on the bas...

Georgia lesbian fired for being gay takes potentially historic case to federal court

A downtown Atlanta courtroom was the scene Thursday morning of a hearing in a case that could change the landscape for LGBT employees across the country. A panel of three judges with the U.S. Eleventh Circuit C...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Nov. 8

1. The Washington Post reports that the Human Rights Campaign is preparing to release a report after the election urging more than 70 specific policy changes that would ban LGBT discrimination in federal progra...

Fired gay Macon band director files federal discrimination lawsuit against school

Flint Dollar, the openly gay former band director who was fired from a Catholic prep school in Macon last May because he planned on marrying his partner, has filed a federal lawsuit against the school. Dolla...

Fired gay band director files discrimination claim against school

Flint Dollar, the gay band director and music teacher who was fired from a Catholic prep school in Macon in May because he planned to marry his partner, has filed a gender discrimination claim against his forme...

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

Non-binary Pronoun “They” is Merriam-Webster’s Word of 2019

Lesbian Swe Zin Htet Competes in Miss Universe, Makes History

Fairness for All Act Seeks Middle Ground on LGBTQ Rights

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Out Soccer Player Megan Rapinoe Named 2019 Sportsperson of the Year

J.J. Abrams Hints at LGBTQ Representation in ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’

Pride Journey: Wichita, Kansas