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A. Bentley Hudgins: The other virus ravaging Atlanta’s queer community

Recently, I was able to be a part of a movement that resulted in an amendment to the Macon-Bibb Charter and Code of Ordinances that now prohibits discrimination in public employment on the basis of sexual orien...

Charles Stephens: Collective memory is an act of resistance

I am a black gay man from the South. I came of age in the '90s and early 2000s. Like most of my generation (those of us in the gap between Generation X and Y), I grew up with a vague notion of what it meant to ...

Dàzon Dixon Diallo: When does sexual and reproductive justice matter? All the time

Sexual and reproductive justice (SRJ) matters all the time for everybody. Originally created in 1994 by a small group of black women reproductive health and rights activists, reproductive justice (RJ) has becom...

Craig Washington: Scars to heal

They were dog tired that night arriving home after working the third shift at the warehouse. They laid their spent bodies down on the mattress in Anthony’s mother’s living room as they had done many times befor...

Norm Kent: The National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce strikes out

Last week the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce announced a historic partnership with major league baseball. I was thrilled. Except for one detail. They gave the exclusive to Fortune Magazine, ...