By Patrick Saunders | Dec 9, 2019 | 8:56 AM
Linda Ellis stepped down as executive director of the Health Initiative and the Rush Center, capping a long career at the center of all things LGBTQ Atlanta.
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By Project Q Atlanta | Dec 6, 2019 | 3:44 PM
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services launched a national program on Tuesday to provide free PrEP for uninsured people to prevent the spread of HIV.
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By Patrick Saunders | Dec 5, 2019 | 2:40 PM
The battle over access for transgender students to school restrooms that match their gender identity reached a federal court in Atlanta on Thursday, with one attorney bemoaning the “profoundly damaging discrimination” faced by trans students.
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By Patrick Saunders | Dec 4, 2019 | 5:21 PM
Less than one in five people who could benefit from PrEP are taking it, only two-thirds of those who have HIV have it under control, and new HIV infections have remained stable in the U.S. after years of declines, according to federal health officials.
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By Project Q Atlanta | Dec 3, 2019 | 3:12 PM
WSB-TV has hired popular Orlando-based anchor Jorge Estevez to join the station as an evening anchor starting in January, according to the AJC.
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By Patrick Saunders | Dec 3, 2019 | 12:00 PM
Brookhaven will vote on a sweeping LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance in January, putting it in line to join a handful of other metro Atlanta cities who’ve adopted such protections in the past year.
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By Patrick Saunders | Nov 27, 2019 | 12:37 PM
Bill Grant won the Canton mayoral race by 50 points and will join rare company by becoming the third openly LGBTQ mayor in Georgia.
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By Patrick Saunders | Nov 26, 2019 | 2:31 PM
The parents of a transgender woman filed a federal lawsuit claiming that Valdosta State Prison officials ignored their daughter’s mental health crisis and “encouraged her to commit suicide" moments before she ultimately did.
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By Patrick Saunders | Nov 25, 2019 | 3:00 PM
A gay preservationist wants to protect the Heretic from a new MARTA station that could one day lead to the demolition of the longtime gay dance bar.
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By Project Q Atlanta | Nov 25, 2019 | 12:43 PM
Lil Nas X broke new barriers by becoming the first openly gay rapper nominated in the Grammys’ major categories and the first openly gay black artist to win a Country Music Association award.
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By Patrick Saunders | Nov 22, 2019 | 1:46 PM
LGBTQ Atlanta’s own Michael Shutt has been chosen to lead the Southern Regional Office of the country’s most prominent LGBTQ legal group.
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By Patrick Saunders | Nov 21, 2019 | 2:54 PM
The NAMES Project Foundation is moving its headquarters and the beloved AIDS Memorial Quilt from its longtime Atlanta home in early 2020.
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By Patrick Saunders | Nov 20, 2019 | 3:42 PM
Health providers, researchers and activists will come together this week for training sessions and workshops focused on ending HIV in metro Atlanta, which is a leader in new HIV infections in the U.S.
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By Patrick Saunders | Nov 20, 2019 | 1:51 PM
A quarter of Georgia’s 16 openly LGBTQ elected officials have announced their presidential endorsements, with two of them backing the man who could be the first openly gay U.S. president.
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By Project Q Atlanta | Nov 19, 2019 | 3:03 PM
The City of Atlanta earned its highest-ever score on the 2019 Human Rights Campaign’s Municipal Equality Index, while nine other Georgia cities and areas received failing grades.
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By Patrick Saunders | Nov 19, 2019 | 12:01 PM
The Decatur City Commission unanimously passed a broad LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance on Monday, making it the sixth Georgia city to do so.
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By Project Q Atlanta | Nov 18, 2019 | 2:52 PM
Chick-fil-A cut off funding to the Salvation Army and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes after years of protests and bad press about the groups’ anti-LGBTQ ways.
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By Patrick Saunders | Nov 18, 2019 | 1:56 PM
Brian Clowdus is stepping down as artistic director of Serenbe Playhouse, the metro Atlanta theater he founded and transformed into a nationally-recognized entity.
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By Patrick Saunders | Nov 15, 2019 | 3:17 PM
The transgender-led Solutions Not Punishment Coalition is hitting a milestone by splitting off from its parent group to form its own organization.
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By Patrick Saunders | Nov 15, 2019 | 1:34 PM
Pete Buttigieg will attend at least four events and launch a black outreach initiative while in Atlanta for the upcoming Democratic presidential debate.
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