By Patrick Saunders | Jan 17, 2020 | 3:26 PM
A small fire broke out at the Phillip Rush Center early Friday, causing the facility to temporarily shut down.
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By Patrick Saunders | Jan 16, 2020 | 12:20 PM
Half of Atlanta Pride’s staff resigned in the past month as the non-profit manages sustained criticism from former board members, committee members and employees.
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By Patrick Saunders | Jan 15, 2020 | 11:37 AM
The Brookhaven City Council unanimously passed a broad LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance on Tuesday, making it just the seventh Georgia city to do so.
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By Patrick Saunders | Jan 14, 2020 | 3:23 PM
Directors of the Metro Atlanta Association of Professionals elected August Wogsland as their new president and CEO – the LGBTQ business group’s first openly transgender leader.
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By Patrick Saunders | Jan 14, 2020 | 1:45 PM
Devin Barrington Ward has launched a primary challenge against longtime state Sen. Horacena Tate as he looks to become the chamber’s first black openly LGBTQ member.
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By Patrick Saunders | Jan 13, 2020 | 2:06 PM
A prominent LGBTQ non-profit professional claims that the Rush Center fired him in retaliation for organizing a union for the LGBTQ center’s employees.
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By Patrick Saunders | Jan 10, 2020 | 1:56 PM
Former longtime Kicks 101.5 DJ Cadillac Jack sued parent company Cumulus Media for wrongful termination and claimed that his boss bullied him for being bisexual.
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By Patrick Saunders | Jan 10, 2020 | 9:16 AM
Gov. Brian Kemp administered the oath of office to Gwinnett County Superior Court Judge Angela Duncan on Thursday, making her the first openly LGBTQ judge he’s appointed since taking office in 2019.
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By Patrick Saunders | Jan 9, 2020 | 1:44 PM
House Speaker David Ralston slammed efforts to allow faith-based agencies to deny LGBTQ adoptions and called anti-LGBTQ “religious freedom” bills “a solution in search of a problem.”
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By Patrick Saunders | Jan 8, 2020 | 12:46 PM
The founder of an Athens anti-discrimination group wants to unseat a Republican lawmaker who voted against an LGBTQ-inclusive hate crimes bill.
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By Patrick Saunders | Jan 7, 2020 | 12:31 PM
Former Doraville City Councilmember Joseph Geierman took the oath of office on Monday to become the city’s first-ever openly LGBTQ mayor.
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By Patrick Saunders | Jan 6, 2020 | 3:48 PM
A former detention officer at the Fulton County Jail is suing the Fulton Sheriff’s Office, claiming he was fired for being gay and faced retaliation after reporting an anti-gay coworker.
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By Patrick Saunders | Dec 30, 2019 | 3:14 PM
A gay candidate for East Point City Council sued the chair of the Fulton County Elections Board and asked her to reveal the vote totals in the race.
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By Patrick Saunders | Dec 30, 2019 | 1:25 PM
A small fire broke out at Virgil’s Gullah Kitchen & Bar late Saturday and caused the LGBTQ-owned restaurant to temporarily close.
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By Patrick Saunders | Dec 20, 2019 | 1:55 PM
A state lawmaker from Sharpsburg introduced a bill that would ban transgender youth from competing in athletic events at public facilities.
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By Patrick Saunders | Dec 19, 2019 | 4:15 PM
Two Atlanta Pride Committee board members gave up their seats and claimed the organization conducted a “sham” board election, is awash in secrecy and is plagued by entrenched power.
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By Patrick Saunders | Dec 12, 2019 | 2:45 PM
Seven Atlanta-based HIV organizations received a total of $400,000 to combat the spread of the epidemic in a city with some of the highest infection rates in the U.S.
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By Patrick Saunders | Dec 12, 2019 | 1:12 PM
Georgia’s most influential LGBTQ advocacy organization applauded the introduction of a new federal LGBTQ-inclusive civil rights bill, but cautioned that such protections are still urgently needed on the state level.
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By Patrick Saunders | Dec 11, 2019 | 1:37 PM
State Rep. Pat Gardner is leaving the state legislature after nearly 20 years of fighting for same-sex marriage rights, increasing funding for HIV drugs and denouncing anti-LGBTQ “religious freedom” legislation.
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By Patrick Saunders | Dec 10, 2019 | 4:23 PM
Melanie Hammet wants to continue championing the arts and the environment when she begins her second term as mayor of Pine Lake, Ga., next month.
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