Keeping up with every twist and turn in the LGBT-ATL is harder if it’s not your fulltime job. It’s ours, and we have your back. Catch up on news, community, events and pop culture in this week’s most popular posts.
Win-win: Gay Atlanta’s Bestest revealed [photos]
After two weeks, some 1,000 votes, heated bar wars, write-in contenders and a fun party for the whole queer village on Thursday, our first Bestest of the Best of Gay Atlanta finally has its winners. View the full list of winners and party pics from Thursday’s Bestest Bash. Speaking of popular photos, check out Sminoff Studs strip for Santa Speedo Run and all of this week’s six new photo galleries.
A sneak peek at Ben Cohen’s new magazine
Anti-bullying advocate Ben Cohen is no stranger to putting his brawny good looks on the cover of a magazine or calendar. So it’s no surprise that a peek inside the debut of StandUp Magazine features the hunk, some chest hair and a rugby ball. See what’s between the covers. Cohen was in town for the magazine launch then dropped by Project Q’s Bestest Bash to collect his Bestest LGBT Ally award.
Gay porn stars make a Roxx lunch even better
There’s a pretty good chance your Tuesday didn’t go like this: Land at the Atlanta airport, get picked up by a gay porn star and enjoy a casual lunch threesome. But you’re not Jack Mackenroth, either. The gay, HIV-positive activist and “Project Runway” designer dropped in at Roxx for lunch with a popular adult entertainer and his XXX partner. Read the full post.
Elmo’s embattled gay voice heads to ATL college
The gay man that voices Elmo in falsetto, who had a tough week being accused then unaccused of sexing up an underage teen, is headed to Atlanta later this month to speak to GSU college students about life, love and his furry red monster. Talk about crappy timing.
UPS says no more cash to anti-gay Boy Scouts
As much as Chick-fil-A loves the anti-gays, another Atlanta-based company says not so much. The UPS Foundation is dumping the Boy Scouts of America over its anti-gay policies. Read how the donations dried up, the new HRC Equality scores for Atlanta companies, plus the latest evidence that Chick-fil-A’s HRC zero means nothing to middle America.
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‘Faggy’ yogurt, cuz you’re a little homophobic
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