4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (363+ words) Local news for metro Atlanta Here are a few more news headlines: 🏛️ Georgia made history last week when Everton Blair, Jr., was sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the state’s first openly LGBTQ+ member of Congress. ⚖️ Two…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (217+ words) In a decision expected to influence similar laws across the country, the court’s conservative majority ruled that the state bans do not violate either the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause or Title IX, the federal law prohibiting sex discrimination in education....

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (165+ words) Georgia Equality is hosting an Evening for Equality on June 27 to celebrate 31 years of work to advance safety and opportunity for Georgia's LGBTQ+ community, and will honor the work of Georgians advocating for LGBTQ+ rights with the Equality Awards. The…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago   (328+ words) Gallup, one of the leading organizations in public opinion polling, has found that LGBTQ support among Americans is dropping. The poll, whose data was collected using Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, was conducted in May and was published on…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (214+ words) GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ+ media advocacy organization, has released results from a poll showing overwhelming support to end their attacks on transgender people and focus on the rising cost of living. The poll, conducted by MRI-Simmons between March 16 and…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (733+ words) But first, a few news headlines: A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled Monday that Trump’s policy banning transgender troops from military service is illegal. A federal judge also ordered that Trump’s name be removed from The Kennedy Center…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (702+ words) The U.S. House of Representatives passed a federal “Don’t Say Trans” bill on Wednesday, attempting to force teachers to out transgender students nationwide. The bill, House Resolution 2616, also called the “Stopping Indoctrination and Protecting Kids Act,” would require schools to get…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (678+ words) 🤬 As Congress finalizes its funding for fiscal year 2027, Republicans are attempting to include five anti-LGBTQ riders in the National Security and Department of State Appropriations Act. 🤡 Republicans started calling for Georgia lawmakers to redraw the state’s political maps hours after…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (266+ words) As Congress finalizes its funding for fiscal year 2027, Republicans are attempting to include five anti-LGBTQ riders in the National Security and Department of State Appropriations Act. A rider is an unrelated provision tacked onto a bill that must pass — in…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (557+ words) Don’t say gay… again Here are a few more headlines: ✍️ Speaking of assassination attempts, Washington Blade reporter Joe Reberkenny has this first-person account of being at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night. ⚖️ A federal appeals court vacated a…...