1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (223+ words) June marks the celebration of National Pride Month. Yet, Atlanta Pride’s largest celebration is not until much later. It’s a four-month gap that begs the question: Why is the Atlanta Pride Parade held in October instead of June? It all…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (652+ words) Tamara Young and Virgil Harper turned Toast on Lenox into one of Atlanta’s signature brunch spots. Then, the owners felt forced to declare that they endorse no candidate. Not to make a political point. To protect their employees. I know…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (1066+ words) It seems that every day there’s a new way for Atlanta’s queer community to convene. There are drag brunches, “Heated Rivalry” dance parties, festivals, themed club nights and sports gatherings. But for generations past, one institution was able to meet…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (575+ words) After winning a landmark transgender rights ruling that was later overturned, a sheriff’s deputy in central Georgia has settled an almost seven-year court battle challenging her employers’ health insurance plan. Sgt. Anna Lange, a deputy in the Houston County Sheriff’s…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (818+ words) On April 3, an image of loose sheets of paperwork being thrown about in the Georgia General Assembly was shared across social media; an exemplar characterization of Sine Die, the official end to the legislative session. In all honesty, there is…...

2+ mon, 7+ hour ago   (406+ words) Although Atlanta’s largest Pride celebration takes place in October to coincide with National Coming Out Day, organizations and groups around the metro area are hosting events in honor of Pride Month in June. You’ll find a weeklong Pride celebration from…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (512+ words) Editor’s Note: About 40% of U.S. students had persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness and 9% attempted suicide, according to a report by the Atlanta-based U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The number of adolescents reporting poor mental health is increasing,…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (337+ words) MACON — The job posting reads like a thesaurus of the otherworldly. It seeks a “Chief Liaison with the Beyond,” a “Curator of the Curious,” an “Ambassador to the Unexplained,” an “Official Unofficial” ghostly go-between. eow pu owt ruot ot eht…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (684+ words) Hera Kane first went to the Plaza Theatre in high school to see “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and find a queer community. “I wasn’t old enough to go to the bar, so we went to ‘Rocky Horror’ weekly because…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (755+ words) When Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito once asked whether “medical consensus has ever been politicized,” he revealed more than skepticism. He laid bare the high court’s moral drift. That drift became tragically clear in the U.S. Supreme Court’s…...