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White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre released a statement Friday as Florida’s notorious ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law took effect, saying “[…] state officials who claim to champion liberty are limiting the freedom of their fellow Americans simply to be themselves.”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hinted at the possibility of legislation to codify the right of same-sex couples to marry, which many fear is in danger after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, as part of an effort to secure “freedoms which Americans currently enjoy.”

CVS is offering free HIV testing at participating Atlanta metro-area MinuteClinic at CVS HealthHUB locations now through July 13, in collaboration with Gilead Sciences.

In a ruling that one legal activist said will put LGBTQ rights “on the chopping block,” the U.S. Supreme Court today (June 24) ruled 6 to 3 that the U.S. Constitution “does not prohibit” states from banning abortion.

As the 2022 midterm elections draw near, a record number of LGBTQ candidates have been running for Congress. But while some segments of the community have made gains in political presence, other metrics are falling short when it comes representation that is reflective of the U.S. population.

President Biden, in recognition of Pride month during a reception with LGBTQ leaders and advocates at the White House, signed a wide-ranging executive order advancing his administration’s goals for LGBTQ policy, which includes new prohibitions on widely discredited conversion therapy and resources for parents and children in states enacting laws against transgender youth.

It’s June! The month we celebrate queer rights, when the air gets heated and the blood does too.

A year into the COVID pandemic, out director Andrew Ahn received the script for Joel Kim Booster’s “Fire Island” and knew almost immediately he needed to make it.

As part of its Come as You Are Festival, the Atlanta Opera is presenting two exciting new works likely to be embraced by the LGBTQ community: “Cabaret” and the transgender themed “As One.”

Friday, June 3

I have been with someone who has gone to get an abortion. It’s not as easy as walking in a door and immediately getting it over with, as some would have you think.

Out On Film has announced the lineup for its Stonewall Month slate of films.  The Oscar® qualifying film festival returns to theaters this June. The month will kick off June 5 with a free screening of Local Shorts, combining three of Out On Film’s popular shorts programs from 2021.  The films included will be Lyrik London’s “Black Boi Majik,” Brandon Mitchell’s “The Duchess of Grant Park,” Deondray Gossfield and Quincy LeNear Gossfield’s “Flames,” Jonathon Pawlowski’s “If I’m Good,” Frederick Taylor’s “Meet the Team Taking J-Setting From Underground Clubs to the Main Stage,” Carly Johnson’s “One Day,” Quinlan Orear’s “Over My Dead Body,” Patrick Seda’s “Reverend Falls,” Mya-Breyana Morton’s “The Traveler,” and John e.  KIlberg’s “Vestirse.”

The Atlanta Pride Committee (APC) is hosting a slew of events this month to commemorate Stonewall Month, Juneteenth, the Pulse Night Club massacre, and National HIV Testing Day. Stay updated and learn more here.

A drag queen story hour scheduled to be held at the library at Ramstein Air Base in Germany in honor of Pride month was abruptly cancelled by the command staff of the 86th Airlift Wing on Thursday.

A survivor of the Pulse nightclub massacre on Wednesday said he is “at a loss” over the massacre at a Texas elementary school that left 21 people dead.

No matter what your sport, from soccer or football to bowling or board games, there’s an LGBTQ-friendly league for you. Play on!

The Biden administration on Tuesday publicly acknowledged the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia.

For the second year in a row, the Counter Narrative Project’s (CNP) “The Reckoning,” an online publication dedicated to sharing thought-provoking and unique stories about Atlanta’s Black LGBTQ community, has received a GLAAD Media Award nomination for Outstanding Blog. Darian Aaron, the Editor-at-Large of “The Reckoning” and the Communications Director of CNP, attended the ceremony in Los Angeles, California (which is now available to stream on Hulu).

A vacation is supposed to be a break, a time for rest and relaxation away from the hustle and bustle of the real world. But when it comes to planning a trip, that break can easily turn into its own stressor, weighing on your mind and eating up your time. Depending on your destination, coordinating all the moving parts involved in planning a trip — hotels, transportation, itineraries, tours, etc. — can be a huge hassle. That’s where travel agents like Jim Anastos come in.

Wherever you’re jet setting this summer, we’ve got the perfect getaway outfit for you!

I did not spend a lot of my youth traveling. I didn’t fly in an airplane until I was 20 (aside from a vague memory of flying to upstate New York to visit family when I was small enough to worry about having to put my baby doll on through the security scanner). I ventured beyond the east coast for the first time last year on a trip to Colorado. I went on some Spring Break trips to South Carolina beaches and North Georgia mountains with my friends in high school, but the only vacations my family took were to visit my grandparents in Daytona Beach, Florida.

President Biden has nominated Ana Reyes, an attorney at the D.C-based law firm Williams & Connolly LLP, for a seat on federal court in D.C., making her the first Hispanic woman and the first out lesbian who would ever serve on the court, the White House announced Wednesday.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested a passenger flying from Atlanta to Phoenix last Friday, after the man who was traveling first class, allegedly unleashed a tirade using homophobic epithets and assaulting a male flight attendant who refused to serve him more alcohol.

Never change who you are for anyone. During a conversation with a friend about how some people allow others to chip away at who they truly are, we came to the conclusion that they often do this  just to be part of the “In-Crowd.” Let me explain… I am in an interacial marriage.  The expectation that I tone down my Blackness to better fit in with my husband would never be broached within the confines of our relationship.

“Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome…”

LGBTQ+ Walt Disney Company employees and their allies put on a “full stage” walkout Tuesday at various corporate locations across the U.S. to protest what they see as a “lame” and “inadequate” stance taken by the company and its CEO Bob Chapek to the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill in Florida.

We love women and the women who love them! I gathered three proud women-loving women (WLW) and dear friends of the Georgia Voice to ask them questions about their identity, the realities of womanhood, and how embracing their sexualities allowed them to embrace themselves.

A new ABC News/Ipsos poll published Sunday found that more than six in ten Americans oppose legislation that would prohibit classroom lessons about sexual orientation or gender identity in elementary school.

A bill has been introduced in the Georgia senate that resembles Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” legislation.