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Georgia Governor Signs Anti-LGBTQ Law Restricting Transgender Students from Sports, Despite Zero Trans Athletes Participating in State

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 21:26:04 +0000

On April 28, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed The Riley Gaines Act, effectively banning the participation of transgender student-athletes from participating in sports and from using the correct restroom and locker room that aligns with their gender. The new law, which was championed by conservative state lawmakers as a top priority at the start of [...]

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GLAAD AND GEORGIA EQUALITY RESPOND TO GEORGIA’S NEW LAW RESTRICTING TRANSGENDER STUDENTS FROM SPORTS, DESPITE ZERO TRANS ATHLETES PARTICIPATING IN GEORGIA

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 19:44:05 +0000

GLAAD: “All students, regardless of gender identity, should have access to play school sports in a safe environment where they can learn and thrive. With the passage of this discriminatory legislation, Georgia lawmakers have unfairly and baselessly made it more difficult for transgender students to experience the same lessons sports offers all youth, and they [...]

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Trump’s First Two Months: Attacks on Trans People Outweigh Voters’ Economic Priorities

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 16:12:51 +0000

The first two months of Donald Trump’s second term have revealed a dramatic misalignment between the goal of the President to relentlessly attack transgender people, and the needs and wishes of American people, including addressing the overwhelming prices of groceries and the dramatic decline in financial markets and overall health of the economy. For his [...]

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LGBTQ Advocates Rally, Resist ‘Tsunami of Anti-Trans Hate’ at ‘Pride To The Capitol’

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 17:57:54 +0000

On March 4, for the second time since the start of the 2025 state legislative session, over 200 hundred LGBTQ Georgians and their allies descended on the State Capitol in downtown Atlanta as at least seven anti-LGBTQ bills inched closer to becoming law. “Pride to the Capitol” included more than a dozen LGBTQ equality groups [...]

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GLAAD Weather Watch Alert: Take Action

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 17:49:21 +0000

It’s March, which means many states are well into their legislative sessions – the dedicated time when state lawmakers make decisions about new statewide laws. More than 450 anti-LGBTQ bills have been proposed across the country already, and the GLAAD Weather Watch, hosted by RuPaul’s Drag Race’s Salina EsTitties, has all the tea on these [...]

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Single Gay Dad Shares Surrogacy Journey Ahead of Men Having Babies Atlanta Conference as Attendance Surges

Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:41:25 +0000

It was never a question of when Biancco Gardner, 32, an Atlanta-based program manager and construction company owner, would become a father but how. As a single gay dad to five-month-old daughter Bianca, Gardner says the birth of his daughter via traditional surrogacy was a second chance at fatherhood after missing a previous opportunity. He [...]

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Laverne Cox Delivers Powerful Speech Upon Receiving SCAD TVfest Impact Award: “We need our allies more than ever right now as LGBTQ+ people.”

Mon, 10 Feb 2025 20:50:46 +0000

Last week, the 13th annual SCAD TVfest took place in Atlanta, Georgia. The festival aims to put the spotlight on the latest in design, creativity, and innovation on television, streaming, and digital media. This year, SCAD honored actress and activist Laverne Cox with the Impact Award, for her new series Clean Slate. The Amazon Prime Video series Clean [...]

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LGBTQ Advocates Rally as Lawmakers Target Trans Georgians on Day One of Legislative Session

Tue, 14 Jan 2025 20:23:57 +0000

Banning trans youth from participating in sports in Georgia may be a solution in search of a problem, but that did not stop conservative state lawmakers from making good on their promise to introduce anti-trans legislation on January 13, as the Georgia General Assembly began its legislative session at the State Capitol. Nor did it [...]

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State Legislatures Reconvene to Consider 2025 LGBTQ-Related Bills

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 14:35:14 +0000

With the holiday break over, a number of state legislatures are reconvening starting this week to hold their 2025 sessions, and LGBTQ-related bills and policies are already on the docket in many states. Massachusetts, Montana, Ohio, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Minnesota, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New [...]

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What Does It Mean To Thrive Decades After An HIV Diagnosis? These Black Gay Elders Remain Unstoppable

Sun, 01 Dec 2024 14:00:23 +0000

Rev. Elder Claude E. Bowen doesn’t recall the month or the day he received his HIV diagnosis over the phone 32 years ago—but he does remember the lack of concern in his doctor’s voice, being told his life expectancy would only be two years, and then living the next two years with reckless abandonment. And [...]

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