Former ACLU Director Exemplifies Anti-Transgender Hate
In an interview with Fox’s Megyn Kelly, former ACLU of Georgia executive director Maya Dillard Smith demonstrated everything wrong with arguments against the transgender community. Having resigned...
View ArticlePolice Investigating LGBTQ Bar Threats in San Diego & Atlanta [UPDATED]
Following the mass shooting at Pulse Orlando in Florida on Sunday two threats have emerged against bars in San Diego and Atlanta. Though it’s unknown how credible the threats are, police are treating...
View ArticlePolice Retaliate Against Man Who Filmed Alton Sterling Killing
Source: PINAC The man who filmed and first posted video of the killing of Alton Sterling by law enforcement was arrested 24 hours later on fabricated charges. Making sure to arrest him at his place of...
View ArticleThe Tide Is Turning: Chaffetz, Ossoff, & O’Reilly
Signs began emerging over the last few days that the tide may be turning against the fringe conservative takeover that started several years ago with the influx of Tea Party politicians. What began on...
View ArticleGA GOP Candidate Karen Handel: “I Do Not Support A Livable Wage”
In a proclamation that’s sure to be used by her opponent repeatedly now through the special election, Karen Handel – the GOP candidate in the special election for Georgia’s 6th Congressional District...
View ArticleGA GOP Candidate Karen Handel Attacks LGBTQ Adoption Rights
On the day before the special election for Georgia’s 6th Congressional District, the Republican party’s efforts to elect Karen Handel are taking on new life from using Obama’s voice out of context to...
View ArticleGeorgia Lawmaker Suggests Quarantining HIV+ People
Discussing the high cost of medical care and the potential to infect others, Georgia state Representative Betty Price (R) suggested quarantining people living with HIV. Her comments came as a part of...
View ArticleAtlanta Gay Bar Owners Face Racism Allegations
The owners of Burkhart’s Pub in Atlanta, Georgia face allegations of racism after social media postings dating back to 2015 emerged this week showing a troubling pattern of derogatory language about...
View ArticleAtlanta Gay Bar Burkhart’s Closes Following Racist Online Posts
Following viral national attention last month, Burkhart’s Pub in Atlanta, Georgia permanently closed this week. The uproar began after owners Palmer and Mary Marsh published explicitly racist social...
View ArticleGeorgia Bill Would Censor Speech Disrupting Campus Speakers
Photo: Flickr Legislation in the Georgia legislature would censor any speech aimed at disrupting speakers on college campuses. SB 339 would “…provide for the establishment of free speech policies for...
View ArticleAtlanta Landscaper Refuses Service to Gay Couple
A landscape company based in Atlanta, Georgia faces national scrutiny after it not only denied service to a gay couple last month, but called the couple’s marriage “perverse and foolish.” Word about...
View ArticleVoter Suppression: Poll Taxes Were So Last-Century
Tis the season–of voter suppression. Vote suppression, of course, can’t be disentangled from the racism that was the subject of yesterday’s post. Efforts by the GOP to keep folks from the polls, after...
View ArticleLong Division: Analyzing Data from the Midterms
There’s still a huge amount of data from Tuesday’s elections to be analyzed, but there are also some very clear lessons that emerged. In the light of morning, it turns out that what may have seemed...
View ArticleTelling It Like It Is: Election Version
In a riff on the title of the book What’s the Matter with Kansas, Ron Klain’s recent column for the Washington Post was “What’s the Matter with Florida?” The column could have more accurately headed...
View ArticleAbortion & Miscarriage: Now is the Time to Speak Up
In case you are wondering, now is the perfect time for men to speak up. But this is America, where laws criminalizing abortion and miscarriages are often reduced to scriptural sound bytes and...
View ArticleGeorgia School District Reverses Trans Protections After Threats
Pickens County School Board in Georgia just reversed its policy protecting transgender students after members of the board, students and parents were all targeted with threats of violence. Their press...
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