Just over one month into his new role as Atlanta’s head of LGBTQ Affairs, Dewayne R. Queen is developing a vision that supports various groups by working with city partners and local organizations. But he knows it won’t be easy. While Atlanta is often viewed as a welcoming and progressive place, many are grappling with […]
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Beyonce’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ Tour Inspires Black Women and LGBTQ+ Fans to Remix Patriotic Symbols
A photo gallery of concert attendees in Atlanta explores who gets to be called a patriot.
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From HIV to Hormone Therapy, Medicaid Cuts Threaten Atlanta’s LGBTQ+ Residents
As lawmakers push for sweeping cuts to Medicaid, fear weighs heavily on Tori Cooper. Cooper, a trans woman who serves as the director of strategic outreach and training for the Human Rights Campaign, told Capital B Atlanta that for her and other Black trans residents, these cuts will have a detrimental impact on their lives. […]
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Atlanta Pride Month 2025: June Events to Celebrate Black Queer Joy
In cities around the country, June is the designated month to honor the LGBTQ+ experience. But Atlanta — considered widely to be the Black gay mecca — moves to its own beat. Up until 2007, Atlanta’s annual celebration of queer identity and rights took place every June, a nod to the Stonewall Uprising in New York City. […]
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Black Atlantans Grapple with Political Divide Over Transgender Rights
College Park resident Tori Cooper says Black Georgians who support limiting the rights of transgender people like her are being manipulated by politicians who have little interest in helping any members of the Black community. Her comments came in response to President Donald Trump’s recent executive order scaling back the federal government’s recognition of gender […]
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The Dawn of a New Trump Era Begins. What It Means for Black Atlantans in 2025.
The dread many Black people in Atlanta feel about Donald Trump’s triumph in the 2024 presidential election isn’t misplaced: He organized his reelection campaign against Vice President Kamala Harris around revenge — around how he and his allies can inflict the greatest amount of suffering on vulnerable groups and on those he considers enemies. Making […]
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Is Atlanta Investing Enough Money to Support LGBTQ Residents?
When Mayor Andre Dickens announced the city was giving $55,000 in funding for three organizations to support the local transgender community, it was touted as the “single largest investment” of its kind. Dickens’ administration spearheaded the donation sponsored by Post 2 At-Large City Council member Matt Westmoreland. The funding push is to support the transgender […]
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How a Black Trans-Led Org Plans to Use City Funding
Despite its claim to being the “LGBTQ Capital of the South,” Octavia Lewis remembers a time when Atlanta was far from being a safe haven for Black transgender people. Access to basic health care needs was more underground. Lewis remembers transgender women going to the black market for hormone therapy. Some were being defrauded, not […]
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Where to Find Black Trans Safe Spaces in Atlanta
For decades, Atlanta has been seen as a safe space for Black queer and trans people in the South. The violent deaths of two trans women in April, and an attack on another in January, have the local LGBTQ+ community on edge. On April 11, Ashley Burton, a well-known hairstylist and makeup artist, was shot […]
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How Morehouse College Is Challenging What It Means to Be a Black Man
A culture shift is underway at Morehouse College. The 156-year-old men’s college — among the nation’s most-selective historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) — was built upon the image of a serious, contemporary Black man fit within a uniquely American mold. But now, students, faculty members, and administrators are reconsidering what it means to be a […]