ATLANTA -- The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a decision by a U.S. district judge who ruled Augusta State University may expel a graduate student who refused to comply with graduate degree program requirements citing her Christian beliefs that homosexuality is immoral.

LGBT advocates are hailing a federal appellate court ruling as a significant win for transgender rights and a means to provide recourse to others who face discrimination in the workplace on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.

Two members of a three judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Thursday signaled that U.S. Supreme Court precedents will require them to uphold a district court ruling that a former Georgia state legislative aide who was fired during her gender transition, was the victim of discrimination.

ATLANTA -- A Georgia graduate student who has sued Augusta State University in a battle over graduate program requirements and her stated anti-gay "Christian beliefs," has petitioned the U. S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to prevent the university from expelling her.

ROME, Ga. -- Shorter University, a Christian liberal arts college in Rome, Ga., has announced a policy which will require its more than 200 employees to sign a “Personal Lifestyle Statement” rejecting homosexuality.

Six Atlanta police officers have been fired following an investigation into the botched raid of an Atlanta gay bar in 2009.

Executives at The Home Depot gave a cool reception to representatives of the anti-gay hate group American Family Association at the company’s annual shareholder's meeting in Atlanta this week.

A Georgia state Representative becomes the state's third openly gay lawmaker after he came out on Friday amid allegations of sexual misconduct.

A Georgia man says his home was set on fire just hours after someone threw a rock through his window with a note wrapped around it containing anti-gay slurs. Carroll County Sheriff’s Office investigators are investigating what appears to be arson and a possible hate crime.

The Atlanta City Council last week voted 14-0 to award the Atlanta Eagle bar $1 million in response to a federal lawsuit filed by a private attorney on behalf of 19 clients unjustly arrested in a botched police raid last September.

Members of the Ku Klux Klan and representatives from the Supreme White Alliance rallied at Augusta State University on Saturday to protest the school's action in requiring one of its graduate students to complete remediation courses regarding homosexuality.

The Ku Klux Klan plans to hold a rally in support of an Augusta State University counseling student who claims her First Amendment rights were violated when the school told [...]

[caption id="attachment_10947" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Pastor Eddie Long"][/caption] The pastor of an Atlanta mega-church who once described homosexuality as a "spiritual abortion," was cheered by a congregation of 10,000 on Sunday [...]

Allowing gay couples to marry amounts to "genocide" and will lead to the "extinction" of the human race, according to the niece of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at a National Organization for Marriage rally in Atlanta on Saturday.

A Georgia graduate student has filed a lawsuit accusing Augusta State University officials of violating her constitutional rights -- she claims the school told her that her anti-gay beliefs are incompatible with the standards of her desired profession.