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Atlanta police arrest 1 of 3 suspects in videotaped attack on gay man
ATLANTA — Police have arrested one of three suspects in the videotaped beating of a 20-year-old gay man who was attacked outside a convenience store in a southwest Atlanta neighborhood on Feb. 4.
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Atlanta police say they’ve identified 2 attackers in video beating of gay man
ATLANTA — Atlanta Police Chief George Turner on Thursday said police have identified suspects in a videotaped attack on a gay man leaving after he left a convenience store in a southwest Atlanta neighborhood.
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Appeals court rules against Georgia counselor who wouldn’t work with lesbian client
ATLANTA — It might pale in comparison to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision against Proposition 8, but the Atlanta-based Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals also ruled on another gay rights case this week.
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Bernice King’s gay-inclusive speech at MLK rally surprises LGBT participants
ATLANTA — Bernice King took the stage today at Atlanta’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. rally and included gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people among the various groups she said need to come together to fulfill her father’s legacy.
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Federal appeals court poised to rule in favor of transgender woman fired from state office
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.
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Six police officers fired, nine disciplined over botched raid of Atlanta gay bar
Six Atlanta police officers have been fired following an investigation into the botched raid of an Atlanta gay bar in 2009.
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Home Depot tells anti-gay hate group AFA what they can do with their petition
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.
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Georgia state lawmaker comes out amid allegations of sexual misconduct
A Georgia state Representative becomes the state’s third openly gay lawmaker after he came out on Friday amid allegations of sexual misconduct.
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Niece of Martin Luther King calls gay marriage ‘genocide’ at NOM rally
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.
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Six arrested in attack on gay couple in Atlanta park
One man and five minors were arrested in an Atlanta Park on Friday night after an assault and robbery of a gay couple, according to Atlanta police.