Lesbian state Rep. Simone Bell offered this challenge to LGBT teens: "Walk through your fear." Not bad that the Georgia lawmaker did so during a White House ceremony honoring her on Wednesday. ...

When you think of Sunday drag on 10th Street, you didn’t used to think of 10th & Piedmont. Until now. The venue let Lady Shabazz take the concept and blow the windows open for Flashback Showgirls. ...

Actor loves sex in movies, Dems succumb to GOP pressure and dump gays from immigration reform, White House honors gay pols for slain leader’s birthday, Dr. Phil for gay Boy Scouts, more. ...

Consider the fierce queens that have graced the runway of "RuPaul's Drag Race." The really, really fierce ones. Season 2's Raven must come to mind. Now she's arriving in Atlanta for two nights of shows. ...

The battle over Cheshire Bridge Road's sexy parts is heating up online, with advocates combatting a petition against forcing sex hops and strip joints off the corridor by launching one of their own. ...

Well that only took six years. But confirmed gay "white boy" Doug Carl is about to cash a fat check from Fulton County over a lawsuit alleging that he was forced out of a job over his race and gender. ...

Seth Kuhlmann may proclaim himself "God's Appointed Warrior" with a tat on his left bicep. With those divine looks, that booty and all those bulges, he might be on to something. ...

Atlanta's gay beloved Pets Are Loving Support put dogs through their paces for some social pet-working and to aide its ongoing cause for paws – helping critically ill people keep their pets. ...

A brief love affair between Burkhart's and a no smoking policy has blossomed into a full-blown romance this week. So hit the patio, gays with smokes. ...

Never doubt that, if it’s anniversary time for Atlanta's Flaming Sugarbakers chapter of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, it’s time for the annual Give Back Party to share the fruits of their efforts. ...

The classic gay Southern murder mystery with a drag twist, "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil," is getting its Broadway treatment, going musical and coming to Atlanta early next year for its debut. ...

Bravo’s top gay to host DNC LGBTs with Michelle Obama and Jason Collins, Boy Scouts staffer anonymously bemoans closet, gay mayoral candidate and lesbian DOMA plaintiff hit streets, more. ...

The gay numbers crunchers at the Williams Institute make this surprising point: Metro areas with the highest percentage of gay couples raising kids are in states with gay marriage bans. Hello, Hinesville, Ga. ...

Sensual stud Jordan Antoni can do masculine and powerful, the sort of gym jock that you want to dominate. Or he can toy with vulnerability by laying nude on a couch. It's a pleasant study in contrasts. ...

Rep. Simone Bell, a lesbian lawmaker who's made history in Georgia, will add to her honors on Wednesday when the White House honors the state lawmaker as a Harvey Milk Champions of Change. ...

More than 150 riders pedaled off during a damp start to the AIDS Vaccine 200 early Saturday, an annual two-day cycling event that raises big cash for the Emory Vaccine Center. ...

It wasn’t just another Saturday evening at Jungle. Hotlanta Softball League once again put its burly men in drag to strut their stuff and help fund the teams and Atlanta's LGBT Lost N Found Youth. ...

With the Boys Scouts set to vote on ending its ban on gay members this week, the kooks are coming out to oppose gay Scouts. Thankfully, 11Alive found two smart Atlanta gays to debate them. ...

Gay “Saturday Night Live” wedding puts Coop at alter, teen fights statutory rape charge over same-sex relationship, gay man shot dead in latest New York attack, Boy Scouts vote, more. ...

President Obama called on the new graduates of Morehouse College to be the best "boyfriend to your partner" and to help marginalized gays and lesbians during a rousing speech on Sunday. ...