(Atlanta) The nation’s largest publisher of newspapers serving the gay and lesbian community has shut down.

Laura Douglas-Brown, editor of Southern Voice newspaper in Atlanta, said she arrived at work Monday to find the locks changed and a note saying parent company Window Media LLC had closed down.

She said the company’s …

SCLC elects anti-gay MLK daughter as its president

(Atlanta) The Rev. Bernice King has been chosen as the first woman to head the civil rights organization co-founded by her father, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference announced her election as its eighth president Friday morning. Interim President Byron Clay called King and said she …

Supreme Court prospect draws criticism from gay groups

(Atlanta) Georgia Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears, considered a potential nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, has drawn criticism from gay rights groups after announcing plans to join a think tank whose founder is an outspoken opponent of gay marriage.

Sears, the nation’s first black female chief justice of a state …

Friend of late Coretta Scott King to discuss her gay activism

Winston Johnson of Atlanta, who was a longtime friend of Coretta Scott King, will take part in a discussion with Dave Hayward of the gay Atlanta history project Touching Up Our Roots at YouthPride tonight. A reception begins at 6:30 p.m. with Johnson speaking at 7:30 p.m. The program is part of Atlanta’s numerous MLK Weekend events.

Johnson, who is gay, met Mrs. King right after the assassination of her husband, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. They became close friends and he eventually helped her begin her vocal gay advocacy after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in in 1986 in Bowers v. Hardwick — a case that arose from Atlanta — that it was within a state’s right to arrest gay people who violated the state’s sodomy law.

Numerous parties are also taking place tonight as part of MLK Weekend, including an appearance by “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Sheree Whitfield at Vita.

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Jon Stewart and Mike Huckabee on gay marriage

Daily Show host Jon Stewart had Mike Huckabee on last night. The former presidential candidate has written a book titled “Do the Right Thing.” He also recently found himself criticized for comments he made about the gay rights movement on “The View.”

Stewart brought up social conservatism, saying he understands why abortion is such an contested issue. But he just doesn’t understand the reasoning behind gay marriage bans. Huckabee offers a typical line of defense, including lines like, “The only way that we can create the next generation is through a male-female relationship.”

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