Articles about Atlanta

13 February 2013
US: Mayor of Atlanta admits that he was ‘wrong’ to oppose equal marriage in the past 4 The Mayor of Atlanta, who recently announced he had changed his stance to support equal marriage, has said he feels he "was wrong" to have opposed equal marriage in the past, in favour of civil unions.
9 January 2013
US: Atlanta to host 25th National Conference on LGBT Equality 1 The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force has named Atlanta as the host city for the 25th National Conference on LGBT Equality this month.
8 January 2013
African American college of Martin Luther King launches LGBT course 3 An all-male African American college, once attended by Dr Martin Luther King, will offer its first LGBT course this spring.
13 December 2012
US: Mayor of Atlanta says ‘gay couples deserve the same protection’ as straight ones 7 After coming out in support of equal marriage on Tuesday, the Mayor of Atlanta has reiterated his support, and given his reasons for changing his stance, saying that "gay and lesbian couples deserve the same protection" as straight couples.
12 December 2012
US: The Mayor of Atlanta announces support for marriage equality 5 The Mayor of Atlanta has come out in support of equal marriage, after a period of "reflection", saying that he thinks all couples "should have the right to marry".
27 November 2012
Atlanta: Doctor pleads guilty to sexually abusing male prisoners 12 A former prison doctor for the US Penitentiary in Atlanta has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing three male inmates.
3 October 2012
Chick-fil-A boss: We support ‘Biblical families’ 62 Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy has voiced his support for "Biblical families" in one of his first interviews since his earlier comments caused controversy regarding equal marriage rights for same-sex couples.
14 July 2012
US: Three Atlanta men jailed for anti-gay attack 16 Three men in the Georgia city of Atlanta, US, have been sentenced to five years in jail and a further five on probation for an assault on a gay man.
31 March 2012
US student loses court bid over prom policy 15 A high school student from Atlanta, who had filed a federal lawsuit against his school, alleging that the administrators removed him as student body president after he proposed to make the prom more inclusive to LGBT students, has lost his case on the first day of hearing.
23 March 2012
US student sues school over gay prom policy 23 A high school student from Atlanta has filed a federal lawsuit against his school, alleging that the administrators removed him as student body president, after he proposed to make the prom more inclusive to LGBT students.
7 December 2010
Atlanta pays $1 million to gay bar raided by police 7 The US city of Atlanta has agreed to pay $1 million to a gay bar raided by police last year.
7 January 2010
Lesbian in custody dispute issues appeal for missing daughter 7 The non-biological mother of a seven-year-old girl has issued an appeal to the US public to find her after the child's biological mother defied a court order to hand over custody.

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