As we say goodbye to 2025, we look back at the Top 10 most-read stories at Georgia Voice online over the last year.
Georgia Tech dissolves LGBTQ+ Pride Alliance, Women’s Resource Center, Black tech group amid DEI concerns
Georgia Tech announced in February that the LGBTQIA+ Resource Center and other groups for marginalized students would be dissolved amid the Trump administration’s dismantling of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives nationwide.
‘No Kings’ rallies against Trump administration held across metro Atlanta
Thousands of residents from across metro Atlanta mobilized on June 14 for the first “No Kings” rallies against the actions of the Trump administration.
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn marriage equality
In November, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a case that would have overturned marriage equality.
Kennesaw Pride Alliance mourns the death of president Marisol Payero
Marisol Payero, the President of the Kennesaw Pride Alliance, died Oct. 27. The 22-year-old was a senior at Kennesaw State University studying History Education. She helped lead the opening of the KPA Pride Center after the university shuttered the LGBTQ+ resource center due to DEI cutbacks earlier this year.
South Georgia library manager fired for trans-inclusive display
After 15 years of working at the Pierce County Library in Blackshear, GA, where she advanced from part-time clerk to branch manager, Lavonnia Moore was unexpectedly and abruptly fired due to a display featuring a trans-inclusive children’s book.
These regulars are ‘the lifeblood’ of The Colonnade in Atlanta
As The Colonnade approaches its 100th birthday, Atlanta’s second-oldest restaurant is more popular than ever, thanks to new leadership and a group of loyal regulars who can’t get enough of its fried chicken plates, ice-cold martinis, and the connections they’ve made with fellow diners.
Thousands celebrate LGBTQ+ community at Atlanta Pride
The 55th annual Atlanta Pride celebration of the city’s LGBTQ+ community was held in Piedmont Park in October and was highlighted by the Pride Parade along Peachtree Street.
LGBTQ advocates warn of FBI plan to label trans people as ‘violent extremists’
The nation’s leading LGBTQ advocacy groups rang the alarm over reports that the FBI may soon classify transgender people as a threat group — a move advocates say would be unconstitutional, dangerous, and rooted in political retribution.
