Southern Voice Newspaper, Atlanta, GA (2022)

12/25/2017

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11/04/2017

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11/08/2010

SoVo » OVO the Top

November 4th marks the twenty-fifth production in twenty-five years with Cirque du Soleil. To commemorate the anniversary, Cirque kicks off with the production of their majestically intriguing masterpiece, OVO. “OVO”, meaning egg in Portuguese, is a mystical and playful take on the everyday life cyc

11/08/2010

SoVo » Editorial Cartoon: DADT

11/08/2010

SoVo » You Can Ask, I’ll Tell!

It is now common knowledge that “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is on its way out of the military. Now it is safe to join the ranks in the armed forces and not have to worry about keeping your sexual orientation under wraps. Leading to the recent landmark decision there were celebrity-led campaigns, heated

11/08/2010

SoVo » Being Gay at Google

Brian Richardson sat down with dot429 to discuss being gay at Google. Richardson is a Communications Policy Manager for Privacy at Google. He also serves on the Gayglers Steering Committee (Gayglers is what LGBT Googlers call themselves) and on the board of GSA Network. Richardson received his MB

11/02/2010

SoVo » The Green Children’s Album, “Encounter”

Somewhere in the land of unearthly pop mixed sounds over techno dance beats, comes the debut album from the enchanting European musical duo, The Green Children. Comprised of Milla Sunde and Marlow Bevan, The Green Children released1 their highly anticipated album, “Encounter,” on October 12th after

11/02/2010

SoVo » This is for Joseph

There’s a scene in Brokeback Mountain that is almost too personal for me to watch. Heath Ledger is standing in Jake Gyllenhaal’s childhood bedroom. There is only one window, open half-way, looking out over a barren and seemingly endless landscape. A plastic pony sits on the window ledge, the only

10/29/2010

SoVo » Money to get rid of Judges

Iowa has recently been flooded with out-of-state conservatives who want certain judges removed from their seats, these judges allowed gay marriage to be legal in the state because of its unconstitutional status being banned. These out-of-state conservatives have given large amounts of money to make

10/29/2010

SoVo » Queeries: Your Dose of Gay & Lesbian Advice

Q: My boyfriend “Alexander” and I are going to be visiting some close friends at their summer house next weekend. He really likes the idea of getting hot and heavy while we’re there; I think it’s rude to have sex at someone’s house when you’re a guest. What do you think?

10/29/2010

SoVo » Transgender Art Project Seeks Volunteers

An appearance of a person creates a sex perception in a society. A sex of a person that is based on an appearance is male and female. A sex role in one society is also based on male and female. In other words, the people in one society do an action and reaction to other people based on sex and gende

10/29/2010

SoVo » Queeries: Your Dose of Gay & Lesbian Advice

Q: My boyfriend “Alexander” and I are going to be visiting some close friends at their summer house next weekend. He really likes the idea of getting hot and heavy while we’re there; I think it’s rude to have sex at someone’s house when you’re a guest. What do you think?

10/29/2010

SoVo » Civil Unrest: Cutlery

Today's mid-morning comic relief.

10/29/2010

SoVo » How The Gaga Stole Halloween

How Gaga has turned typical trick-or-treaters and costume goers into the “little monster” army and how you can join her ranks.

10/29/2010

SoVo » Money to get rid of Judges

Iowa has recently been flooded with out-of-state conservatives who want certain judges removed from their seats, these judges allowed gay marriage to be legal in the state because of its unconstitutional status being banned. These out-of-state conservatives have given large amounts of money to make

10/28/2010

SoVo » The Ambitiously Gay Duo: Howl filmmakers talk shop

Allen Ginsberg’s 1956 landmark poem Howl would become an influential and controversial part of the “Beat Generation” – and years later, give James Franco yet another reason to play gay.

10/28/2010

SoVo » Healthcare Reform and the Election

Many of the issues swirling around before this election are mere distractions. At its center is the giant power struggle between the ruling elite and productive Americans.

10/28/2010

SoVo » The Green Children’s Album, “Encounter”

Somewhere in the land of unearthly pop mixed sounds over techno dance beats, comes the debut album from the enchanting European musical duo, The Green Children. Comprised of Milla Sunde and Marlow Bevan, The Green Children released1 their highly anticipated album, “Encounter,” on October 12th after

10/27/2010

SoVo » Ejected Gay Student Teacher Happy To Have Job Back

In Oregon, gay student teacher, Seth Stambaugh, is ecstatic to have his job back after being dismissed for a conversation he had with a student about his sexuality and his take on marriage.

10/27/2010

SoVo » Patience is needed as Gay Diversity Rises in the White House

For President Obama this has been a time for taking a lot of criticism and a lot of stress for the slow pace in the ending the policy “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”. According to this statement on the website there is a reason for the slow pace, www.worldbookandnews.com “Despite promises to end “Don’t as

10/27/2010

SoVo » Gay Man Being Deported Due to DOMA

Josh Vandiver and Henry Velandia, a gay married couple in New Jersey, might have to rethink where they call home. That’s because Velandia is in the process of being deported due to the Defense of Marriage Act preventing Vandiver from being eligible to sponsor his partner for permanent residency.

Today’s headlines and features spanned the gamut on this dreary Wednesday. Trouble on Atlanta soil, a favorite local bus...

10/27/2010

SoVo » The SoVo Standouts Daily Breakdown: 10/27

Today’s headlines and features spanned the gamut on this dreary Wednesday. Trouble on Atlanta soil, a favorite local business celebrates their first year, Details Magazine shares with SoVo on how to get and maintain the body you’ve always wanted and much, much more.

10/27/2010

This weeks Editorial Cartoon touches on Bullying.

10/27/2010

SoVo » Gay Emory Student Dragged at Sigma Nu Party

Last Saturday night a skirmish involving a gay student and a Sigma Nu fraternity member has some wondering if Greek life at Emory is as welcoming of LGBT students as they proclaim to be.

10/27/2010

SoVo » Local Celebrities Help Grady Hospital

Grady Hospital, along with local celebrities including Jermaine Dupri, TLC’s Chili and The Real Housewives of Atlanta’s Kandi Burruss launched G2G: Give to Grady, a campaign designed to raise awareness and money for metro Atlanta’s only Level 1 Trauma Center. The nationally acclaimed Trauma Center

10/27/2010

SoVo » Bitter Girl: Faux Your Approval

Lunch Laughs with Bitter Girl

We've got the info on what to read this fall, check out our Bookmarks.

10/27/2010

SoVo » Book Marks: 10/25

We've got the info on what to read this fall, check out our Bookmarks.

The horrific is rendered unsettlingly normal – even hauntingly innocent – in lesbian author Donoghue’s mesmerizing (and mainstream-straight) novel about 5-year-old Jack and his young mother, held captive in a tarted-up garden shed by a sexual pervert. “Ma,” as she is known for most of the novel, was

10/27/2010

SoVo » Expulsion Because of Invasion

Because of invasion of privacy a person’s life was lost, because of going against the Rutgers University Code of Student Conduct of code a person’s life was lost and because of all the negative views against homosexuality a person lost their life. On the campus of Rutgers University Dharun Ravi & M

10/27/2010

SoVo » How to Get the Body of the Moment

Thanks to our partners over at Details Magazine, this weeks fitness piece is already heating things up.

Peter Shin has climbed Everest and surfed Mavericks, so when his girlfriend dragged him to a Physique 57 class, he thought it would be easy. To his surprise, even though the pelvis tucks and hip gyrations felt a bit like cardio striptease, they got the job done. “I was in the most exquisite pain,” s

10/27/2010

SoVo » Paula Cole’s Second Coming

Folk-pop hits – and hairy pits – put Paula Cole’s name at the forefront of the late ’90s golden age for female singer-songwriters. It wouldn’t have been that decade without the Dawson’s Creek song, her ubiquitous “I Don’t Want to Wait,” and the staple “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?”

Check out one of this week's new comics.

10/27/2010

SoVo » A Couple of Guys: Getup and Go

Check out one of this week's new comics.

10/27/2010

SoVo » Hear Me Out: Legends 10/18

In his illustrious four-decade career, Elton John’s done it all: cut classics, inspired generations of performers and been one of the greatest gay icons ever. For so long, though, the legend’s admiration for Leon Russell, a roots-country crooner, went untouched – until now, as the two marry their mu

10/27/2010

SoVo » This is for Joseph

There’s a scene in Brokeback Mountain that is almost too personal for me to watch. Heath Ledger is standing in Jake Gyllenhaal’s childhood bedroom. There is only one window, open half-way, looking out over a barren and seemingly endless landscape. A plastic pony sits on the window ledge, the only

10/27/2010

SoVo » Lisa Lampanelli: One Mean Queen

There’s nothing like hearing a familiar voice on the other end of the line, and Lisa Lampanelli’s is just as I remember it: loud and mean, like she’s burping up Sue Sylvester.

10/27/2010

SoVo » The Cook’s Warehouse 1st Anniversary

With the slogan, “Every excuse to cook,” The Cook’s Warehouse has been the premier gourmet store in Atlanta for 15 years and recently their flagship location in Midtown’s Ansley Mall celebrated its first anniversary. As the leading store selling the top kitchen appliances, The Cook’s Warehouse stock