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by Matt Schafer
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January 04, 2013 00:00 |
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After more than four decades where Rev. Paul Turner’s hand was never far from a cigarette, he finally got mad enough to quit for good.
New Year’s Eve marked nine weeks since his last cigarette.
“I quit something that I should have never have started,” Turner said.
His last cigarette came from a pack he bought in late October, and it followed an almost spontaneous decision to lay down the cancer sticks.
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by Ryan Watkins
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January 04, 2013 00:00 |
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At its annual Fall Garden Party in September 2011, the Atlanta Lesbian Health Initiative announced it would expand its mission to encompass all of the community — becoming The Health Initiative, “Georgia’s voice for LGBTQ health.”
In the year since its re-branding and expansion, the biggest change has been the number of individuals that utilize Health Initiative’s services, said Executive Director Linda Ellis.
“The most significant shift has been the overwhelming expansion in the number and types of people who are accessing our services, particularly the health fund,” Ellis said. “We’re seeing an increase in trans individuals and gay men who access the fund. That’s a shift for us and that’s exactly what we wanted to happen.”
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by Laura Douglas-Brown
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January 04, 2013 00:00 |
Get active
Exercise improves your fitness, helps maintain healthy body weight and can also impact on your mood and confidence. Atlanta offers many gay-inclusive gyms; also, remember working out isn’t your only option. LGBT sports teams can help you make friends and get exercise at the same time.
Get connected
As the Mayo Clinic notes, “friendships can have a major impact on your health and well-being,” helping you avoid unhealthy habits, cope with trauma, reduce stress, boost happiness, and much more. Atlanta offers dozens of LGBT-inclusive spiritual, networking, social and support organizations that can help you connect with like-minded folks.
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by Staff
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January 03, 2013 16:46 |
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Each week we meet a new pet available for adoption at PAWS Atlanta.
All adoptable pets are spayed or neutered, microchipped, on flea/tick and heartworm preventative and current on all age-appropriate vaccinations.
The shelter is open seven days a week. Visit in person or online to learn more about how you can adopt these or other pets.
If you adopt a pet featured as a GA Voice Pet of the Week, please let us know! We’d love to post a photo of you and your new furry family member.
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by Dyana Bagby
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December 28, 2012 10:58 |
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As 2013 approaches, the Atlanta Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence have a few wishes for LGBT Atlanta.
Selected as this year's GA Voice People of the Year for their non-stop charity work and their role in founding Lost-N-Found Youth, an organization that helps homeless LGBT youth, the Sisters are undoubtedly committed to community.
And their wishes for LGBT Atlanta are for all of us to make the same commitment to helping others and making the communities we live in a better place to be.
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