ATLANTA – The co-owner of the popular Traxx Atlanta nightclub, who also is the organizer of Atlanta’s Black Gay Pride, was fatally shot early Wednesday.

The body of Durand Robinson of Decatur, Ga., was found in the middle of Hadlock Street in southwest Atlanta at about 1:30 a.m., and police said he has been shot in the chest.

WASHINGTON – After years of denial, longtime Republican bigwig Ken Mehlman has come out of the closet.

Rumors about Mehlman’s sexuality have floated around for years, especially since he was one of the most outspoken anti-gay figures in the GOP hierarchy.

DENVER - Members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer community spoke out Tuesday about the actions of Denver Police officers captured on camera roughing up two gay men in lower downtown.

"I can't speak for the Denver Police Department," says Cynthia Parker, a member of LGBTQ. "But I can tell you that's not typical of any police officer."

Parker is a former Washington, D.C., police officer and correctional officer with the state of Maryland.

NEW YORK -- Gay activists and civil rights lawyers will go to court Thursday to try to stop the NYPD from closing Chi Chiz, a Christopher Street bar that caters to homosexual and transgendered black men.

The police claim in Manhattan Supreme Court that on four instances in a six-month period, undercover officers witnessed the sale of marijuana, cocaine and other controlled substances in the bar, which opened 12 years ago.