A bill to protect LGBT employees of the state of Georgia from job discrimination was introduced March 30 in the Georgia House of Representatives.
The Georgia Fair Employment Practices Bill, HB 630, is sponsored by state Rep. Karla Drenner (D-Avondale Estates), who is Georgia's first openly gay state lawmaker and one of two lesbians currently serving in the state House.
“We have actually been working on the development of this bill since last fall and we did approach Rep. Drenner to seek her support as the lead sponsor,” said Jeff Graham, executive director of Georgia Equality, the state’s largest LGBT political group.