Georgia

Stacey Evans

Stacey Evans makes pitch for LGBTQ vote for Georgia governor

Last October wasn't the first time Stacey Evans marched in the Atlanta Pride parade, but it was the first time doing it with her four-year-old daughter, Ashley, who rode her bike through the route. Evans sai...

The Best Man by Richard Peck and Avid Bookshop in Athens

Athens bookstore forced to remove LGBTQ book from private school event

“The Best Man” is the story of a middle school boy with four male role models, two of which decide to get married. On March 7, “The Best Man” was part of a display of Georgia Children’s Book Award nominees a...

Georgia House Judiciary Committee hearing March 8, 2018

LGB-inclusive hate crimes bill gets new life, passes out of House committee

Three LGBTQ-inclusive hate crimes bills were proposed this year in the Georgia Legislature, but none of them passed from one chamber to the next by Crossover Day last week, making them effectively dead for the ...

March on Macon 2017

Macon march to protest anti-LGBTQ adoption bill SB 375

When it comes to having comprehensive non-discrimination laws, Georgia demonstrates a bias. The 2018 March on Macon aims to change that. The organizers label the happening as a "public demonstration/civic en...

Rally to stop anti-LGBTQ adoption bill SB 375

Hundreds rally against anti-LGBTQ adoption bill across from Georgia State Capitol

Around 200 people gathered across the street from the Georgia State Capitol on Thursday afternoon for the Rally To Stop SB 375, the anti-LGBTQ adoption bill that passed in the Senate last week and has quickly c...