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Out On Film and Georgia Equality Join Forces for Virtual Film Festival

Out On Film and Georgia Equality are joining forces this Pride Month with a virtual film festival. The four-film festival kicks off on June 11 with the award-winning “Unsettled: Seeking Refuge in America.” D...

Georgia Equality and OUT Georgia Business Alliance Announce New Partnership

Georgia Equality and OUT Georgia Business Alliance have announced a new partnership to better serve and represent Georgia’s LGBTQ business owners and professionals. This new partnership, announced on Monday ...

Georgia Equality Announces 2020 State Legislative Endorsements

The Board of Directors of Georgia Equality, a political advocacy organization for LGBTQ Georgians and allies, has announced its endorsements for the 2020 state legislative races. Georgia Equality endorses ca...

Georgia Equality Celebrates Runoff Victories and Announces 2020 Endorsements

All three candidates endorsed by Georgia Equality took home victories in their respective runoff races Tuesday night (November 3). In Doraville, Joseph Geierman won the mayoral race, becoming the city’s firs...

Georgia Equality Endorses Candidates in Upcoming Municipal Elections

Georgia Equality, the state’s largest LGBTQ advocacy organization, has endorsed a number of candidates in upcoming local municipal elections inside the perimeter and beyond. Georgia Equality issues endorseme...

Georgia Equality Files Amicus Brief in Supreme Court Case Regarding Workplace Discrimination

LGBTQ advocacy group Georgia Equality filed an amicus brief in several cases that will be determine whether employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity is covered under Titl...

Rep. John Lewis Reintroduces Inclusive Adoption Bill into House of Representatives

Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) reintroduced the Every Child Deserves a Family Act into the House of Representatives yesterday (June 4), which would eliminate discrimination in foster care based on sexual orientation or...

House of Representatives Passes Equality Act

The House of Representatives voted to pass the Equality Act on Friday (May 17) – the first time in American history. The legislation passed by a vote of 236-173. Yes votes were constituted of all Democrats, ...

Religious Freedom Bill Introduced in Georgia State Senate

A Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) was reintroduced in the Georgia State Senate last week, according to the Human Rights Campaign. SB 221 is sponsored by Sen. Marty Harbin and cosponsored by nine fel...

Georgia Equality Hosts Week-Long World AIDS Day Events

Georgia Equality will commemorate World AIDS Day (December 1)– a day when we take time to remember who we’ve lost and fight to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic statewide, nationwide, and worldwide – with a week of eve...

LGBTQ Candidates Secure Victories Nationwide in Rainbow Wave

With an unprecedented number of LGBTQ midterm candidates this year – 240 – the 2018 midterm election gave way to a number of LGBTQ firsts and victories, reported MSN. Jared Polis made history as the first ga...

A time of reckoning: Atlanta's LGBTQ community addresses racism problem

Supreme Court Makes Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination Easier at Religious Schools

House Democrats Demand Transgender Military Ban Be Lifted in Light of SCOTUS Ruling

Tech Experts Fear New US Broadcasting Chief Could Jeopardize LGBTQ Internet Freedom

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Bisexual Actress Javicia Leslie Takes on Role of Batwoman

8 out of 10 Gen Z Trans People Are Only Out Online, Study from Tinder Finds

New Documentary Looks at Terrors Facing LGBTQ Community