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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...

LGBTQ-Friendly Voting Guide: Election 2018

The Board of Directors of Georgia Equality, a PAC that works to advance fairness, safety, and opportunity for LGBTQ Georgians, cultivated a list of candidates who the organization feels are best placed to advan...

Stacey Abrams marches in the 2017 Atlanta Pride parade.

Georgia Equality endorses Abrams for governor

The board of Georgia Equality has just announced its choice for the 83rd governor of the Peach State. The Board of Directors decided to endorse Stacey Abrams. Abrams, a Democrat, was minority leader of the G...

Three Atlanta organizations receive HIV/AIDS grants

Elton John is doing good work in Atlanta. Well, to be specific, the foundation bearing his name—the Elton John AIDS Foundation—is giving money to three local organizations. The EJAF is joined by the Elizabet...

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

Group Demands ICE Release Trans Woman in ‘Life-or-Death Medical Crisis’

Brookhaven Becomes Seventh Georgia Municipality to Outlaw LGBTQ Discrimination

House Democrats Call for ICE to Release all Transgender Detainees

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Ryan Murphy to Receive GLAAD Award for Accelerating LGBTQ Visibility in Media

Behind the Scenes: “Maybe Happy Ending, The Musical!”

Destination: Malaysian Cuisine