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Georgia Equality Announces Endorsements for 2020 General Election

The Board of Directors of Georgia Equality, the state’s largest political advocacy organization for LGBTQ Georgians and our allies, has announced its endorsements in the upcoming 2020 General Election. The G...

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...

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

Biden Rallies LGBTQ Supporters, Denounces Trump at HRC Event

Ginsburg’s Death Leaves LGBTQ Rights on Supreme Court Vulnerable to Religious Claims

Former Methodist Church in Savannah Becomes Nondenominational Over LGBTQ Beliefs

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Jonathan Bennett Stars in Hallmark’s New LGBTQ-inclusive Christmas Rom-Com

Brandon Krajewski on Directing and Co-Writing ‘Stone | Fruit’

Cindy L. Abel Talks Her Doc ‘Surviving the Silence’