GLAAD Urges Georgia General Assembly to Pass Bills to Fight HIV/AIDS Katie Burkholder Community February 14, 2019 0GLAAD, the largest LGBTQ media advocacy group in the world, urged the Georgia General Assembly on Wednesday (February 13) to...
2018 Legislative Preview: Lawmakers, activists weigh in on religious exemptions, hate crimes bills Dallas Duncan Atlanta December 27, 2017 0Passing a modernized adoption bill is a top priority for the General Assembly and statewide LGBT advocacy group Georgia Equality...
Georgia Senate approves medical marijuana law expansion to include AIDS Dallas Duncan Georgia March 30, 2017 0Pending the governor’s signature, Georgia AIDS patients now have access to medical marijuana. Senate Bill 16 passed the Senate this morning...
State Sen. Josh McKoon will not run for re-election in 2018 Georgia Voice Georgia January 31, 2017 0Josh McKoon (R-Columbus), the GOP senator known as the face behind the Georgia legislature’s “religious freedom” movement, announced yesterday he does...
Is there a Georgia ‘religious freedom’ bill path suitable for all? Patrick Saunders Georgia April 16, 2015 0The biggest sticking point raised in Georgia’s latest fight over a so-called “religious freedom” bill was the possibility that passage...
Sen. McKoon’s five-minute Senate floor ‘religious freedom’ bill fake-out Patrick Saunders Atlanta April 2, 2015 0State Sen. Josh McKoon (R-Columbus) turned heads (and quickened pulses) on the Senate floor this afternoon when he attempted to...
Delta, hotel industry punished for speaking out against ‘religious freedom’ bill? Dyana Bagby Georgia April 1, 2015 0Last year, Delta Air Lines and numerous Atlanta-based corporations took a strong stand against the proposed “religious freedom” bill and...
Governor Deal: No medical marijuana for AIDS patients Patrick Saunders Atlanta February 5, 2015 0State Rep. Allen Peake’s medical marijuana bill is the talk of this year’s legislative session—well, along with this other little...
Lesbian Georgia state Rep. Simone Bell named to House leadership position Patrick Saunders Atlanta November 20, 2014 0Rep. Simone Bell has been elected to a leadership position in the Georgia House Democratic Caucus. Bell, the first African-American...
State Rep. Keisha Waites attends LGBT leadership training at Harvard Dyana Bagby Georgia June 23, 2014 0State Rep. Keisha Waites, one of three openly gay members of the Georgia House of Representatives, recently graduated from the...
GA Voice endorses Kyle Williams in state Senate District 42 race Dyana Bagby Editorials May 9, 2014 0In the campaign to replace Jason Carter as the new state Senator representing Dis- trict 42, a lot of talk...
