Final efforts to pass anti-LGBTQ adoption bill fail as Georgia legislative session ends Patrick Saunders Georgia March 30, 2018 0Last-ditch efforts to pass an anti-LGBTQ adoption bill failed on the final day of the 2018 Georgia legislative session on...
Legal experts: Hate crimes bill under consideration will cover transgender people Patrick Saunders Georgia March 22, 2018 0When a hate crimes bill passed out of a Georgia House committee earlier this month, it was seen as a...
Stacey Evans makes pitch for LGBTQ vote for Georgia governor Patrick Saunders Georgia March 15, 2018 0Last October wasn’t the first time Stacey Evans marched in the Atlanta Pride parade, but it was the first time...
LGBTQ bills to watch as end of legislative session nears Dallas Duncan Atlanta February 28, 2018 0The 2018 legislative session had a promising outlook: there was bipartisan support for a hate crimes bill in Georgia and...
Queer Georgia state representative pushes PrEP bill Dionne Walker Atlanta February 27, 2018 0Georgia could launch a three-year statewide pilot program to distribute free pre-exposure HIV prophylaxis — or PrEP — to men...
Stacey Abrams: Anti-LGBTQ adoption bill ‘harms Georgia’s most vulnerable children’ Patrick Saunders Atlanta February 21, 2018 0Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams has come out against an anti-LGBTQ adoption bill that passed out of committee Tuesday morning...
Georgia Senate passes adoption bill without anti-LGBT provision Patrick Saunders Georgia January 18, 2018 0The Georgia Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would rewrite the state’s adoption laws for the first time in...
Gay Atlanta attorney Sam Park aims to break Capitol’s rainbow ceiling Matt Schafer Atlanta November 3, 2016 0Unseating an incumbent in a non-battleground district can seem like a lost cause, but openly gay Democrat attorney Sam Park...
LGBT group Georgia Equality releases endorsements for November elections Patrick Saunders Atlanta September 22, 2016 0Statewide LGBT advocacy group Georgia Equality released their endorsements for this November’s state legislature races, revealing one more LGBT candidate...
GOP lawmaker tries Hail Mary on medical marijuana for HIV/AIDS, other conditions Patrick Saunders Atlanta March 16, 2016 0The Macon sponsor of a bill that would add HIV/AIDS and other ailments to the list of qualifying medical conditions...
Catching Up with…openly gay former state Rep. Rashad Taylor Patrick Saunders Culture February 26, 2016 0Rashad Taylor cleared his throat before stepping up to the microphones, wiped the sweat from his brow as numerous cameras...