Georgia Equality will honor State Rep. Karla Drenner among others at its 7th Annual Evening for Equality on June 23.
Drenner, a Democrat from Avondale Estates, will be awarded the Champions for Equality Award for her leadership in the General Assembly as the first openly gay person elected to the legislature. Drenner is serving her sixth term and this year introduced the State Fair Employment Practices Act that would ban job bias against state employees based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Georgia Equality will also honor Bill Nigut, the Southeast Regional Director of the Anti-Defamation League, with the Phillip Rush Community Builder Award.