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Keisha Waites

LGBT state Rep. Keisha Waites resigns from Georgia Legislature for new run

Lesbian state Rep. Keisha Waites (D-Atlanta) resigned her House District 60 seat Monday to make a run for chair of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners, leaving state Reps. Karla Drenner (D-Avondale Estates...

Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle vows to sign 'religious freedom' measure.

All in: Cagle joins GOP gubernatorial hopefuls in pledge to enact ‘religious freedom’ measure

Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle signed a pledge to enact a “religious freedom” measure if elected, joining his three rivals in the GOP primary race for Georgia governor who already signaled support for the pledge. That me...

Georgia GOP won’t require gubernatorial candidates to pledge support for ‘religious freedom’ legislation

Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidates won’t have to sign a pledge committing themselves to furthering so-called “religious liberty” legislation, party leaders decided this weekend. According to the Atl...

A rally against HB 757 in 2015.

Meet the gay multimillionaire who funded fight against Georgia anti-LGBT ‘religious freedom’ bill

When Georgia Voice chose the People of the Year last December in our annual year-end wrap-up, we went with who we called “the bill killers.” It was all of the people who had a hand in defeating House Bill 757, ...

Georgia GOP senators make last-ditch pitches for anti-LGBT adoption language, ‘religious freedom’ bills

Two controversial pieces of legislation were brought to the Senate well during the second-to-last day of the state's 2017 legislative session. Brunswick Republican Sen. William Ligon's amendment to House Bil...