Tagged Karla Drenner

William Ligon, Donzella James and Jeff Graham

LGBTQ bills to watch as end of legislative session nears

The 2018 legislative session had a promising outlook: there was bipartisan support for a hate crimes bill in Georgia and last year’s anti-LGBTQ amendments to the overhauled state adoption code were removed befo...

Jeff Graham, Josh McKoon and Park Cannon

2018 Legislative Preview: Lawmakers, activists weigh in on religious exemptions, hate crimes bills

Passing a modernized adoption bill is a top priority for the General Assembly and statewide LGBT advocacy group Georgia Equality in 2018, but a continued discussion looms over potentially discriminatory languag...

Georgia LGBT lawmakers join hundreds nationwide calling on Trump to advance equality

Four Georgia lawmakers joined 152 other LGBT elected officials across the country in calling on President-elect Donald Trump to advance LGBT equality during his presidency. The message was sent in an open lette...

Georgia’s LGBT legislators prepare for 2017 General Assembly session

There’s an air of anticipation in downtown Atlanta this month as the 2017 General Assembly session gets underway. “With the addition of and I this legislative session, we’re representing over 200,000 indivi...

Your 2016 LGBT Georgia local, county, legislative and statewide race roundup

U.S. Senate Democratic newcomer Jim Barksdale has been polling around 10 to 15 points lower than his incumbent Republican opponent Sen. Johnny Isakson. But Isakson needs to break 50 percent plus 1 vote to av...