Tagged kyle williams

Three candidates vie to be first openly gay men elected to Georgia General Assembly

In the second week of January 2001, out lesbian Karla Drenner took office in State House District 85 covering Avondale Estates, becoming the first openly gay member of the Georgia General Assembly. Since then, ...

A primary election night recorded in Tweets: what people were saying in Kyle Williams v. Elena Parent race

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Kyle Williams concedes District 42 race to Elena Parent

LGBT history was not made in Georgia on Tuesday. Kyle Williams, who was seeking to become the first openly gay man elected to the Georgia Senate, and the General Assembly, conceded the election for state Senate...

Editorial: That’s so 2004 — Elena Parent goes full-force anti-gay before Tuesday’s primary election

A robocall put out by a DeKalb citizens group today to voters in the state Senate 42nd District calls Elena Parent the “straight shooter” of this race and she is the only candidate "that knows what it takes to ...

Kyle Williams’ supporters respond to attacks, Elena Parent says not LGBT issue

Elena Parent has released a statement addressing the uproar over the mailer she sent to District 42 residents attempting to link Kyle Williams with Mitt Romney, which Williams' supporters are now saying was an ...