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Thank You to Our Sponsors & Host Committee Members!

We’d like to thank all of the sponsors and host committee members who made this year’s Evening for Equality so successful.

Thanks to you we raised nearly $110,000!

 

Click HERE to View the Evening for Equality Photo Album

 

PRESENTING SPONSOR:

Hansgrohe

 

PLATINUM SPONSORS:

The Coca-Cola Company

AIDS Healthcare Foundation

 

GOLD SPONSORS:

WellsFargo

FairFight

 

SILVER SPONSORS:

COX

Making Projects Work, inc

The Wine Group

 

BRONZE SPONSOR:

The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

 

SMALL BUSINESS HOST:

Blue Ghost Adventures

Giacoma Roberts & Daughdrill, LLC

Kathleen Womack, Attorney at Law

NONPROFIT PARTNERS:

Atlanta Harm Reduction Coalition

Atlanta Pride Committee

Counter Narrative Project

Democratic Party of Georgia

The Epiphany Center

NARAL Pro-Choice Georgia

Positive Impact Health Centers

SOJOURN: Southern Jewish Resource Network for Gender and Sexual Diversity

St. Mark United Methodist Church

ThriveSS

THE 2022 HOST COMMITTEE:

Rev. David Alexander – Spiritual Living Center of Atlanta

Krista Brewer & Gary Flack

Ken Britt

Harold Brody & Don Smith

Wendi & Kim Clifton

Dr. Kathleen Connors & the WellRefugee Center

Lilly Correa

Jason Esteves for State Senate

Glen Paul Freedman

Mayor Joseph Geierman & B.J. Abbott

Brandon Goldberg

Nancy Goodman & Carla Rozier

Jeff Graham

Jon Greaves

Michael Grover & Nunzio Lupo

Harry Harkins

Amanda Hill-Attkisson

Currey Hitchens for State Superintendent of Schools

Rep. Scott Holcomb

Brian Hankins, in memory of Roger Park

Nicole Horn for Labor Commissioner

Paul Horning

Rev. Senator Kim Jackson & Imam Trina Jackson

Angel & Vangie Jones

Senator Harold Jones II

Rep. Angelika Kausche

Patricia Lassiter

Jeff McCord & Jef Blocker

V.L. Roof (posthumously) & Thomas Menear

Kenyatta & Jamal Mitchell

Sandy Mollett & Jennifer Falco

Chris Morter

Senator Nan Orrock

James L Paulk

Kevin Perry

Rep. Shea Roberts

Jamie & Becky Roberts-Rafter

Beth Schapiro & Janet Womack

Dr. Michael Shutt & Brian Madej

Floyd Taylor & Mauricio Clavio Carmona

Benjamin M. Williams

Congresswoman Nikema Williams & Leslie Small

Rep. Matthew Wilson & Robert Poole

Cathy Woolard & Karen Geney

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Last Chance to Double Your Donation on Give OUT Day!

“If you’ve been following our Facebook and Instagram pages today, you’ve seen some of our board members talk about the work of Georgia Equality and share why it matters in their lives. 

Click HERE to Partner with Georgia Equality Now

As said during our recent Evening for Equality, between the board and staff, there is not a team of people more passionate working every day to advance fairness, safety and opportunity for LGBTQ communities and our allies throughout the state.

And this work is needed now more than ever before.  We’ve known for some time that we can’t rely solely upon the courts to protect our rights.  We must do the hard work of changing laws and policies at all levels of government.

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Georgia Equality Executive Director Offers Opinion on Latest SCOTUS Decision

“Overturning Roe and Casey and allowing states to ban abortion access – including with no exception as some states are ready to do – will have devastating consequences for women and for anyone who can become pregnant as well as for the children they already have, for their health, and for their abilities to support themselves & their loved ones. Those consequences will fall hardest on people and families of color and those with the fewest financial resources.

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Time is Running Out to Ensure Equality and Fairness for All

Members of the LGBTQ community and our allies around the country will take the next few weeks to commemorate those brave souls who resisted police oppression during the Stonewall Riots of 1969.  There will be celebrations and parades. Companies will paste rainbows on everything from t-shirts to laundry detergent and city halls around the country will raise Pride flags.

June is also when we commemorate critical US Supreme Court victories including the right to have consensual sex lives, the freedom to marry and the right to be free from employment discrimination.  All these rulings have been milestones that add value to the celebrations and mark important milestones in our movement.

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Press Release: GEORGIA MAKES STRIDES IN MODERNIZING HIV DISCLOSURE LAW

 

May 11, 2022 (ATLANTA, GA.) — After more than five years of work by the Georgia HIV Justice Coalition, Georgia Equality, and advocates living with HIV, Georgia’s HIV disclosure law has been modernized with the signing of SB 164 this week. This legislation was introduced by State Senator Chuck Hufsteler and supported in the House by Rep. Sharon Cooper leading to almost unanimous support in both chambers.  

Previously, a person living with HIV (PLHIV) could face a felony and up to 10 years in prison for not disclosing their HIV status prior to any type of sexual act. The degree of risk of HIV transmission was not a factor in the statute; including circumstances where there was no HIV transmission, nor even any risk of HIV transmission. 

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