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Georgia Equality Releases 2021 Candidate Endorsements
October 8, 2021 — Today, Georgia Equality, the state’s largest LGBTQ advocacy organization, released its list of endorsed candidates for the upcoming municipal elections happening on November 2, 2021.
“During municipal elections, voters may tend to be less engaged than during higher profile years, but these races couldn’t be any more important to our work,” said Jeff Graham, executive director of Georgia Equality. “Right now, thirteen Georgia cities and counties protect LGBTQ people from discrimination and this year’s endorsed candidates will help grow that number when they are elected. We’re particularly focused on the City of Tucker, where we hope to help elect Robin Biro for Mayor and Imani Barnes and Alexis Weaver to City Council– to shift the politics so that Tucker can join the growing list of municipalities in Georgia to protect LGBTQ folks and others from discrimination.”
“Our focus as an organization continues to be the advancement of laws and policies that level the playing field for LGBTQ Georgians and LGBTQ folks that visit our state,” said Kenyatta Mitchell, chair of the Georgia Equality Board of Directors. “These endorsements reflect the critical need to win this fight at the local level–where so many of the issues important to LGBTQ people are governed. Perhaps the best example is the continued struggles we see with the City of Atlanta’s administration of the Housing Opportunity for People living with AIDS (HOPWA) program. There is a great deal of opportunity for leadership on this matter and we look forward to the candidates continuing to outline the steps they would take to ensure people living with HIV in metro Atlanta get access to housing.”