In April, Georgia’s Equality’s Board of Directors and members of the staff traveled to Macon, GA for their annual board retreat. While in middle Georgia, GE hosted a community reception to honor the work of two local advocates and one community organization pushing hard to advance LGBTQ equality in their county. Bentley Hudgins, Demarcus Beckham, and Georgia Women (And Those Who Stand With Us) were all instrumental in the passage of Macon/Bibb’s municipal employment nondiscrimination ordinance last year, and GE was delighted to get to celebrate with them and the middle Georgia community in Macon.

The event was hosted at the Travis Jean Emporium in downtown Macon  by the store’s gracious owners, Bill and Scott. About 50 people turned out to celebrate the work of these local advocates and to hear whats coming next in the fight for equality around our state. Georgia Equality’s Board and staff are excited about continuing work in Macon and middle Georgia and look forward to getting back to Macon very soon!

View photos from the event taken by local photographer, Jessica Whitley, on her website by clicking here. 

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You may be familiar with hearing about the roughly 14,000 kids in Georgia foster care, and you’ve likely heard about the attempts in the legislature to make it harder for our LGBT community to adopt.  But you’re less likely to know that people from all walks of life are already adoptive or foster parents in Georgia. Continue reading →

Join The Atlanta Opera for the world premiere of Out of Darkness: Two Remain. Composer Jake Heggie‘s and librettist Gene Scheer‘s moving two-act opera centers on Holocaust survivors visited by ghosts of their past. In Act I, Krystyna shares her gripping story of survival with a journalist, and is helped by the ghosts of Auschwitz inspired by her written lyrics. In Act II, Gad Beck is visited by his first true love, the poet Manfred Lewin, who perished in Auschwitz. As Manfred implores Gad to remember and celebrate their love, the painful truth of their stories and fates emerges. Based in part on the true stories of two Holocaust survivors: the Polish dissident Krystyna Zywulska (1914-1993) and the gay German Jew, Gad Beck (1923-2012).

Georgia Equality members can get $10 off the regular ticket price of $50 by using promo code EQUAL. Be sure to enter the promo code BEFORE selecting dates and seats. Valid for all performances of Out of Darkness: Two Remain.