Equality News

by Wes Sanders

BREAKING NEWS: Georgia House passes Hate Crime Bill

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 7, 2019

Georgia House of Representatives
Passes Hate Crime Bill

The first bill to ever specifically protect LGBTQ Georgians to pass either legislative chamber in Georgia.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA – Tonight, the Georgia State House of Representatives passed HB 426, the first time a hate crime bill that specifically includes protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Georgians to ever passed either legislative body in Georgia. In a vote of 96 to 64, the chamber signaled its support for the bill which passed out of the House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee last week.  Continue reading →

by Danielle Quesenberry

PRESS RELEASE: Once Again, Georgia Lawmakers Recklessly Pursue Anti-LGBT Legislation

ATLANTA — Yesterday Senator Marty Harbin (R-16) filed SB 221, so-called “religious liberty” legislation that is poised to bring economic backlash to Georgia for the sixth consecutive year. SB 221 would allow businesses to refuse service to LGBT customers, among others, and would grant taxpayer-funded agencies a broad license to discriminate against LGBT youth, families, and other Georgians. The language mirrors federal language that was recently used by a government-funded foster care agency in South Carolina to justify discriminating against Catholic and Jewish couples looking to serve as foster parents.

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by Wes Sanders

Atlanta City Council District 3: Special Election Runoff

Get to know the candidates!

In an effort to encourage our members participation in this race, and in lieu of making an endorsement, we posed the following questions to all of the candidates. All responses have been published exactly as they were received. Candidate responses are presented below in alphabetical order. The special election runoff for Atlanta City Council District 3 will be held on April 16, 2019.

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by Wes Sanders

AUCTION: Go to the Super Bowl with Football Hall of Famer Ron Mix

Pro Football Hall of Fame Member, Ron Mix, purchased two tickets to the Super Bowl to create an event to benefit the transgender community. Mix said:

“The mistreatment of transgender people is contrary to everything athletics embraces: fair play, equal opportunity and respect and judging people by their character and conduct not by bigoted preconceived perceptions. Family rejection, discrimination and violence cause an estimated 40% of the 1.6 million homeless youth being from the transgender and other LGBQ groups. That horror should be a shock to the conscience of Americans.”

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