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Support Cities that Protect You!

 

Looking to explore all the sights and scenes Georgia has to offer this summer? Do you want to support businesses and communities that support you? Consider spending your time and your money in the cities that offer comprehensive civil rights and nondiscrimination protections!

Georgia Equality applauds the 12 cities below that have adopted Comprehensive Civil Rights (CCR) ordinances. A comprehensive civil rights (CCR) ordinance protects individuals within the LGBTQ community and other marginalized groups from bias or discriminatory treatment in employment, housing, and public accommodations.  

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We commemorate the 40th anniversary of AIDS


Georgia Equality, in partnership with The Tubman Museum, will commemorate the 40th anniversary of AIDS with the installation of African Americans Responding to AIDS: 1981-1991, a photography exhibit honoring historical African American heroes and their responses to the AIDS crisis of the 1980s and 1990s in Atlanta, GA, opening June 5th, 2021.

African Americans Responding to AIDS: 1981-1991 captures the personal stories of activists, caregivers, health professionals, community leaders, and people living with HIV through the first years of the epidemic. The goal is to preserve the memories and the work of those who were often directly affected by AIDS. This history may help challenge ongoing thought on the past and current state of HIV/AIDS, its treatment and prevention. Each photograph is coupled with an audio recording, the personal stories being told directly by the individuals.

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We’re Back!

Well that was one HELL of a year, wasn’t it? Together we faced a global pandemic, completed the census, turned Georgia blue (twice!) AND defeated one of the most aggressively anti-trans legislative sessions to date. It was a lot, and I have never been more proud of our volunteer program. I hope you all took April to rest, recover, and revel in the truly AMAZING things we accomplished in the last 13 months. 

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Women’s History Month 2020

 

Cheryl Courtney-Evans

Cheryl Courtney-Evans was born in Kansas City in 1952.  Her exceptional intellect during high school permitted her to be accepted into Harvard University in the 1970’s.
Cheryl moved to Atlanta, GA in the 1980’s when trans people were still being often ignored and when noticed, stigmatized, and discriminated against.

Police brutality and homelessness plagued Cheryl.  Yet inspired her to become an advocate.  She became engaged with LaGender.  At that time La Gender, Inc. was a nonprofit organization led by African-American trans women that empowers, and lifts up the spirits of transgender woman of color in the metro Atlanta area with the goal to provide housing for transwomen living with HIV. Continue reading →