Georgia’s 18th jurisdiction to pass such an ordinance.

June 4, 2024 (Gwinnett County, GA) – Today, in a 4-1 vote, the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners passed a nondiscrimination ordinance– providing critical protections to LGBTQ folks and other marginalized groups. Gwinnett County became Georgia’s 18th jurisdiction to offer such protections to those who live, work, and visit there. This ordinance will protect nearly 1 million Georgians from discrimination in employment and public accommodations, bringing the total number of Georgians protected by local ordinances to 2.2 million people. Continue reading →

After many late nights at the State Capitol to finish out the 2024 legislative session, we could not be more excited to share that WE DID IT! We successfully defeated ALL anti-LGBTQ legislation! Out of nearly 20 anti-LGBTQ bills that we fought against this session, we stopped every one!!

Despite underhanded and anti-democratic tactics being employed in these last couple weeks, over 5,000 of us contacted our legislators and hundreds came out to the Capitol to make their voices heard in-person. Continue reading →

Dear Legislators, 

Earlier this week, the Georgia Senate Health and Human Services Committee passed a bill that would prohibit medical providers, like us, from providing medical care to transgender and gender-expansive youth in our state. In an orchestrated effort to prevent public testimony, the chairman of the committee added language to an unrelated bill, HB 1170, that would ban puberty-delaying medications and hormone therapy, even for patients who are currently receiving these treatments. This motion was undertaken without prior notice to the public or medical community, thus preventing any opposing testimony from qualified, board-certified endocrinologists, pediatric and adolescent gynecologists, adolescent medicine specialists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and other medical providers who treat patients with gender dysphoria.  Continue reading →