Transgender Day of Visibility 2020

Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV), an annual event dedicated to celebrating transgender people and raising awareness of discrimination faced by transgender people worldwide, as well as a celebration of their contributions to society.

Whether you’re transgender, gender non-conforming (GNC) or an ally, join Georgia Equality in sending a note to your state legislator. We must make sure they know that transgender Georgians are important to our communities, and they deserve protection from discrimination in state law.

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What the LGBTQ community needs to know about COVID-19

As the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) increases, many LGBTQ people are understandably concerned about how this virus may affect us and our communities. Georgia Equality joined over 100 community organizations to highlight the LGBTQ community’s increased vulnerability to the Coronavirus. As LGBTQ community leaders, we stand with health leaders to make sure we do not allow any population to be disproportionately impacted or further stigmatized by the virus.
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Reflections at 25: Cindy Abel

As we continue celebrating our 25th anniversary, we pause to look back at the people and events that shaped Georgia Equality.

Cindy Abel, an Atlanta LGBTQ filmmaker, served as the first Executive Director of Georgia Equality. Cindy previously served as the Director of Stonewall Cincinnati and relocated to Atlanta to be Executive Director for the small, newly founded LGBTQ organization. At the time, Georgia Equality had no full-time staff and desperately needed full-time support to work on fundraising and increasing visibility. As for the political landscape – the State Capitol, according to Cindy, was “not a welcoming climate – to put it mildly.” “This was in the wake of the Otherside Lounge bombing of February of 1997 and LGBT relations were tense. Most work with the legislature involved stopping ‘anti-bills,’ and it was hard to promote anything for LGBT equality. We were mostly fighting off harmful initiatives,“ she continued.

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Anti-Trans Youth Bill Introduced

State Representative Ginny Ehrhart (R-Powder Springs) will formally introduce a bill that would make it a felony for medical professionals to help a minor with gender transition. Under Ehrhart’s proposal, Georgia medical providers who perform surgeries or administer or prescribe medications that assist minors with gender transition could be charged with a felony. Tell your State Representative not to criminalize medical treatment for trans youth and STOP HB 1060. Continue reading