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.
HIV/AIDS Health Care for Georgia Minors FAQ
With a new ruling from the Georgia Attorney General’s office, there are fewer restrictions than ever for minors who wish to access care or PrEP. Check out this FAQ on HIV/AIDS health care for Georgia minors.
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
The License to Discriminate is back.
Extremist state lawmakers have introduced Senate Bill 368 which would give adoption agencies — including taxpayer-funded ones — a license to discriminate against same-sex couples and LGBTQ youth.
This is unconscionable. Lawmakers are playing politics with the lives of the 12,000+ children waiting for loving homes in Georgia’s adoption and foster care system, all because some extremists want to discriminate against LGBTQ people.
We’ve stopped bills like this before, and we will do it again. Our best shot right now is to make sure SB 368 never gets out of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Rush a message to your Senator right now urging them to reject SB 368.