If you’re transgender, or have transgender family and friends, you may have questions about the impact of last week’s preliminary injunction on the parts of the Affordable Care Act’s Section 1557 related to transgender exclusions and provider nondiscrimination. Continue reading →

By now, you’ve heard that the 2017 Georgia General Assembly will begin on Monday, January 9, 2017. You’ve likely also heard about the onslaught of anti-LGBT bills that Georgia Equality has led the fight against for the past 3 years. What we want to make sure you know though, is how you can be involved in our work at the state capitol, and how you can make sure we continue to keep anti-LGBT bills from becoming law and how we can begin to push for full nondiscrimination protections for LGBT Georgians.  Continue reading →

The supporters of Georgia Equality have done it again! Thanks to many last minute gifts for us and also the kids, not only did you help us meet our goal of $20,000 but you smashed through that number and helped us raise just shy of $30,000!! Continue reading →

Over the last few weeks, you’ve heard from Brendan, Erin, Joey, and Sam about Georgia Equality’s work over the past year. I hope you read what they had to say because after all, you and your support are the reasons why Georgia Equality has worked so hard this year.

We are stronger together and together in 2016 we have:

• Squashed more than 10 bills- more than we’ve ever seen- that threatened to undermine the equal rights of LGBT people
• Narrowly avoided North Carolina’s fate by convincing Governor Deal to veto shameful legislation that would have given license to discriminate against LGBT Georgians under the guise of religion
• Elected a record number of LGBT legislators who will push for nondiscrimination protections
• Registered nearly 2,000 new voters in Georgia, and organize hundreds of volunteers who have had thousands of conversations about why updating our nondiscrimination laws to include transgender people is so important
• Advocated for stronger programs crucial to curtailing HIV disparities and finally ending the HIV epidemic
• Grown the next wave of advocates through our legislative advocacy training and transgender competency trainings for police officers

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Happy Holidays! It’s State Representative-Elect Sam Park, and I hope this email finds you well. As a native Georgian, I had the honor of becoming the very first openly gay man elected to the Georgia State Legislature. The voters of House District 101 showed the world that we the people are continuing the march towards justice. By voting for me, they demonstrated their ability to look beyond the differences that so often separate us, and rejected the discriminatory, anti-LGBTQ legislation my opponent supported earlier this year. Continue reading →