Councilwoman Stephe Koontz
Election night has consumed the news this week, but we want to make sure you heard the exciting news — on Monday night, the City of Doraville became Georgia’s second municipality to pass a comprehensive nondiscrimination ordinance to protect LGBTQ people. Continue reading
After a long night of watching election returns come in we still don’t 
know what will happen in the Gubernatorial race but one thing is certain: it was a great night for pro-equality candidates around the state — and we have you to thank for it! Over the past many months GE staff and volunteers have registered over 3,000 people to vote and engaged in over 100,000 voter contacts and it really made the difference.
Here are some of the highlights:
– Matthew Wilson won his race in HD 80 and will become the 5th openly LGBTQ member of the state legislature Continue reading
October was a BUSY month for our Super Voter Team. We had great turnout for the Atlanta Pride Parade with over 20 marchers. We also had a booth at the weekend-long festival where we handed out endorsement fliers, sold merchandise from our new store, hosted meet and greets with our endorsed candidates, and collected over 1,000 pledges to vote!
Eric Paulk, Georgia Equality’s HIV Policy Organizer, recently spoke at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health about the intersections of public health, HIV advocacy, race, and art in an event sponsored by the Rose Library, the Emory Center for HIV Research, and the Association of Black Public Health Students.
The Georgia Equality family sends our deepest condolences 
to the family, friends, and community grieving the tragic loss at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, PA this weekend.
We honor the lives of the victims by adding our voice in opposition to anti-Semitism, and standing firmly with the Jewish community so that a tragedy like this doesn’t happen again.
We’d also like to voice our sadness at the news of the shooting occurring during the Briss of newly adopted boys of a gay couple. Events like this have become all too common for our communities, and we must stand together against all forms of violence.
Those wishing to attending a memorial with Atlanta’s Jewish community are invited to Congregation Bet Haverim for a vigil on Tuesday, October 30 at 7:30 p.m.
We will continue to fight until all of us can live our lives free of the fear of violence or persecution because of who we love or how we celebrate our faith.
-Georgia Equality