Mayors for the Freedom to Marry is a broad-based and nonpartisan group of mayors who believe that all people should be able to share in the love and commitment of marriage. As of writing this email, there are four mayors from our home state of Georgia who have signed on, including Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, who is a Co-Chair of Mayors for the Freedom to Marry. Continue reading
ACTION ALERT: Tell our Senators to Oppose the Nomination of Michael Boggs
Yesterday, Judge Michael Boggs sat for confirmation hearings in front of the Judiciary Committee of the US Senate having been nominated for Judge of the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Today, Georgia Equality and the Human Rights Campaign Atlanta Steering Committee will be sending a letter to Georgia’s US Senators Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson encouraging them to oppose Judge Boggs’ nomination. Read the entire letter here. We know that hearing from us will help, but hearing from individual constituents is incredibly powerful. Click below to send our Senators a message and urge them to oppose this nomination. Continue reading
Join the Election Night Watch Party May 20th!
Whether you plan to vote early or on election day, we hope you will go out and vote to elect Georgia Equality’s endorsed candidates. To change Georgia for the better, it is critical that we support candidates who are fair-minded and support equality. On Election Day, May 20th, come on by Radial Cafe for our Election Night Watch Party and watch the election returns come in with us!
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Georgia Represents at AIDS Watch
It’s not very often that Field Organizers from Georgia Equality get to travel to Washington, DC to educate our members of Congress on issues that are important to LGBT Georgians, but that is exactly what Georgia Equality’s Field Organizer Wes Sanders did earlier this week. Here’s a little bit about his trip: Continue reading
Rainbow Prom!
Coming May 3rd! Rainbow Prom is for young people ages 16-26 who fall in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Asexual, Intersex, Undecided, Pansexual, Genderqueer, Two-Spirit, Non Binary, Gender-fluid spectrum. This is a prom where you can be yourself; dress how you want and bring who you want!
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