November 23, 2024
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Georgia

Major child welfare organizations urge Georgia lawmakers to reject anti-LGBTQ amendment to adoption bill

Steve Lee, Editor010 mins

WASHINGTON — Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) released an open letter from major child welfare organizations — including the Child Welfare League of America, The Donaldson Adoption Institute, FosterClub, North American Council on Adoptable Children, and Voice for Adoption — urging Georgia lawmakers to reject a discriminatory, anti-LGBTQ amendment to an adoption-related bill, HB 159, currently…

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Deal in Georgia not a slam dunk for equality ya’ll

Steve Lee, Editor08 mins

San Diego LGBT Weekly publisher Stampp Corbin makes a convincing editorial case, “North Carolina and Georgia,” for the economics of inclusion and non-discrimination with GOP Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal’s veto of an anti-gay bill that might have triggered an unofficial economic boycott in the Peach State of Georgia. Mr. Corbin’s greater argument Deal’s veto signals…

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Entertainment industry leaders call on Georgia governor to veto HB 757

Steve Lee, Editor18 mins

WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) sent a letter to Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal on behalf of dozens of entertainment industry leaders who will abandon production in the state if he signs the anti-LGBT H.B. 757 into law. The letter follows a call to action from HRC President Chad Griffin, who delivered a speech in Los…

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Disney and Marvel Studios threaten to abandon productions in Georgia If governor signs anti-LGBT bill

Steve Lee, Editor06 mins

Today, Disney and Marvel Studios answered a call to action from HRC President Chad Griffin, who urged Hollywood to abandon future productions in Georgia if Gov. Deal signs an anti-LGBT bill, H.B. 757, into law. The proposed legislation could weaken local non-discrimination protections and allow businesses to discriminate and deny service to LGBT people, in addition to…

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Elton John and Michael Stipe call for better protections for transgender inmates

Steve Lee, Editor02 mins

New York, N.Y. — In response to coverage of the conditions faced by transgender inmates in Georgia State prisons, Sir Elton John, the founder of the Elton John AIDS Foundation and foundation ally Michael Stipe, musician and activist, issued the following statement: “Transgender women in male prisons have an equal right to protection from violence…

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DOJ files brief to address health care for prisoners suffering from gender dysphoria

Steve Lee, Editor05 mins

The Department of Justice has filed a statement of interest in the Middle District of Georgia in Diamond v. Owens, et al. The plaintiff in that case, a transgender prisoner, alleges that the Georgia Department of Corrections failed to provide adequate care for her gender dysphoria.  The statement of interest discusses the unconstitutionality of “freeze-frame”…

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Georgia bill attacking LGBT people and other minorities passes through Senate

Steve Lee, Editor04 mins

Today, by a vote of 37-15, the Georgia Senate passed a bill allowing people to use their religion to challenge or opt out of various laws – including local laws in Atlanta and other cities – that protect LGBT people and other minorities from discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations. In practical terms, S.B….

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Two Georgian priests charged with attack on gay rights rally

Steve Lee, Editor03 mins

As we reported here last week, a pro-gay rights rally to be held at Freedom Square in Tbilisi, Georgia was cut short after anti-gay demonstrators – mainly Christian Orthodox conservatives and their believers – disrupted the peaceful, state-authorized gathering with violence and intimidation. This week, however, Georgian authorities are reporting that two priests have been…

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