Tag: Georgia Equality
At 55, Atlanta Pride faces fresh challenges
The theme of Atlanta Pride’s 55th annual celebration in Piedmont Park, from October 11 to 12, is “Rooted in Resistance”—a response to the current political climate. During Georgia's 2025 legislative session, conservative lawmakers passed a “religious freedom” law. LGBTQ+ Georgians consider it to be legalized discrimination because the law gives individuals and businesses a legal defense to ignore antidiscrimination protections.
A half-century of LGBTQ+ milestones in Atlanta
The first Atlanta Pride was held in Piedmont Park 50 years ago to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising. Our LGBTQ+ community has made many strides over the last half-century. But we have far to go.
32. Jeff Graham
From his early days in the 1990s as an ACT UP rabble-rouser to his leadership of Georgia Equality since 2008, Graham has been one of this conservative state’s most active—and effective—advocates for the LGBT community.
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