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LGBT groups to protest ‘Love Won Out’
by Shannon Hames   
February 03, 2012 00:00

Exodus International's Alan Chambers

LGBT rights activists are gearing up to counter an upcoming visit to Georgia by Exodus International, which brings its “Love Won Out” conference to Villa Rica on Feb. 18.

The Queer Justice League, the Southern Poverty Law Center, GetEqual and Truth Wins Out are coming together to educate the public at a community discussion at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer on Feb. 16 and also planning a protest at the “Love Won Out” conference at Midway Church in Villa Ricca on Feb. 18.

The organization at the center of their ire is Exodus International, a 35 year old “ministry committed to encouraging, educating and equipping the Body of Christ to address the issue of homosexuality with grace and truth” according to its website.

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Georgia Equality offers free advocacy training
by Ryan Watkins   
January 27, 2012 14:08

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Georgia Equality, the state's largest LGBT rights advocacy organization, will host citizen lobby training tomorrow at the Phillip Rush Center from 1–5 p.m.

The training is aimed at teaching participants “how to most effectively communicate with elected officials on the local, state and federal level and receive an update on the most important issues facing the LGBT and HIV communities during this year’s legislative session.”

The training will highlight the Georgia Fair Employment Practices Act, a bill that would extend nondiscrimination protection to gay and transgender state employees, and Georgia's AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP), a combined state and federal program that helps to provide medication for people with HIV who have limited or no income. Currently 1,455 Georgians are wait-listed for the program

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Health & Fitness: Get inspired
by Laura Douglas-Brown and Dyana Bagby   
January 20, 2012 00:00

Need motivation to improve your health? Meet four LGBT Georgians who faced challenges and triumphed.

Jim SchumakeThriving with HIV: Jim Shumake

‘This is the best I’ve ever felt’

Jim Shumake, 32, learned he was HIV positive in 2007. Although he knew, as a gay man, he was more at risk than most, he didn’t believe it could happen to him.

“At first you don’t believe it, that it would ever happen to you,” he said.

But Shumake, who is a client of AID Gwinnett/Ric Crawford Clinic, said when he came to grips with the news, he chose to complete a “full 180” on his life and he’s now “100 percent healthy.”

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Health & Fitness: ‘Homophobia is a health hazard’
by Laura Douglas-Brown   
January 20, 2012 00:00

Atlanta Health Initiative

Discrimination doesn’t just stand in the way of civil rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. In some cases, it may actually contribute to making us sick.

“I think that we can legitimately call homophobia a health hazard,” said Linda Ellis, executive director of the Health Initiative, the new Atlanta-based organization that aims to be “Georgia’s voice for LGBTQ health.”

“Whether it is because of actual discrimination expressed by an uncaring provider or the internalized dread of what might happen in the vulnerable setting of a doctor’s exam room, LGBT individuals are still less likely to seek healthcare,” she said.

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Health & Fitness: Gear and gadgets to get you moving
by Staff   
January 20, 2012 00:00

Nike training shoes and app

Sure, you don’t need new clothes, shoes, or cool gadgets to work out or improve your health. But shopping for something new and fun can sometimes be just the motivation you need to push forward with your fitness plan.

Here are few items we like to get you workout ready.

Nike+ running shoes and app
Shoes: $90 and up | Sensor: $19 | www.nikeplus.com

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