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by Dyana Bagby
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March 18, 2013 12:39 |
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Several gay Atlantans have been named to a working panel to try to find ways to reduce prostitution in the city following backlash over a proposed ordinance to "banish" prostitutes.
Some on the list will not come as surprises to those who followed the controversy, including Peggy Denby, president of the Midtown-Ponce Security Alliance — the only person who spoke out in favor of banishing prostitutes at public hearings. Denby has said she has a particular problem with "men" prostitutes. These include cross dressers and transgender people.
Gay leaders are part of the mix, too, including Jeff Graham, executive director of Georgia Equality.
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by Laura Douglas-Brown
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March 15, 2013 00:00 |
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The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in two cases this month that could decide the course of the fight for marriage equality for a generation.
The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to Proposition 8, the ballot measure that ended same-sex marriage in California, on March 26.
“This case is about the fundamental constitutional right of every American to marry the person they love,” said Adam Umhoefer, executive director of the American Foundation for Equal Rights, which represents two gay couples challenging the law.
Both a federal district court and a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals have already found the measure unconstitutional.
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by Laura Douglas-Brown
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March 15, 2013 00:00 |
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The U.S. Supreme Court hears two landmark cases this month that deal with the question of marriage for same-sex couples.
No one can know how the court will rule, but legal experts have outlined several possible scenarios. Here are some of the most likely and what they would mean both nationally and here in Georgia.
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by Dyana Bagby
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March 15, 2013 00:00 |
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Since the Phillip Rush Center’s inception, organizers have shied away from using the term “community center” to describe the Candler Park LGBT facility where dozens of groups meet and numerous town hall forums have been held.
Several attempts at an LGBT community center in Atlanta had failed and Linda Ellis, executive director of the Health Initiative, and Jeff Graham, executive director of Georgia Equality, administrators of the Rush Center, wanted to avoid any kind of “curse” the title may have.
But now Ellis and Graham, after conducting a strategic planning process, are embracing the term because, well, that’s what the Rush Center has become.
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by Dyana Bagby
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March 15, 2013 00:00 |
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Two investigations into the state’s Department of Community Health — now named the Department of Public Health — found a history of violated policies within the HIV unit when it came to contracting grants to community-based organizations serving those with HIV/AIDS.
The department’s internal Inspector General conducted and concluded a report in 2011. In January 2013, the state’s Department of Audits & Accounts reported its findings of an audit of the HIV unit requested by the Inspector General. Both reports specifically cite former HIV Prevention Program Director Leisha McKinley-Beach for circumventing policies.
The Inspector General in 2011 recommended McKinley-Beach be fired. She resigned instead in 2011.
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