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Service - Atlanta Organizations
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Atlanta Pride Committee
Atlanta Pride Committee produces the annual Pride Festival & Parade.
The Festival is held each year on the last weekend in
June to commemorate the Stonewall Riots, which launched
the modern LGBT rights movement. The festival typically
attracts over 300,000 people. It hosts a variety of performers,
crafts, community and food booths, and special guest
speakers. There is also a Pride Parade through Midtown
on the last day of the festival.
Emory's Office of Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/ and Transgender
Life
Emory University’s Office of Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/
and Transgender Life are an administrative office offering
programs and services designed to improve the campus
climate for LGBT faculty, students, and employees. Funded
by the university, the office has worked for domestic
partnership benefits for staff and students, helped expand
the university's non-discrimination policy.
Georgia Association of Physicians for Human Rights (GAPHR)
Georgia Association of
Physicians for Human Rights is
an association of physicians and medical students dedicated
to the elimination of discrimination on the basis of
sexual orientation in medicine. They provide information
to health providers about medical issues facing the GLBT
community; they provide support for LGBT physicians residents
and med. students.
Georgia Equality
Georgia Equality is the political and advocacy voice
of Georgia's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender citizens
and their allies. Founded in Atlanta in 1995, it has
grown into a true statewide advocacy organization and
is known nationally as one of the leaders among state
and local LGBT advocacy groups. Georgia Equality endorses
gay supportive candidates for office and advocates for
domestic partnership benefits at major area employers,
hate crimes law and AIDS assistance programs.
PFLAG, Atlanta Chapter
PFLAG, Atlanta Chapter is a support group dedicated to
helping parents who have lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered
children. The group also works with GLBT people and their
other family members regarding their sexual orientation,
educates the public, and advocates for equality for the
LGBT community. The group meets monthly, maintains a
speakers' bureau, a lending library, and provides scholarships
to openly gay students.
Project Open Hand
Project Open
Hand provides freshly cooked meals and nutrition
services each day to people with symptomatic HIV/AIDS,
homebound seniors and individuals with other critical
illnesses or disabilities. The group was started in 1988
and has grown to include thousands of volunteers who
have delivered over four million meals.
Youth Pride
Youth Pride works to help the lives of gay, lesbian, bisexual
transgendered and questioning youth through advocacy, education,
outreach, support services and activities. Founded in 1995,
Youth Pride now runs a center, three adult facilitated
support or discussion groups, Synergy -a youth-run social
support and education program, an info line, regular social
events and a newsletter.
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