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Judy Colbs served as president of PFLAG Atlanta for 20 years and took part in numerous LGBTQ causes. (Photo via Facebook)
A retired Atlanta educator who turned into a PFLAG leader and “fierce” LGBTQ ally for decades died in early January. Judy Colbs was 89.
It was her daughter coming out as a lesbian that sparked Colbsâ LGBTQ activism, from leading PFLAG Atlanta to supporting those living with HIV, giving “mom hugs” to LGBTQ children rejected by their parents, supporting numerous LGBTQ groups and taking part in protests from Atlanta to Washington, D.C.
Sandy Colbs was nervous about coming out to her mother. She finally did while visiting home from graduate school in 1982.