Brookhaven, a city in DeKalb County, Georgia, was established in 2012. In 2020, the Brookhaven City Council adopted a nondiscrimination ordinance against LGBTQ+ individuals (§ 19-12), the Richard Rhodes Nondiscrimination Ordinance, named in honor of Richard "Dick" Grover Rhodes (1937-2019), a LGBTQ+ rights advocate and leader, who helped write the ordinance before his death. Rhodes (1937-2019) was born in Lake Wales, Florida to Grover (1910-2003) and Gertie Johnson Rhodes (1912-2003). He served as the first openly gay delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1988. The same year he and Gil Robison (1947- ) also were the first openly gay candidates to run for the Georgia House of Representatives. He also served as the first openly gay chair of the DeKalb Democratic Party in 1992. In 2012, Rhodes received the Atlanta Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce’s Lifetime Achievement Award and Fenuxe Magazine included him in the 50 Most Outstanding Individuals of Our Community as “The Trail Blazer.” In 2019, the Spiritual Living Center of Atlanta awarded him Greeter of the Year. He was also a founding member of the Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE), Atlanta Prime Timers, and the LGBTQ+ Archives and Special Collections Committee at the Fulton County Joan P. Garner Library at Ponce De Leon.