[2] In 1968, Fontana first came to Atlanta as a volunteer for VISTA under President Lyndon B. Johnson's War on poverty, where she helped organize food buying clubs in poor neighborhoods.

[1] Fontana was a writer for the Great Speckled Bird while she attended a psychology graduate program at Emory University.

[1] Feeling alienated from the lack of queer representation in Atlanta Women's Liberation and the male-dominated Gay Liberation Front, Fontana, along with,among others, Diana Kaye, Elaine Kolb, Corinne Smith, Martha Smith, Marianna Kaufman, Helen Schietinger, Marilyn Langfeld, Sally Gabby, Pam Norris (Hatchet), and Vicki Gabriner, founded the Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance.

[5] In the mid-80s, Fontana worked with Black White Men Together to pass an antiracist, anti-discrimination ordinance in Atlanta's bars.

[2] She is also involved with the Moral Monday movement, participating in civil disobedience initiatives to protest a wide range of issues related to discrimination, conservative government legislation, and unfair treatment.

"[9] She was arrested on June 29, 2023, on charges of criminal trespassing at a demonstration protesting Home Depot's financial support of the Atlanta Police Foundation.

[2] Fontana was featured at the National Center for Civil & Human Rights in the Atlanta LGBTQ+ History Project: Out Down South Exhibition.