Atlanta gay pride week 2015
Pride
Organized by Georgia’s Queer Liberation Front, Atlanta’s first Pride rally took place on June 27, 1971.
“We tried to obtain a permit from the ACLU. They turned us down flat: we weren’t a minority, they said, and they couldn’t help us. And the urban area also refused a permit. So we had to own our march down the sidewalks and stop at every light, unless we had the leafy light, of course. We had, by actual count, 125 people. And I do know that because I was the marshal and counted them myself – twice!”
Berl Boykin, From Stonewall to the Millennium Panel, June 2000
“There was a bunch of us just running downtown. Maria Dolan was in a wheelchair for some reason, and we were all dressed as aliens. And we said, “We deserve our rights.” (laughter) It was so stupid, but we had so much fun. We’re pushing a wheelchair, and she’s going, “Faster! Faster!” Yeah, I loved those early marches. Now they’re like corporate, corporate, corporate.”
Stephanie Miller, December 11, 2015
Pride Expands
In 1983, the first Dyke Parade was held during Pride weekend. Today, Pride celebrations also inc
Chris Brown, Monica, Lil Kim, others to perform at Black Gay Pride in Atlanta
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ATLANTA — Pure Heat Black Gay Celebration is about to ratchet up the noise and excitement for their annual Labor Day weekend in Atlanta has invited the likes of Chris Brown, Monica, Porsha Williams, Lil Kim and many others to perform over the course of their six-day holiday weekend festivities.
According to Pure Heat Atlanta Black Gay Pride, the country’s leading LGBTQ annual pride celebration, is gearing up for their annual celebration during the 2015 Labor Day holiday weekend. 2015 promises to be a blowout featuring a host of talent including: Monica (“The Boy Is Mine”), Chris Brown (“Yeah 3x”), Lil’ Kim (“The Jump Off”), Kelly Price (“You Should’ve Told Me), Teyana Taylor (“Google Me”), Porsha Williams (BRAVO “Real Housewives of Atlanta”) Az Marie (FOX “Empire”) and Dej Loaf (“Try Me”).
The 6-day long holiday weekend will also main attraction the 4th annual Pure Heat Community Festival, which takes place on Sunday, Sept. 6th from 12pm – 8pm at the historic Piedmont Park. The cultural event will main attraction market and food vendors, live performances, entertainment, educa
October is a huge month for the lesbian, gay, attracted to both genders and transgender (LGBT) community in Atlanta with both Out on Film and the Atlanta Parade Festival on tap.
Out on Film will run Oct. 1-8 at the Midtown Art Cinema with more than 50 movies screening over eight days. Some of the highlights will be the opening night displaying of Fourth Male Out, which follows a blue-collar worker coming out to his friends in a small town; the director’s chop of 54 starring Ryan Phillippe and Mike Meyers in the heyday of Studio 54; Queer Moxie, a documentary about queer performance art; and Freeheld, starring Julianne Moore and Ellen Page as a lesbian couple fighting for pension benefits. The complete line-up of films and tickets are available at outonfilm.org.
The Atlanta Pride Festival is celebrating its 45th year in Piedmont Park. The festival is the largest Pride event in the southeast and the largest event in the country to coincide with National Coming Out Day. Don your rainbows and come out to show your help, enjoy musical performances and DJ mixes, watch the legendary parade, and shop in the markets during Pride weekend. Go to atlantapride.org to see the full lineup and calendar of
Atlanta Black Gay Lgbtq+ fest rules Piedmont Park on Sunday [PHOTOS]
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There may have been parties, panels, concerts and more that happened all weekend, but Atlanta Black Male lover Pride started as a gathering of black LGBT people in Piedmont Park on the Sunday of Labor Day Weekend, and that’s still the highlight of the weekend as shown by the thousands that came out on Sept. 6. Enjoy this ph
Dozens of Emory marchers connected in the Atlanta Identity festival Parade on Sunday, Oct. 11, taking to the streets of Midtown Atlanta to celebrate the combat for LGBT equality.
More than 75 Emory students, staff, faculty, alumni and friends were accompanied by Swoop, Emory's eagle mascot, as they marched with Emory's flag in the march, which coincided with National Coming Out Day and is the largest celebration in the city.
The event took on additional definition this year as Atlanta Pride marked its 45th anniversary in the awaken of the U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing marriage for same-sex couples nationwide.
"Marching in the Atlanta Identity Parade builds community among LGBTQ students, faculty, alumni and staff of Emory, and walking down the heart of the capital sends a strong communication to Atlanta that Emory University values and celebrates the diversity of its community members," says Danielle Steele, interim director of Emory's Office of LGBT Life.
"Not only do people meet each other from different areas of the university, but alumni and others get to observe Emory’s continued commitment to the LGBTQ community," notes Steele, who also serves as interim director of the Center for Women. "Plu