Op-ed: Proudly Jewish. Proudly gay. Reluctantly whe - The Brown and Whe

Contents:

• NATHAN LANE: ROB WILLIAMS ‘PROTECTED ME’ FROM COMG OUT AS GAY ON ‘OPRAH’ 1996 BEE ‘HE WAS A SAT’
• OP-ED: PROUDLY JEWISH. PROUDLY GAY. RELUCTANTLY WHE.
• 'GAY SUMMER MP': HOW CIS CREATE SPACE FOR LGBTQ+ TRAVELERS AT SEA

NATHAN LANE: ROB WILLIAMS ‘PROTECTED ME’ FROM COMG OUT AS GAY ON ‘OPRAH’ 1996 BEE ‘HE WAS A SAT’

Everton Blair ma history as the first black and first openly-gay school board member Gwt County Board of Edutn, sharg a msage that He’s Gay on Comg Out Day 2019. At the time, Blair was jt the send out black gay man to hold public office the state of Geia.

Gerald Bostock was fired after he exprsed tert a gay softball league at work, which then lead to all the way to the Uned Stat Supreme Court wh Bostock v. Jeff Graham is the executive director of Geia Equaly, an anizatn that works to advance fairns, safety and opportuny for gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr muni throughout Geia. ’s Gay Liberatn Front before migratg to Atlanta and servg untls LGBTQ groups along the way.

Project Q Atlanta lnched September 2008 by gay journalist Matt Hennie, who has been journalism for 25 years. He was the edor of Southern Voice, a gay newsweekly based Atlanta, for five years, edor of LGBT newspaper Hoton Voice for two years, and was also a reporter for newspapers metro Atlanta and South Carola.

OP-ED: PROUDLY JEWISH. PROUDLY GAY. RELUCTANTLY WHE.

He breath new life to Jewish tradn, and his adventuro spir has propelled him to found new programs like the Rabow Center, a Jewish munal rponse to gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people. Origally om Chihuahua, Mexi by way of Texas, her passns meet at the tersectn of gay, lbian and Latx issu.

He is a regnized lear behavral health and HIV/AIDS preventn wh muni of lor, and specifilly addrsg health ncerns among Black gay men.

He was the first Asian Amerin Democrat and first openly gay man ever elected to the Geia State Legislature, and he serv at the tersectn of fah, sexual orientatn, and ethnicy. Savannah’s first openly gay cy uncil member, Kurtis Purtee was recently named to Savannah’s PROUD task force, a group dited to ensurg the cy’s lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer muni n work and live a welg and safe environment. Through a diverse mix of ntent nsistg of pop culture, lol terts, and event verage, Peach ATL has been the premier weekly gay publitn for the metro Atlanta market for more than two s.

'GAY SUMMER MP': HOW CIS CREATE SPACE FOR LGBTQ+ TRAVELERS AT SEA

Larry Stt-Walker is the executive director and -founr of THRIVE SS: Transformg HIV Rentments to Victori Everlastg Support Servic, a 501c3 nonprof anizatn wh a missn of improvg health equy for Black gay men livg wh HIV through direct support, advocy, and buildg llective power. Michael Shutt is the Southern Regnal Director for Lambda Legal, the olst and largt natnal legal anizatn whose missn is to achieve full regnn of the civil rights of lbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgenr people and everyone livg wh HIV through impact ligatn, tn and public policy work.

Rickie Smh is print of In The Life Atlanta Foundatn, which serv as the official anizer of Atlanta Black Gay Pri, now the world largt pri celebratn for Ain Amerin lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people.