Former Democratic gubernatorial ndidate Stacey Abrams will serve as a Grand Marshal Atlanta's Gay Pri Para.
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- STACEY ABRAMS TO SERVE AS GRAND MARSHAL ATLANTA GAY PRI PARA
- 6 CAN’T MISS GAY BARS/RTRANTS TO CELEBRATE PRI ATLANTA
- STACEY ABRAMS TO SERVE AS GRAND MARSHAL ATLANTA GAY PRI PARA
STACEY ABRAMS TO SERVE AS GRAND MARSHAL ATLANTA GAY PRI PARA
* gay pride parade atlanta 2019 *
The Big Gay Pri Bnch. Spurred by the uprisg’s natnal attentn as well Atlanta’s own Lonome Cowboys raids, 100 monstrators—mostly whe mal—marched down Midtown’s siwalks rryg “Equal Rights for Gays” posters. This small act of prott sent rippl through the cy’s gay muny.
Mayor Maynard Jackson clared the day of the para, June 26, to be Gay Pri Day Atlanta.
6 CAN’T MISS GAY BARS/RTRANTS TO CELEBRATE PRI ATLANTA
The followg year, Mayor Jackson issued a subsequent proclamatn for Civil Liberti Day after facg backlash for his emphasis of Gay Pri 1976. Activist Larry Lghl wrote The Barb, “If the [1977] March did nothg else but show other gays our potential, was well worth the effort. Though not a part of the official Atlanta Pri Para, Hotlanta River Expo’s gural year attracted more than 300 gay men raftg down the Chattahoochee River.
By 1989, the event had grown to one of the largt gay events the Southeast. Back on land, Atlanta Pri officially beme Atlanta Lbian, Gay, and Transperson Pri 1980. The followg year, Lbian, Gay, and Transperson Pri Week was celebrated lolly by an timated 3, 500 participants.
STACEY ABRAMS TO SERVE AS GRAND MARSHAL ATLANTA GAY PRI PARA
Programmg expand beyond the tradnal para and rally to clu a live ncert, rad show, art show, film ftival, history symposium, block party (on 7th Street between Piedmont Avenue and Juniper Street), voter registratn drive, and an open hoe for the cy’s Atlanta Gay Center and Atlanta Lbian Femist Alliance headquarters. The celebratn’s first craft market and the Gay Pri Run/Walk were clud 1990.