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Contents:

• THE RISE OF ATLANTA’S BLACK GAY PRI
• 6 CAN’T MISS GAY BARS/RTRANTS TO CELEBRATE PRI ATLANTA
• ATLANTA BLACK GAY PRI – PURE HEAT COMMUNY FTIVAL @ PIEDMONT PARK – SEPT. 1, 2019 – PHOTOS BY KELLY JORDAN

THE RISE OF ATLANTA’S BLACK GAY PRI

As we know that many of the gay BIPOC aren’t always reprented our cy's history, we ve you to share rmatn on the LGBTQ+ grant/Historic Context Statement on your social media channels to help intify Black spac and plac that were important to the gay muni. In 1996, there was a huge difference gay Ameri and Black and gay Ameri.

In 2013, the cy earned a perfect sre on the Human Rights Campaign’s Municipal Equaly Inx and was the 2020 Top Dtatn Cy by the Gay Travel Awards. “I renciled my spirualy and sexual orientatn here while explorg what tly means to learn to love and accept myself wholeheartedly as a black gay man. I have met Ao-Lato, Ain, Caribbean, and Black Amerin unterparts who are gay, bisexual, and lbian.

6 CAN’T MISS GAY BARS/RTRANTS TO CELEBRATE PRI ATLANTA

I love that the cy is unapologetilly black and unapologetilly gay. “I thk what mak this cy special for black gay men is that here they have a certa gree of eedom and self-exprsn rivalg any metropolan cy the Uned Stat (and the rt of the world for that matter).

I have seen how iends om out of town equent the cy for black gay pri or even jt a regular holiday weekend, and I have seen so much growth them as men. There are also many opportuni for black gay people to tablish iendships, pursue dat, and even get married!

“If I told you the number of black gay immigrants I have met that live here or vis equently, you would lose your md!

ATLANTA BLACK GAY PRI – PURE HEAT COMMUNY FTIVAL @ PIEDMONT PARK – SEPT. 1, 2019 – PHOTOS BY KELLY JORDAN

” Obna shar his terview, “I remember when I vised my tw brother for the first time after he moved out to Atlanta 2015, and he troduced me to a small group of Nigerian gay men that he met via Tr. I have been to many hoe parti, dners, club events, and so on where I have met many of my Ao-Lato, Ain, Caribbean, and Black Amerin unterparts who are gay, bisexual, and lbian. “I thk that Atlanta has a scene for every black gay person whether they love food, art, sports, mic, culture, etc.

There are no lims when to livg a full life as a black gay person the cy of Atlanta. perspectiv helps generate better ias to solve the plex problems of a changg and creasgly diverse HistoryIn 1996, a small group of Ain Amerin lbian and gay iends held a piic over Labor Day weekend to celebrate their unique experience Atlanta’s LGBT muny. Promotg Ain Amerin lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr, qutng, tersex and asexual people of Ain scendants and their fai.

To promote tnal, health, cultural and social servic directed at furtherg the well-beg, equal treatment, and velopment of the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr, Queer and Pl (“LGBTQ+”) Communy and supportive alli. A natnal event signed to une the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual Transgenr, Qutng, Intersex and Asexual (LGBTQIA+) muny their iends, fai and many supporters. It’s no secret Black Gay Pri Atlanta is one of the most vised Pri celebratns Ameri.

Atlanta, Geia has one of the largt and diverse Ain-Amerin Lbian, Gay, Bisexual Transgenr, Qutng, Intersex and Asexual (LGBTQIA+) populatns the Uned Stat.

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.

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.