Explore LGBT Atlanta bars and nightlife, events and neighborhoods. Fd thgs to do and where to de wh this official gui to Gay Atlanta.
Contents:
- ATLANTA REALY SHOW TO FEATURE S FIRST GAY COUPLE
- [VIO] TAKG A PEEK TO BLACK GAY ATLANTA
- NEW REALY SHOW: “THE REAL GAYS OF ATLANTA”
- OT: THE REAL GAYS OF ATLANTA... (UPG REALY SHOW)OT: THE REAL GAYS OF ATLANTA... (UPG REALY SHOW)
ATLANTA REALY SHOW TO FEATURE S FIRST GAY COUPLE
* gay atlanta reality show *
Realy show “Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta” will feature s first gay male uple as regular st members, reported The Blast. The uple exprsed what life is like as gay black men livg Atlanta an terview wh the Geia Voice.
“To add the word ‘gay’ prents addnal challeng.
This cy embrac everyone, black, whe, gay, or straight. ” The two men got emotnal when talkg about the stggl of beg gay men, even while livg a cy as progrsive as Atlanta.
[VIO] TAKG A PEEK TO BLACK GAY ATLANTA
” “Sure, many people are a ltle more acceptg of homosexualy, but we still have a very long way to go, ” they ntued. ” As for future plans, the uple said they will be workg wh fellow celebri soon to discs the stigma of homosexualy the entertament dtry. Although Carter and Jon are the first gay uple to be featured the Atlanta edn, they aren’t the first throughout the anchise.
And Black gay men are no exceptn.
The st clus profsnal matchmakers and bs owners Mg Clark, Joseph Dixon, Kelli Fisher, Tana Gilmore, and Shae a cy that has veloped a reputatn for simultaneoly beg an oasis of Black wealth and opportuny, and for some Black gay men, a nsistent disappotment where quanty outweighs qualy terms of fdg a potential partner, the datg experienc of both gay and straight sgl Atlanta provis more than enough source material for the one-hour show.
NEW REALY SHOW: “THE REAL GAYS OF ATLANTA”
Lamont Whe, owner of Better Way To Meet, an Atlanta-based gay matchmakg service, is a iend to the show and appears on several episos durg the first season along si Prim.
Whe says he is hopeful that the cln of Black gay men on “Love Match Atlanta” will be a game-changer terms of Black queer reprentatn on televisn. “I want to show a different narrative of Black gay men who are succsful, who are healthy relatnships, who raise children, who are mted, that has not been seen before, ” Whe says, whose own life as a married man raisg two children wh his hband reflects the life many of his clients sire. “It do change the narrative of what people typilly thk about gay men, ” Prim says.
Prim says the two mata a iendship that transcends the stereotypil iendship monly seen between straight Black women and gay men on televisn. But ’s not like, ‘oh she has a gay bt iend.
OT: THE REAL GAYS OF ATLANTA... (UPG REALY SHOW)OT: THE REAL GAYS OF ATLANTA... (UPG REALY SHOW)
“There are only a handful of people who actually work wh gay men the Uned Stat for matchmakg. So I thought was amazg that they reached out to say, hey, let's talk about how the gays fd love Atlanta. The reason why I ll myself the gay datg ach is bee I ach guys, and Shae do the same thg.
The show is turng a b to the ‘Gay Hoewiv of Atlanta’ ncept, ” Cunngham said. Two realy TV shows pictg black gay life Atlanta have been the works and are, om what we unrstand, beg pched and lookg for a spot on a TV lp.
No word on when and where the show may air, but Traxx Girls parti were beg filmed for the seri durg last year’s Black Gay Pri ft. Take a look at a clip of what happened wh Traxx Girls at Black Gay Pri — cludg partyg wh Nicki Maj and Amber Rose — here. However, the ments on YouTube about “The Life” are hardly kd and as Darian Aaron pots out on his blog Livg Out Loud wh Darian, “If the YouTube ments are any ditn of how this show will be received by mastream Ameri then black gay men everywhere better get prepared for some fierce dialogue.