Queer Midtown: How Atlanta Beme an Epicenter of Gay Life | Midtown Atlanta
Contents:
- ATLANTA LGBT ADVOTE OUT AS ‘THE GAY PREACHER’S WIFE’
- GAY GEIA THOR TO RELEASE FIRST LERARY WORK THIS FALL
- QUEER MIDTOWN: HOW ATLANTA BEME AN EPICENTER OF GAY LIFE
- GAY AUTHOR BRIAN BROOME TALKS RACE, MASCULY, AND ADDICTN NEW MEMOIR
- MARCHG FOR GAY RIGHTS ATLANTA, 1971: AN EXCERPT OM A NIGHT AT THE SWEET GUM HEAD
ATLANTA LGBT ADVOTE OUT AS ‘THE GAY PREACHER’S WIFE’
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GAY GEIA THOR TO RELEASE FIRST LERARY WORK THIS FALL
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QUEER MIDTOWN: HOW ATLANTA BEME AN EPICENTER OF GAY LIFE
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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. 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. 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.
GAY AUTHOR BRIAN BROOME TALKS RACE, MASCULY, AND ADDICTN NEW MEMOIR
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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.
MARCHG FOR GAY RIGHTS ATLANTA, 1971: AN EXCERPT OM A NIGHT AT THE SWEET GUM HEAD
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