Peach Magaze - Black Gay Pri 2018 by David Atlanta Magaze - Issuu

Contents:

• PEACH MAGAZE - BLACK GAY PRI 2018
• CELEBRATE ATL BLACK GAY PRI 2018
• THE RISE OF ATLANTA’S BLACK GAY PRI

PEACH MAGAZE - BLACK GAY PRI 2018

Atlanta has bee known as a travel statn for many black gay Amerins, who feel is one of the few plac the south where they n feel safe and for those who actually ll home, Atlanta n be difficult to navigate. Racism, sexism and homophobia are rife. Beg black and gay also means beg more exposed than most to the threat of HIV: 67% of all diagnos Fulton unty, which clus most of downtown Atlanta, are gay and bisexual men.

Once the rnerstone of the black muny, has perpetuated toxic attus about gay people, he says, which is particularly trimental to the self-teem of the many black gay people who look to the church for spirual – who 2015 was appoted to the Printial Advisory Council on HIV/Aids – says ABPW provis a different space for healg.

CELEBRATE ATL BLACK GAY PRI 2018

“I thk beg Jamain I have a different kd of sense of fear around homophobia, bee I know what that n look like, ” Anthony two plan to get married and have children, but want to leave the south to do so. ”Kelli Man, 28 and Chantel Kennedy, 28“The gay muny here is very close-kn, everyone knows here and ’s OK to be ourselv, ” says two aspirg hip-hop artists performed at the Pure Heat ftival, one of the largt events of ABPW last reloted to Atlanta bee of s opportuni and muny for black people, which Kennedy says ma the move, who is sgle, says datg Atlanta is a “wi playg field”: “There are no lims.

He says there is a stigma attached to beg LGBT the south, and that even a place like Atlanta, wh a large gay populatn, discrimatn is still a part of everyday life.

Workg the entertament dtry, Christopher says he nstantly has to shoot down generalizatns about gay men.

THE RISE OF ATLANTA’S BLACK GAY PRI

“The stereotype is that gay people n be tty, extra and flamboyant, but that’s not everybody.

“Many people our muny grew up theologil abive and spirually vlent church where the teachg, preachg and the theology was anti-gay. “Unls you’re the gay muny people aren’t open about , ” Delaney says.

Melissa “DJ M” Stt, 42As a star of docoap Love & Hip Hop Atlanta, and founr of party promotn group Traxx Girls, Stt nsirs her missn to help people feel more fortable wh beg out and gay.

“She jt has a gay kid and a succsful gay kid at that, ” Stt says.

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.

Atlanta Black Gay Pri, the untry’s leadg LGBTQ annual pri marks s 22nd-year celebratn wh a roarg le-up occurrg durg the Labor Day holiday weekend. The 2018 Atlanta Black Gay Pri tak on a special meang this year wh the LGBTQI++ civil right beg at risk today’s polil climate. “Atlanta Black Gay Pri is a dynamic opportuny to showse the diversy and uniquens of the LGBT muny.

The 4th Annual Queer Black Film Ftival (#QBFF) returns durg Atlanta Black Gay Pri 2018, prented by The Visn Communy Foundatn and filmmakers Courtney Walter & Onyx Keha.

Photo cred: 2017 Atlanta Black Gay Pri.