/PRNewswire/ -- The Atlanta Gay and Lbian Chamber of Commerce recently prented Geia Power wh the associatn's special 2018 Corporate Ally of the Year...
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- ATLANTA GAY CHAMBER LGBT BS SUMM TO EXPLORE RISE OF ‘RABOW ENOMY’
- GA SPOTLIGHT: ATLANTA GAY & LBIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
- ATLANTA GAY & LBIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
- ATLANTA GAY AND LBIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HONORS GEIA POWER
- THE ATLANTA GAY AND LBIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 2019 AWARDS
- NATNAL GAY CHAMBER REPORT: GEIA FIFTH NATN LGBT-OWNED BS
- GEIA POWER HONORED BY THE ATLANTA GAY AND LBIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
- ATLANTA GAY CHAMBER FIRST NEW FERAL PROGRAM TO BOOST LGBT BS
ATLANTA GAY CHAMBER LGBT BS SUMM TO EXPLORE RISE OF ‘RABOW ENOMY’
Explore LGBT Atlanta bars and nightlife, events and neighborhoods. Fd thgs to do and where to de wh this official gui to Gay Atlanta. * atlanta gay chamber of commerce *
Established 1994, OUT Geia Bs Alliance (formerly the Atlanta Gay & Lbian Chamber of Commerce) serv the LGBTQ+ and Allied bs muny by advotg for the most clive and equable bs environment; providg support and rourc to fuel enomic growth; and drivg meangful muny nnectns and impact across the State of Geia. Sce 1994, OUT Geia Bs Alliance (formerly the Atlanta Gay & Lbian Chamber of Commerce) has served the LGBTQ+ and Allied bs muny by advotg for the most clive and equable bs environment; providg support and rourc to fuel enomic growth; and drivg meangful muny nnectns and impact across the State of Geia. 1988 - First Atlanta Gay Expo - sponsored by Fourth Tuday.
Expo held that year is tled The 6th Annual Gay & Lbian BUSINESS EXPO '94' and the theme "The Gay Buck Starts Here". 1997 - 501c-6 Stat was received allowg GABC to be the first regnized Gay and Lbian Chamber of Commerce the US. 2003 - GABC name is changed to the Atlanta Gay and Lbian Chamber of Commerce and new logo is signed.
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GA SPOTLIGHT: ATLANTA GAY & LBIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
AGLCC has worked wh Southern Voice, Labrys and the Gay Yellow Pag to not only provi you disunts on your advertisg but both has agreed to highlight your membership AGLCC. Gay Yellow Pag - all AGLCC members are listed the ont of the book. Southern Voice/David - all AGLCC member advertisers will have their advertisement Southern Voice and David outled a borr statg "Atlanta Gay Chamber of Commerce Member".
Highlight your advertisg Southern Voice and David All AGLCC member advertisers will have their advertisement Southern Voice and David outled a borr statg "Atlanta Gay Chamber of Commerce Member". It’s an imbalance that rankl Daniel Dunlop, newly-named print of the Atlanta Gay and Lbian Chamber of Commerce, who is charged wh promotg enomic growth and velopment among the cy’s LGBT-owned bs. ” Geia has fifth-most registered LGBTBEs That enomy is boomg, acrdg to a January report om the Natnal Gay and Lbian Chamber of Commerce that timated the natn’s roughly 1.
The motto of the Atlanta Gay & Lbian Chamber of Commerce is simple but powerful: “advocy through enomics.
ATLANTA GAY & LBIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
“We’re tryg to build the gay dollar and build bs workg together and supportg each other, and the dner fely rais that awarens and shows the importance of lookg out for each other, makg sure our voic are heard, and makg sure we are puttg money back to our muny, ” says Ted Bner, AGLCC print. Atlanta Gay & Lbian Chamber of Commerce Communy Awards Dner Friday, Aug. The anizatn held s first muny awards dner 1998, and changed s name to Atlanta Gay & Lbian Chamber of Commerce 2003.
Guardian Angel• For the Kid In All of Us • Gay Fathers of Atlanta • Out on Film • Posive Impact • Stonewall Bar Associatn. GAYpril. Everton Blair ma history as the first black and first openly-gay school board member Gwt County Board of Edutn, sharg a msage that He’s Gay on Comg Out Day 2019.
At the time, Blair was jt the send out black gay man to hold public office the state of Geia. Gerald Bostock was fired after he exprsed tert a gay softball league at work, which then lead to all the way to the Uned Stat Supreme Court wh Bostock v. Jeff Graham is the executive director of Geia Equaly, an anizatn that works to advance fairns, safety and opportuny for gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr muni throughout Geia.
ATLANTA GAY AND LBIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HONORS GEIA POWER
’s Gay Liberatn Front before migratg to Atlanta and servg untls LGBTQ groups along the way. Project Q Atlanta lnched September 2008 by gay journalist Matt Hennie, who has been journalism for 25 years.
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. He breath new life to Jewish tradn, and his adventuro spir has propelled him to found new programs like the Rabow Center, a Jewish munal rponse to gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people. Origally om Chihuahua, Mexi by way of Texas, her passns meet at the tersectn of gay, lbian and Latx issu.
He is a regnized lear behavral health and HIV/AIDS preventn wh muni of lor, and specifilly addrsg health ncerns among Black gay men. He was the first Asian Amerin Democrat and first openly gay man ever elected to the Geia State Legislature, and he serv at the tersectn of fah, sexual orientatn, and ethnicy. 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.
THE ATLANTA GAY AND LBIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 2019 AWARDS
Through a diverse mix of ntent nsistg of pop culture, lol terts, and event verage, Peach ATL has been the premier weekly gay publitn for the metro Atlanta market for more than two s.
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.
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. Rickie Smh is print of In The Life Atlanta Foundatn, which serv as the official anizer of Atlanta Black Gay Pri, now the world largt pri celebratn for Ain Amerin lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people.
NATNAL GAY CHAMBER REPORT: GEIA FIFTH NATN LGBT-OWNED BS
The anizatn’s missn is to promote uny, pri, self-empowerment, and posive visibily wh Atlanta’s Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr muny of Ain scent through tn, advocy, and aln buildg programs. Charl Stephens is the Executive Director of the Counter Narrative Project (CNP), wh over 10 years experience velopg novative muny engagement iativ, pilotg programs, and mobilizg black gay men.
He has worked wh such anizatns as AIDS Uned, AID Atlanta, and the Kaiser Fay Foundatn as a nsultant, providg strategic guidance and thought-partnership around program velopment and policy advocy wh black gay and bisexual men. Cathy Woolard was the first openly gay elected official Geia when she joed the Atlanta Cy Council 1997, and she was the first woman to be elected Print of the Council. Lil Nas X is an Amerin rapper, sger, and songwrer who me out as gay while “Old Town Road” was atop the Hot 100, beg the only artist to do so while havg a number-one rerd.
GEIA POWER HONORED BY THE ATLANTA GAY AND LBIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Geia Power received the Atlanta Gay and Lbian Chamber of Commerce’s 2018 Corporate Ally of the Year Award. In 2002, the Natnal Gay and Lbian Chamber of Commerce was found to help expand enomic opportuni and advancements of the LGBTQ bs muny.
A year later, Atlanta members changed their anizatn’s name om Greater Atlanta Bs Coaln to the Atlanta Gay & Lbian Chamber of Commerce. Money is power, both personally and polilly, and the Natnal Gay and Lbian Chamber of Commerce attempts to quantify how much revenue LGBT-owned bs create, and how they impact muni across the untry by releasg a report lled “Ameri’s LGBT Enomy. Dan Dunlop, vice print of the Atlanta Gay and Lbian Chamber of Commerce, says that number is both unrreported and growg.
ATLANTA GAY CHAMBER FIRST NEW FERAL PROGRAM TO BOOST LGBT BS
” Gay Atlanta man Ernt Dunn started his first bs, an Apple vice repair store lled Experimac, last year Midtown.
Dunn chose Midtown bee of s large number of Apple ers, but appreciat beg a “gayborhood. “But, as an Ain-Amerin, and also beg gay, you ga a lot of persistence, a lot of creativy and a lot of ways to get noticed.
As ctomers e and they fd out the owner is Ain-Amerin and gay, they feel a lot of ownership bee they n intify wh me as part of the muny. “I thk ’s a very low percentage of gay-owned and gay-foced bs mols. ” To read the full report vis: By the Numbers The Natnal Gay and Lbian Chamber of Commerce certified bs based on their willgns to participate the survey, if they were majory LGBT majory owned and were headquartered the Uned Stat.