Gay teen uple speaks out on gog to prom ty Cochran, Ga. – Geia Voice – Gay & LGBT Atlanta News

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300-500 (some reports state as many as 1, 000) Atlanta cizens gather for the annual lol memoratn of the Stonewall Rts; the theme this year is "Christopher Street South" and the ftival is sponsored by the Gay Rights Alliance, found by Lda Regnier and Victor Host.

** July - Lol gay and lbian activists picket Wi Road Baptist Church rponse to the anti-homosexual advertisement the Atlanta Journal that had been spearhead by the church’s pastor William Self.

** Augt - Dpe a lawsu by seven anonymo lol bsmen and lls for his rignatn by several lol Baptist misters, Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson ref to rcd his June orr proclaimg Gay Pri Day Atlanta.

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** Activist Jam Moody mov to Atlanta and through the Gay Rights Alliance and wh -anchors David Hayward and Greg Jam gurat the program "Gay Digt" broadst by WRFG, Atlanta's muny-operated rad statn. ** June 11 - Approximately 1, 800 to 2, 000 Atlanta gay men, lbians, and their supporters om a aln of human rights groups picket Ana Bryant's keynote speech to the Southern Baptist Conventn's nference at the World Congrs Center.

** Febary - Created by the Atlanta Coaln for Human Rights that ordated gay protts of the June 1978 appearance Atlanta of Ana Bryant, the Atlanta Gay Center opens a Midtown facily. ** June - Shortly after Channel 11 TV ns a seri on male prostutn, the Fulton County Solicor issu warrants for the arrt of three gay owners and employe of lol gay publitns Sre and Cise Weekly on charg of distributg obscene materials. ** October 14 - Atlanta gays and lbians travel to Washgton, DC for the First Natnal Lbian & Gay March on Washgton and the simultaneo Third World Lbian and Gay Conference; over 100, 000 people attend, cludg 4 b-loads om Atlanta.

** April 29 - A aln of gay and lbian anizatns picket Atlanta relig TV statn WANX (Channel 46) for endorsg a "Washgton for J" march anized by Christian fundamentalists opposed to (among other thgs) civil rights for gay people.

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** Sprg - Atlanta's First Tuday Democratic Associatn breaks s ti to the Democratic Party and be the First Tuday Associatn for Lbian and Gay Rights, amendg s by-laws to clu 50% women and 20% Third World people on s steerg mtee. ** June 4 - Atlanta Gay Center and First Tuday Associatn for Lbian and Gay Rights hold a prs nference to prott Geia ernor Gee Bbee's letn of a reference to gay fai a remenda-tn ma by the Geia legatn to the Whe Hoe Conference on Fai. Congrs except Wyche Fowler and Bo Gn vote for a Hoe provisn troduced by lol Congrsman Larry McDonald that forbids the feral ernment's Legal Servic Corporatn om participatg s that might benef gay people.

** July - In rponse to gay and lbian activists' objectns, and wh the help of Cy Council member Mary Davis, Atlanta Public Safety Commissner Lee Brown remov a qutn about sexual orientatn om the Police Department's employment form and lie-tector tt.

** Summer - Atlanta Cy Council members Mary Davis, Richard Guthman, John Sweet, and Marv Arrgton help remove vague language a cy ordance prohibg loerg that had been ed for years by police officers to harass gay men.

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** September - Dance Atlanta, a lol anizatn that brgs ternatnally known dance groups to the cy, ref to rry advertisements s programs paid for by Atlanta's Christopher's Kd Bookshop, objectg to the ad's e of the words lbian and gay. ** March 13 - Over 300 gays and lbians picket an Atlanta appearance of Christian fundamentalist preacher Jerry Falwell, who was speakg here on behalf of anti-gay feral legislatn proposed by Geia Congrsman Larry McDonald. John) at Image Film & Vio and The Silver Screen, a history semar, open ho at the Gay Center and ALFA, a street dance (on 7th Street between Piedmont and Juniper), and a voter registratn drive.

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Derrick Mart shar memory of his high school prom – Geia Voice – Gay & LGBT Atlanta News.

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