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ATLANTA GAY AND LBIAN CENTER (GA.)
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 and lesbian center *
While Midtown ntu to the be the center of gay life Atlanta and among the most renowned “gayborhoods” the South, LGBTQ clubs, stor and nightlife n be found all Atlanta neighborhoods om reveloped areas like Wt Midtown and East Atlanta to nearby suburbs like Detur and East Pot.
** Febary – Approximately one hundred lol activists, origally anized by members of The Great Speckled Bird (published om 1968 to1978) form a Geia chapter of the Gay Liberatn Front. Hoe of Reprentativ vot 230-133 to amend the Legal Assistance Act to prevent feral funds om providg legal help to anyone volved “the issue of homosexualy or so-lled gay rights.
They prented him wh a list of mands—that he end police harassment of homosexuals, that he end all job discrimatn agast homosexuals, and that he pledge to help end social discrimatn agast homosexuals Atlanta. ** After a s- threat by Jim Snow, assistant pastor at MCC of Atlanta, gay lears fally achieve a face-to-face meetg wh Mayor Maynard Jackson to discs gay rights and allegatns of police harassment agast the gay muny. ’’ Gay lears anize to rpond, and crics blast the seri for s ‘‘general omissn of the posive and nstctive work beg done by the gay people and gay anizatns’’ Atlanta, “while employg the more irascible stereotyp the muny.
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Explore gay neighborhoods Atlanta, GA. From Midtown to East Atlanta and nearby Detur, you'll fd gay clubs, stor and nightlife spread throughout the cy. * atlanta gay and lesbian center *
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.
** 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.