Tag: LGBTQ
DJ Vicki Powell on queer nightlife, a changing Atlanta, and the art of throwing a party
"I got into DJing because I was an introvert—really shy. But I loved nightlife, and I loved going to Backstreet. I just couldn’t quite find my groove. But once I figured out that I could throw a party with a DJ booth around me, I was like, 'Oh, it’s on now.'"
It’s time to stop criminalizing HIV
Georgia law hasn’t caught up to science. For people living here with HIV, consensual sex can still lead to felony charges. An Atlanta writer shares his concerns and why it's time for change.
Canceling Atlanta Pride festival is “ultimately a public health decision,” says executive director
On Wednesday, the Atlanta Pride Committee took to social media to announce, due to surging Covid-19 case rates, it would cancel its large, in-person events scheduled for October 9 and 10, including the festival in Piedmont Park and its popular parade, for the second year in a row.
On Ponce de Leon Avenue, 2 Atlanta LGBTQ+ landmarks are being preserved
The Wylie Hotel has named its restaurant, Mrs. P’s, for an iconic gay bar housed in the building decades ago. Down the street, the Atlanta Eagle has become the city’s first designated historic landmark dedicated to LGBTQ+ history.
Firefighters cook dinner for each other every night—but as a rookie in an Atlanta firehouse, I saw the limits of that intimacy
For generations, firefighters have cooked for one another nightly, building camaraderie over shared meals. But I also saw the limits of the connections forged over the firehouse table.
In A Night at the Sweet Gum Head, journalist Martin Padgett tells Atlanta’s overlooked queer history during the disco decade
In A Night at the Sweet Gum Head, released this month by W.W. Norton, journalist Martin Padgett sutures this context into the accounts of two main subjects: Bill Smith, who helped lead the Georgia Gay Liberation Front, worked as a city commissioner, and published the South’s leading gay newspaper, the Barb; and John Greenwell, who rose to drag stardom performing as Rachel Wells at the Sweet Gum Head nightclub.
Founders of Atlanta Black Pride work to “reclaim” their brand
The nearly 25-year-old organization has a mission to serve year-round, not just on Labor Day weekend.
Remembering Atlanta Pride’s radical roots (or why early organizers got thrown out of gay bars)
Activist Dave Hayward recalls his time with the Georgia Gay Liberation Front in the early 1970s.
My Style: Rigel Gemini, influencer, music artist, director of analytics and SEO
Born on the first day of Gemini, the data director by day/influencer by night epitomizes cosmic duality in his life and style.
Why Southern Voice, Atlanta’s LGBTQ+ newspaper, meant so much
Co-founder Chris Cash recalls why she founded Southern Voice, and why having an independent queer news outlet remains imperative in 2020.
