Tag: LGBTQ
Atlanta Freedom Bands will be the grand marshals at this year’s Atlanta Pride Festival
Atlanta Freedom Bands, which began in 1994, will serve for the first time as grand marshals at this year’s Atlanta Pride Festival, taking place October 12 and 13. Each year, several people and organizations are nominated by their community and chosen as Pride grand marshals based on their contributions to LGBTQ+ life; other marshals this year include Dr. Elijah Nicholas, founder of The Global Trans Equity Project, and the local nonprofit Lost-n-Found Youth.
Celebrate Atlanta Pride with these not-to-be-missed events
Atlanta Pride is back this weekend for its 54th year with a jam-packed series of events celebrating the city’s LGBTQ+ community. The festival’s main events are free and open to all ages, including live...
Atlanta-based Ever After offers an inclusive, queer-friendly matchmaking service
Matchmaking is back in vogue, and this time, it’s for everybody. Welcome to the world of Ever After, an inclusive, queer-friendly matchmaking service that launched this spring to give all Atlantans a better shot at love.
A love letter to the Georgia Voice
Through her editorial guidance at SoVo and GaVo, which she launched in 2010, Chris Cash taught me and others the importance of bringing our authentic selves into our reporting and the inherent value of queer people covering our own communities.
Raquel Willis: Nearly a decade ago, I made a lifelong commitment to collective liberation
As a Black ’90s baby growing up in Augusta, Georgia, my elders assured me that most major victories against systemic oppression had been won. Racism stood little chance of blocking me from a successful life, and my privileges—coming from a two-parent, middle-class household and excelling in school—would make me damn near invincible. But discovering my queerness at an early age shattered any certainty of an easy life.
This ain’t Texas, it’s Thursday night at the Heretic
In 2018, Terence Ng and a few friends formed DanceOut Atlanta, a queer-centered organization that teaches free country dance lessons at the Heretic and the Atlanta Eagle multiple times a week. There’s something for every level of dancer from beginner to advanced, and it’s not just line dancing, either.
After the Atlanta Eagle fire: Owner Richard Ramey reflects on 35 years of LGBTQ+ history
Shortly before 8 p.m., Atlanta Fire responded to a multi-alarm blaze at the old Atlanta Eagle location at 306 Ponce de Leon Avenue, the city’s first designated LGBTQ+ historic landmark. “I’m so full of emotions right now,” Owner Richard Ramey said late Thursday night. “No one wants to see their history erased. So many people who had history there over the last 35 years are heartbroken tonight.”
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Celebrate the sunny side of Pride
The LGBTQ+ hub of Florida’s Gulf Coast, St. Pete is home to St. Pete Pride, the largest Pride celebration in Florida and one of the largest in the nation.
Remembering Atlanta drag legend Charlie Brown
Mr. Charlie Brown, the reigning queen of Atlanta drag queens, has taken her final bow. The performer died Thursday night at Piedmont Hospital from complications following heart valve replacement surgery. He was 74. For 50 years, the self-proclaimed “Bitch of the South” entertained Atlantans with his bawdy brand of comedy, withering audience monologues, and risqué musical numbers on stage at Lips Atlanta, the Atlanta Eagle, Underground Atlanta, Illusions, and dozens of other nightlight spots.
How young trans people—and their families and medical providers—are contending with a wave of animus
By the time all states had adjourned their legislative sessions in 2022, 17 bills aimed at transgender and nonbinary children had been passed into law—a record. Since January of this year, the U.S. has seen more than 100 bills being introduced that would prevent trans youth from being able to access healthcare—another record. According to the Trans Legislation Tracker, 2023 is the fourth consecutive record-breaking year for anti-trans legislation, with some bills aiming to restrict healthcare up to age 26.