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Atlanta Pride, also colloquially (and formerly) called the Atlanta Gay Pride Festival, is a week-long annual lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender pride festival held in Atlanta, Georgia (United States). Established in 1971, it is one of the oldest and largest pride festivals in the United States.
My Sister's Room (MSR) is a lesbian bar in Atlanta, Georgia. It is one of the few remaining lesbian bars in the nation. [1] It was opened in 1996 and remains a lesbian-owned and operated bar but welcomes the entire LGBTQIA community. [2] Pictures of My Sister's Room in the 1990s are in Emory University's permanent photo collection. [3]
Out On Film, Georgia's gay film festival in Atlanta, was established in 1987 and is one of the oldest and most acclaimed LGBTQIA+ film festivals in the United States devoted to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. The festival is now held in Midtown Atlanta in late September and early October. Additional screenings and events ...
Atlanta has the ninth-highest population of LGBTQ residents in a large metropolitan area in the U.S., at about 194,000 people, according to March 2021 data from the Williams Institute, though that ...
The following is a calendar of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) events. This list includes gay pride parades as well as events ranging from sporting events to film festivals, including celebrations such as Christopher Street Day. Criteria for inclusion on this list are: Active: The event is currently active. Discontinued ...
It is held in Atlanta each year at the end of August and beginning of September (week of Labor Day holiday). [2] [3] Atlanta Black Pride is the largest black gay pride celebration in the world with an estimated 100,000 people annually in attendance.
The softball team created lesbian cheers and saw sport as a form of political engagement. [7] In 1974, ALFA members formed Georgians for the ERA, began a radio show on WRFG, and picketed The Atlanta Constitution for refusing to report on or advertise lesbian organizational activities. The ALFA house was a space for meetings and events.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in the U.S. state of Georgia enjoy most of the same rights as non-LGBTQ people. LGBTQ rights in the state have been a recent occurrence, with most improvements occurring from the 2010s onward.