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Pride
Organized by Georgia’s Same-sex attracted Liberation Front, Atlanta’s first Pride parade took place on June 27,
&#;We tried to obtain a permit from the ACLU. They turned us down flat: we weren&#;t a minority, they said, and they couldn&#;t help us. And the town also refused a permit. So we had to contain our march down the sidewalks and stop at every light, unless we had the verdant light, of course. We had, by actual count, people. And I complete know that because I was the marshal and counted them myself &#; twice!&#;
Berl Boykin, From Stonewall to the Millennium Panel, June
&#;There was a bunch of us just running downtown. Maria Dolan was in a wheelchair for some reason, and we were all dressed as aliens. And we said, &#;We justify our rights.&#; (laughter) It was so stupid, but we had so much fun. We&#;re pushing a wheelchair, and she&#;s going, &#;Faster! Faster!&#; Yeah, I loved those preliminary marches. Now they&#;re like corporate, corporate, corporate.&#;
Stephanie Miller, December 11,
Pride Expands
In , the first Dyke March was held during Lgbtq+ fest weekend. Tod
Atlanta Pride Parade and Festival
Atlanta Parade Parade and Festival
Each year, LGBT Life hosts a pre-parade breakfast for the Emory community before heading to our annual spot in the Atlanta Pride Parade. Transportation to the parade starting indicate is provided. Any member of the Emory people is welcome to participate.
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Sat, Oct 14, - Sun, Oct 15, 10am - 10pm
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Since Atlanta’s first Pride Celebration in on the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, Atlanta’s Parade—and subsequently, its Festival—has galvanized the LGBTQIA+ community in Georgia and across the South to show up for each other and to display out with acts of protest, activism, education, and celebration. Fifty-three years later, the Atlanta Pride Committee remains committed to this vision and encourages our neighbors to SHOW UP AND SHOW OUT for the fullest spectrum of the region’s LGBTQIA+ collective at this year’s Atlanta Pride Festival on October , in Piedmont Park.
In this time of increased political turmoil, violent attacks on the transgender people, especially our trans siblings of color, efforts to silence transgender and gender-expansive youth, and unprecedented threats and legislation aimed at drag performers and gender non-conforming safe spaces, we summon on Georgia's LGBTQIA+ collective to SHOW UP AND SHOW OUT like never before!
In cities around the country, June is the designated month to honor the LGBTQ+ experience. But Atlanta — considered widely to be the Black gay mecca — moves to its own beat.
Up until , Atlanta’s annual celebration of queer identity and rights took place every June, a nod to the Stonewall Uprising in New York City. In , a stretch of protests and riots in response to police discrimination and persecution of gender non-conforming people helped propel America’s queer liberation movement, inspiring former President Bill Clinton to designate June as Gay and Lesbian Event Month on Stonewall’s year anniversary. (Former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden broadened the designation to include bisexual, transgender, gay, and intersex identities.)
But the tradition changed in , when the city of Atlanta temporarily prohibited large events at Piedmont Park due to a drought, causing organizers to postpone festivities until October, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The timing stuck. For the past 17 years, Atlanta Identity — anchored by a weeklong festival best known for its extrava