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Opinion: Don’t vote for Atlanta City Councilmember Alex Wan just because he’s gay

The Georgia Voice Editors
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I must caution our community about its blind support for Alex Wan. In March The Advocate published an op-ed cautioning the city of New York against supporting candidates simply based on their sexual orientation. I encourage everyone to read this, as it is an issue faced by any metropolitan area with a significant LGBTQ population.

In the run-up to his election to represent Atlanta City Council District 6, Mr. Wan drew heavily upon the support of our community. In 2009 he won his seat and we had great hope and expectation that he would make the LGBTQ community proud. He had the opportunity to be a transformational figure in the politics of our city. He failed.

My concerns about Mr. Wan go far beyond Cheshire Bridge Road. His zoning proposal seems an attempt to have a “key accomplishment” going into re-election. He attempted to destroy businesses, LGBTQ and otherwise. Luckily his ill-conceived proposal failed.

Inserection owner seeks to unseat Alex Wan from City Council

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Atlanta
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Michael Morrison

A brawl may be brewing in the aftermath of the controversial legislation proposed by Atlanta City Councilmember Alex Wan to oust several adult businesses lining Cheshire Bridge Road.

The council rejected Wan’s proposals in a 9 to 6 vote on June 3, ending months of sometimes bitter debate between residents living in the area and those who own and work at the businesses targeted by Wan’s proposed zoning ordinances. But another battle may just be beginning.

Michael Morrison, owner of Inserection on Cheshire Bridge Road, said he is pleased with the council’s vote, but he is not confident something similar won’t come up in the near future if Wan remains on the council. So Morrison plans to run against Wan, the City Council’s only openly gay member, using his own money if nobody else throws their hat in the ring.

Transgender strip night to take over XS Ultra Lounge Wednesdays

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Community
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Black Diamond Atlanta Transgender Gentlemen's Club

In what might be a first for Atlanta, a new transgender strip night will soon take over XS Ultra Lounge Wednesday nights. The weekly event, billed as “Black Diamond Atlanta Transgender Gentlemen's Club,” kicks off with a preview night April 24.

With two Pink Pony locations, a plethora of options on Cheshire Bridge and at least two all-male strip clubs, Atlanta is no stranger to adult entertainment.

But a night devoted to only transgender entertainers is most likely a first for the city too busy to hate.

Food Porn #21: Greatest show on earth

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Culture
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Food Porn

Janet and Robert settled into their folding chairs under the tent of the House of Gay Human Oddities on Cheshire Bridge Road. It was late Saturday night, after midnight, and many gay men and a few women stopped to check it out on their way home from the clubs. Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence collected the $5 entry fee.

A couple of carnival-style food stands were in front of the yellow tent, which glowed like a full moon on a foggy night. These weren’t the usual food trucks. Instead they sold take-out food from Robert’s favorite cheapies, like Arepa Mia, Bell Street Burritos, and Miss D’s New Orleans Pralines — all inside the Sweet Auburn Curb Market.

Across the street, 11 mostly gay members of the Clean-up Cheshire Bridge Brigade (CCBB) demonstrated in support of gay City Council member Alex Wan. He would soon be introducing legislation to purge the road of “nonconforming” businesses — meaning sex venues — to make way for gentrification.

Food Porn #20: Sex Panic antidote

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Culture
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Food Porn

“No more tits! No more dicks!”

Members of the Clean-up Cheshire Bridge Brigade (CCBB) were marching in a circle in front of a strip joint, chanting and waving signs on the road many call Atlanta’s red-light district.

Their tiny protest circle was in support of gay City Councilman Alex Wan’s effort to de-eroticize Cheshire Bridge. His proposed ordinances to do so have been delayed introduction until May.

Food Porn #16: After an AA meeting, Robert hits the Waffle House

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Culture
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Food Porn

Robert and Janet plopped into folding chairs in the rear of the large meeting room of Galano, a gay clubhouse that hosts all kinds of 12-step meetings.

The occasion was their mutual friend and hair-stylist Ralph’s first anniversary without alcohol, crystal meth, overeating, emotional outbursts or masturbating and failing to wash his hands before touching a client’s hair. 

Ralph, 27, was arrested when he offered a policeman a hit of crystal in the parking lot of a Cheshire Bridge bar. He spent the night in a holding cell dressed in the black rubber singlet he wore for the bar’s fetish night.