If it’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day then that means it’s the Bayard Rustin/Audre Lorde Breakfast, the LGBT Atlanta tradition which celebrated its 17th annual event on Jan. 15 at the Loudermilk Conference Center. This year’s theme was “Love Letters Across the Generations: Honoring Our Elders,” and special remembrances were made in honor of Joan Garner, the Fulton County Commissioner who died of cancer last April, and Antron-Reshaud Olukayode, the poet, painter and self-described “artivist” who died last November. Trans activist and LaGender, Inc. CEO Dee Dee Chamblee was also honored with The Fellowship of Reconciliation USA Peace Award for Local Hero.
(Photos by Sher Pruitt)
