black gay pride Archives - Georgia Voice

Jaha Howard, the disco ball from Backstreet and Jungle and rainbow crosswalks

2017 Year In Review: Top local LGBT news stories of 2017

Take a step back to look at the local LGBT news landscape in Georgia in 2017 and you might wince. An anti-LGBT candidate wins a Georgia Congressional race, multiple deaths in the transgender community, an early...

Atlanta mayoral candidates vie for LGBT vote as runoff nears

And then there were two.After months of campaigning in a crowded field of candidates, Atlanta voted and narrowed its choices down to Keisha Lance Bottoms and Mary Norwood, who will face each other one more ...

Atlanta leaders give mixed grades on Mayor Kasim Reed’s LGBT record

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed has seven years’ tenure under his belt, and the field is stacked for the next city leader to take over his office. As the election nears, Georgia Voice asked a few LGBT activists, and R...

Ryan Lee: Anybody but Mary Norwood for Atlanta mayor

Mary Norwood is nothing. That is not (entirely) shade, but the image the city councilmember has crafted while running for mayor of Atlanta for the past 10 years: a political outsider who has been in public offi...

Ryan Lee: LGBT and taking a knee

If anyone thought the protest raging through the NFL was not a LGBT issue, the Atlanta Police Department recently reminded us why we should all be taking a knee. Despite the focus on the national anthem and the...

Packed lineup on tap for annual Gentlemen’s Ball Weekend

The Gentlemen’s Foundation is gearing up for its annual Gentlemen’s Ball Weekend, which kicks off Friday evening.This is the second year in a row the Foundation chose to extend what was once a one-night fun...

Patrick Saunders, Editor of Georgia Voice

Patrick Saunders: Add another one to the list for Atlanta Police Department

The Atlanta Police Department have a tough job to do. That needs to be said first and foremost. And it's an encouraging sign for the LGBT community when a lesbian is appointed to the department's highest post, ...

Atlanta Black Gay Pride in Piedmont Park

Photo Gallery: Thousands pack Piedmont Park for Atlanta Black Gay Pride

Atlanta Black Gay Pride started 21 years ago as a barbecue in the park on the Sunday of Labor Day Weekend, and that tradition continued this year as thousands packed Piedmont Park for the Pure Heat Community Fe...

Atlanta police chief reassigns watch commander who forced gay bars to close

The morning watch commander in charge during the early closure of four Atlanta gay bars over Labor Day Weekend has been reassigned. Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields made the announcement late Wednesday aftern...

Woolard: Difficult not to call Atlanta gay bar closures during Black Gay Pride discriminatory

Atlanta mayoral candidate Cathy Woolard – the former Atlanta City Council president and first openly LGBT elected official in Georgia – is expressing doubts about the Atlanta Police Department's claim that the ...

Patrick Saunders: Welcome to a weekend that could only happen in Atlanta

Labor Day weekend is one of my favorite weekends to be in Atlanta. There's this odd mix of major events that take place throughout the Midtown and downtown area, the three biggest of which are a pair of major c...

A time of reckoning: Atlanta's LGBTQ community addresses racism problem

Health Dept. Proposes Removing Data Collection on LGBTQ Foster Kids

Trump’s Transgender Military Ban to Affect Naval Academy

Same-Sex Couples More Likely To Be Denied a Loan, Study Says

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Nintendo Faces Backlash After Removing Trans Flag Level from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Converse Releases New Pride and Trans Pride Sneakers

Frank Ocean Reveals He’s Been in a Relationship for Three Years