When I sat down to make a digital list of events for Black Gay Pride that could be shared on social networks across the internet, I never thought it would become so symbolic of the need to have such an event.
My editor did a great job of explaining why there are two Prides last year, but with the grumbling about why Atlanta's gay community needs two Prides coming in like clockwork, I pose a very simple question: Why not?
Black Gay Pride began as a series of informal house parties and nightlife events over Labor Day weekend in Atlanta. There was no organizing body and no way to know these parties were happening unless you were in the community for which they were thrown.