The Herstory of ZAMI NOBLA
When Mary Anne Adams, the founding executive director of ZAMI NOBLA (The National Organization for Black Lesbians on Aging), came to Atlanta in 1988, the city’s landscape for Black lesbian women was far differe...
Georgia LGBT organizations participate in National Give OUT Day
It’s National Give OUT Day, and there’s a plethora of LGBT-related organizations to support across the nation, the Southeast and locally in the Peach State.
Give OUT Day is the only organized national day of...
National black lesbian group to celebrate Audre Lorde’s legacy this weekend in Atlanta
ZAMI NOBLA, the Atlanta-based National Organization of Black Lesbians on Aging, will celebrate LGBT activist Audre Lorde’s birthday in style this Saturday. The group revived its scholarship foundation last year...
Photo Gallery: Packed house for MLK Day at annual Rustin/Lorde Breakfast
It was standing room only at the Loudermilk Conference Center in downtown Atlanta on Monday as the community marked Martin Luther King Jr. Day with the 16th Annual Bayard Rustin/Audre Lorde Breakfast. The theme...
Atlanta LGBT groups, allies plan community vigil at civil rights center
A diverse coalition of 25 different Atlanta-area organizations have signed onto a letter in response to the Sunday shooting at LGBT Orlando nightclub Pulse and are calling on the community to come together for ...
Catching Up with…ZAMI NOBLA founding director Mary Anne Adams
Mary Anne Adams moved to Atlanta on her birthday nearly 30 years ago and has been gifting the city with her work in several areas ever since. She's the founding director of ZAMI NOBLA (National Association of B...
The queer (dis) abilities of Angela and Evan
“How am I supposed to touch you?” It’s a question that Evan Wainwright, 29, has been asked so often by romantic partners that he has an answer at the ready. “Unless I say something, just do what you’d normally ...
Mary Anne Adams & Angela Davis: Ageism and invisibility in Atlanta’s LGBT community
Why are old and disabled lesbians becoming increasingly invisible in our communities? This is not an unfair question to hurl at a queer culture that seeks able bodies and anti-aging remedies at every turn. O...
[Video] Mystery, murder and older, wiser lesbians
ZAMI NOBLA screens 'The Owls' this afternoon