Going South!
Oct. 22 — Savannah is closing out Pride month in Georgia with its 26th annual festival this Saturday in gorgeous Forsyth Park. If you’re going to the celebration, consider donating to the Savannah Pride Center, which has lost $30,000 in sponsorships for the festival in recent weeks. Keep reading for more.
And now a few headlines:
🪧 No Kings protests against the actions of the Trump administration took place around Metro Atlanta and around the state on Saturday. Nationwide, organizers estimate seven million took part in nearly 3,000 rallies.
📱 The Young Republican National Federation is under fire after thousands of violent, homophobic, sexist, racist, and anti-Semitic messages from state-level group chats were leaked to the press.
🙄 Trump commuted the prison sentence of George Santos (aka Kitara Ravache), the gay Republican expelled from the U.S. House and sentenced to seven years in the pen for fraud.
👐🏽 The National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta will reopen on Nov. 8 following a $57.9 million renovation and expansion.
🍿 This year’s Out on Film festival broke attendance records with more than 17,500 movie-goers, both in-person and virtual.
♠️ Happy Ace Week!
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Collin
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Survey shows ‘overwhelming support’ for Atlanta LGBTQ+ Community Center
📈 After nearly seven months of collecting responses, the LGBTQ+ Community Center Feasibility Study’s Community Input Survey closed on Oct. 17.
According to preliminary data shared with Georgia Voice by Malik Brown, the project director of the LGBTQ+ Community Center Feasibility Study, the survey garnered 2,802 responses.
“What we can say for now is that the early responses show overwhelming support for an LGBTQ+ community center – a lifesaving space that can serve as an access point for our most vulnerable, a welcoming entry point for young people and newcomers, and a space for convening, creativity, and cultural connection for all residents,” he said.
➡ Find out more about the survey responses here.
Italian Ruins to DIVE for!
SPONSORED BY FERNBANK MUSEUM
🌊 Journey beneath the waves with Sunken Treasures, Ancient Seas at Fernbank Museum.
You won’t want to miss this immersive journey beneath the Mediterranean Sea to uncover ancient shipwrecks, artifacts, and lost worlds. Featuring real relics found off the coast of Italy, HD video explorations, and more, this exhibition reveals how underwater archaeologists bring the past to light.
➞ This exhibit is open daily, or you can swing by for after-hours during select special events! On view now until Jan. 11, 2026.
Savannah Pride is this Saturday!
🏳️🌈 Despite political turmoil and financial setbacks, the 26th annual Savannah Pride is on for this Saturday, Oct. 25, in the Hostess City.
The “Illuminate”-themed festival will be held from noon to 11 p.m. in Forsyth Park with music, art, food trucks, small business vendors, and nonprofits.
Blair Williams and Chi Chi Bonet Sherrington will host performances by DJ Nebula Beatz, DJ Bobby Presley, Club One Cabaret, and more. There’s also a fun “Foam and Glow Party” after dark.
➡ See the full schedule of Pride events here.
High Museum adds LGBTQ+ photographs to its collection
📷 The High Museum of Art has announced its new LGBTQIA+ Photography Centennial Acquisition Initiative.
When Maria L. Kelly, the Assistant Curator of Photography at the High, considered the museum’s collection of over 9,000 photographs, she realized that in the museum’s nearly 60 years of building a photography collection, LGBTQ+ artists had been underrepresented.
Four LGBTQ+ photographers’ work has been acquired through the initiative, including Peter Hujar, Catherine Opie, Naima Greene, and Martine Gutierrez.
➡ Find out more in Katie Burkholder’s interview with Kelly.
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🎵 Out Front Theatre’s production of “9 to 5: The Musical” runs Oct. 23 to Nov. 8. Based on the hit 1980 movie, you’ll hear the classic theme song and more music written by Dolly Parton, especially for this laugh-out-loud tale of empowerment and workplace politics. Check out Sammie Purcell’s interview with the cast here.
📚 The Atlanta Radical Book Fair is Oct. 25 from noon to 6 p.m. at the Auburn Avenue Research Library, with panels on what’s happening in Palestine, the anti-fascism movement, preserving physical media, and much more.
🎃 “Gender Resurrection: A Trans-Social Halloween Event” is Oct. 25 from 5 to 7 p.m. at The Rose Room in Macon. Wear a costume, enjoy a cocktail, and meet new friends.
🎤 Mxscara Madness is back Oct. 28 at 7:30 p.m. at The Heretic with a tournament-style lip sync showdown. The special guest judge is Evah Destruction with Alabama hosting the competition.
Win tickets to Alaska at The Masquerade!
📸 Drag superstar Alaska is bringing her Haunted Halloween Tour to The Masquerade at Underground Atlanta on Thursday, Oct. 30, and we’re setting up 1 lucky winner with 2 tickets to the show. Enter to win here!
