Tag: Historic Atlanta
The second Atlanta Pride March, June 25, 1972, from the Atlanta LGBTQ+ Historic Context Statement report. (Source: Edmund Marshall, photographer. Originally published in The Great Speckled Bird newspaper, July 3, 1972. Image hand colored by Stephanie Coffin. Courtesy of WRFG 89.3 FM Atlanta)
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Atlanta’s LGBTQ+ history documented in new research report

Avatar photo by Dyana Bagby

Tens of thousands of people are expected to flock to Piedmont Park this weekend, Oct. 14-15, for Atlanta Pride, one of the largest LGBTQ+ festivals in the country. They will all be participating in the evolving history of LGBTQ+ Atlanta. The first Atlanta Pride rally was held in 1970 when about 100 people gathered in […]