2019 Atlanta Pride Guide by Atlanta Pride Committee

2019

October 11 – 13

Pride Guide Festival Program · Talent Schedule · Grand Marshals Pride Parade · Trans and Dyke Marches · Cultural Exhibit Out on Film · Community Spotlights

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Table of Contents

Contributors 6

Welcome Letters

Festival Information

Event Staff

Committee Information

Volunteer Shirt Guide

Sponsors and Partners

Festival Schedule

Marches and Parade Information

First Aid

Accessibility and Family Information

Before You Arrive: Festival Guidelines

Coca-Cola Stage Program

Nissan Stage Program

Heineken Stage Program

Daya Interview

2018 Grand Marshals

Community Re-Investment

Community

Out On Film

Immigration: We Are All Affected

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The 2019 Official Atlanta Pride Guide

Editor Jamie Fergerson

Contributors Taylor Trimble

Kimble Sorrels

Jim Farmer Out on Film

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The Official Atlanta Pride Guide Magazine is produced and published annually by the Atlanta Pride Committee, Inc., a 501c3 non-profit organization located at 1530 Dekalb Avenue NE, Suite A, Atlanta, Georgia 30307. The editorial content of this publication is the sole property of the Atlanta Pride Committee, Inc., or is otherwise used under license or other express permission by the respective owner. All content contained herein is subject to the copyright protections of the United States. Nothing appearing in the magazine may be reprinted, nor reproduced, either wholly or in part, without express written permission of the Atlanta Pride Committee, Inc. All trademarks, logos, or descriptive terms created by, or on behalf of, the Atlanta Pride Committee, Inc. It should not be assumed by any reader that the inclusion of any individual’s photograph, article, or quotation is indicative of that individual’s sexual orientation. The Atlanta Pride Committee, Inc., assumes no responsibility for the statements or claims of advertisers. Extensive care has been taken in order to ensure that the accuracy of the information contained herein at the time of printing; however, the Atlanta Pride Committee, Inc., assumes no responsibility for any changes in the event layout, program changes or cancellations, or any other effect as a result of the information communicated herein. © Copyright 2019 Atlanta Pride Committee, Inc. All rights reserved. 6

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Welcome to the 49th annual Atlanta Pride Celebration! Director, I feel like I am finally starting to understand what this job means to me and means for me. Not just the pace and particulars of the work, but the need to stand up and fight in this gap for our community. The in-between time is a busy and building time, but it is also a waiting time. We at Atlanta Pride are in a very special gap this year. On behalf of the Board of Directors, Festival Committee, Events Committee, volunteers, and staff of the Atlanta Pride Committee: welcome to this year’s celebration of our amazing, powerful community. Our team has been working hard for the last year to bring you our biggest and most diverse celebration of Pride yet.

This past June marked the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprisings in New York City, the events largely heralded as the start of the modern Pride movement. This anniversary was observed in New York City with the first-ever WorldPride held in the United States. I was lucky enough to attend the Stonewall 50 events in NYC this year while our phenomenal team hosted Atlanta Pride’s Stonewall March here at home.

I write this letter just a few days away from us loading

There, I was struck by the immutable language of Pride

into Piedmont Park for our annual celebration. This is

and Resilience that courses through the global LGBTQ+

the in-between time—the ready-or-not-here-Pride-

community, but I also missed the “y’all come” Southern

comes gap when nearly all of the preparations that can

hospitality that is so well-embodied by all of you at

be made for a successful event have been made, but

Atlanta Pride.

the actual execution of the event has yet to come. That’s what most of 2019 has felt like for me. As I head into my fifth Atlanta Pride Celebration as Executive 8

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This fall also marked 50 years since the founding of the

It’s clear that recent years have brought a lot of growth

Georgia Gay Liberation Front, formed in response to a

to Atlanta Pride. You can see growth everywhere. It’s

raid at the Ansley Mall Mini Cinema here in Atlanta.

in the biggest Marketplace and Parade we’ve ever had

Next year, 2020, marks the 50th anniversary of the first

and on our three stages packed with diverse local and

Atlanta Pride event where the GGLF met to pass out

national talent. It’s in the Family Zone, which has

information on people attending the Piedmont Park

grown with the number of young people attending our

Arts Festival (the first March did not happen until 1971).

event. Gray Pride is as rocking as it ever was in a new

Standing in between these significant milestones,

home in the Piedmont Park Community Center. We’ve

there is a compulsion to look back at who we have

added a Bi + Pan March, an interactive Chalk Art

been for the last half a century to make sure we’re on

exhibit, and two Tea Dances to Pride this year in

course for who we want to become in the next

response to your feedback. The diversity of our

half-century, and beyond.

attendees mirrors the diversity of our community in a way that makes me very proud, indeed. On top of this, our Community Reinvestment grants grow every year as we use our resources to fund organizations improving the lives of LGBTQ+ people in our region. And still, somehow, there is so much work left to be done. So far in 2019 alone, at least 18 transgender or gender non-conforming individuals have been murdered. There are constant administrative threats on our right as LGBTQ people to be out and welcome at our places of employment (especially in the armed forces), to access basic health care, to safely access reproductive health care, and to seek asylum from transphobic or homophobic persecution when we need a safer place to be. I recently read a news story about a teenager who committed suicide after being outed as gay. I realized then that we have not progressed quite as far from the time and place where I grew up as I have wished.

As we round the corner of this big anniversary, we must ask ourselves important questions: Who are we? Who do we want to become? And how will we help each other get there? Part of the way in which Atlanta Pride hopes to answer these questions is through our Community Needs Assessment — a step we’re taking before we start our next strategic plan. We want to know who you need us to be, what service gaps lie in our community, what we are doing well, and

Above all else, I am grateful we are doing this work

what we could be doing better.

together in numbers. It is my commitment as the

So, it’s time for another community survey. If you see people administering an official Atlanta Pride survey, please stop to take it. This is the best way for us to tell whether or not we are a representative sample of our community and what you want from your Pride

Executive Director of Atlanta Pride to ensure we will never stop celebrating the fabulousness that is our community nor will we stop fighting for justice until everyone achieves full equity, because my liberation is inextricably linked with yours.

organization. If you miss the survey in the park, no

So let’s be big and be seen. Have a safe, bright, and

worries. We’ll have an online version available later in

invigorating weekend, and be sure to let us know what

October and will be hosting focus groups later this year

you think of how we’re growing.

to talk more about how the Atlanta Pride Committee can better serve our community. Now, as you enjoy the 49th annual Pride celebration,

With Love and Pride,

please take a moment to connect with friends, new and old. Be good to each other. Share your passions and hopes for how we will continue to do better and be better, with each other and for each other. If you do not yet know your passion, look around. You’re certain

Jamie M. Fergerson Executive Director

to find a message that resonates within you. We have a lot of laughter to share and yet, a lot of work to do. We have to continue fighting for all of us to be heard. In the words of revolutionary Sylvia Rivera, “We have to do it, because we can no longer stay invisible. We have to show the world we are numerous.”

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Greetings! As Georgiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fifth Congressional District Representative, I am pleased to send greetings and congratulations on the occasion of the 49th Atlanta Pride Festival. This is one of the largest Pride events in the Southeast and is a celebration that welcomes all individuals. In a city home to a history of struggle for civil and human rights, Atlanta is the perfect place to host this event. Over the past few months we have witnessed monumental gains for the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered community. Our nation is a house divided on the support of the LGBTQ community. You are not alone in this fight; I am here by your side. I have fought too hard, and too long, against discrimination based on sexual or gender orientation. Now more than ever before, each of us must continue to use our hands, our hearts, and our resources, to build and not to tear down, to reconcile and not to fight, to love and not to hate, to heal and not to kill. We are one people, one family, one house, the American family. We are created equal. You have my best wishes for a successful and memorable Atlanta Pride Festival. Sincerely,

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Greetings! On behalf of the Atlanta City Council, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the 49th annual Atlanta Pride Festival and to Piedmont Park, located in the heart of Atlanta, Council District 6. The Atlanta Pride Festival is one of my favorite events of the year. As a longtime ally of the Atlanta LGBTQ community, I have enjoyed standing proudly alongside my LGBTQ friends, colleagues, and staff for this annual celebration. The Atlanta City Council commits its partnership in the March to secure equality for all of our brothers and sisters. Atlanta has long and famously been ‘the city too busy to hate,’ and that applies to all of our diverse citizens and visitors. In this time when hard-earned rights seem to be at risk, we recognize that we as the elected leaders of the City of Atlanta have a duty and the ability to create a safe place for the LGBTQ community within our boundaries. We hope that our work in government will give you hope, pride, and the security of knowing that you belong. The Atlanta Pride Committee endeavors all year to unite lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans and promoting positive images in Atlanta and throughout the Southeast. Please join them in this effort. Together, we can and will make a difference. My hope is that this year’s Pride Festival brings you much joy and assurance that the LGBTQ community is an integral part of One Atlanta. With Deepest Regards,

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Staff

Jamie Fergerson Executive Director

Taylor Trimble Outreach Specialist

Lynn Barfield Operations Manager

Kimble Sorrells Programs and Partnerships Manager

Event Staff Festival and Events Committees

Andrew Dugger

Matt Boddie

Doc Badawi

William Clarke

Stan Fong

Emily Gettelfinger

Lauren Virdure

Victoria Seahorn

Stephanie Willis

Dionne Garcia

Jeffrey Lofgreen

Sebastian Nix

Lee Armstrong

Al Shaffer

Tim Garrett

Samuel Lim

Lance Mealer

Brian Boring-Gavette

Vicky Byrne

Jonathan Bryant

James Sheffield

Ben Williams

Board of Directors

Sean Cox

Trisha Clymore

Justin Gavette-Boring

Jane Acuff

Wil Bryant

Travis W. Brookshire

Kevin Calhoun

Earl Fields

Glen Paul Freedman

Chris Jones

Traci Romero

Dan Wilkerson

Elaine Marie Serrano

Vonda Bentley

Kris Gulka

Mina Brummett

Kim Montgomery

Chris Ruiz

Rosalyn Jordan

Harrison Thornhill

Adam Turem

Chris Quackenbush

Paul Gibson

Brandon Bush

Stuart Blencoe

Andre Silva

James Aydlett

Stephanie Howell

Selina Snider

Danielle Ramsey

Medical Directors

Dr. Jason Schneider

Security Director

Dr. Elliot Bloom

Lt. Andrea Webster

Atlanta Pride is a volunteerrun, 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with volunteers divided into a variety of groups:

Committee Information Events Committee Produces year-round events (like Stonewall Month and

Accessibility Services Committee Volunteers and staff are either deaf or are fluent and certified in American Sign Language. Provide interpreting services for deaf people. Address accessibility issues for people who use mobility devices, people who are blind, and people who have other disabilities.

Backstage Security Committee Responsible for providing security for the backstage areas of entertainment venues in the Festival. Handles any issues that may arise as well as securing artist preparation areas.

Board of Directors Responsible for the organizational sustainability, strategic planning, and fiscal oversight of the organization.

Creative and Graphics Committee Provides graphics input and support for the Atlanta Pride Committee. Designs signage for the venue.

Cultural Exhibit Committee Develops direction of exhibit. Oversees and edits content of exhibit panels. Coordinates setup and breakdown of exhibit at the festival. Staffs exhibit during event hours.

Entertainment Committee Selects talent to perform during the Festival. Maintains and adheres to the stage schedules for the weekend, ensuring that performances occur as designated. 22

Stride Into Pride) and Festival events (like the Dyke March, Trans March, and Kids Event).

Festival Donations Committee Recruits, schedules, and coordinates nonprofit groups to collect donations during the festival. Creates and maintains a safe area for groups returning with money.

Festival Services Committee

Parade Committee

Provides information to festival-goers, ranging from

Responsible for coordination of and communication

maps of the Festival to the history of the Atlanta Pride

with parade entrants. Handles logistics of

Committee and Festival.

parade assembly. Responsible for locating judges

History and Legacy Committee

and coordinating prizes for winners of parade

Organizes and maintains photograph databases from

competitions.

all Pride related events. Catalogues historical items.

VIP Host Committee

Hospitality Committee

Acts as hosts for the Friends of Pride, VIPs, and Sponsors

Responsible for providing food for over 200 volunteers. Maintains refreshments for the VIP

who visit the VIP Hospitality Center and the VIP Viewing Area. Staffs both areas during the festival.

Hospitality Center, stocking with food and beverages.

Volunteer Committee

Logistics and Operations Committee

Responsible for recruitment and retention of

Responsible for setup and breakdown of all areas of the Festival, from tents to tables to electricity. Works in conjunction with all onsite contractors. Manages inventory of permanent and rental items. Maintains Operations Center. Handles triage of logistical needs,

volunteers. Coordinates scheduling of volunteers for event. Handles all volunteer requests during the Festival, placing volunteers in areas where they are needed most. Works in conjunction with all other Committee Co-Chairs.

security, personnel, market, first aid, and other requests. Manages deliveries during the Festival and monitors the venue.

Market Committee Provides load-in and load-out support to Marketplace vendors during the Festival.

Look for volunteers in color-coded shirts during the festival if you need assistance as you enjoy the

Event Staff

events and programming.

Festival Committee, Event Committee, Board of Directors, and Staff wear

Also, please thank them as

black shirts marked “EVENT STAFF” on the back during the Festival.

you see them during the

Committee and members of the Board of Directors volunteer their time

weekend since their hard

year round for Atlanta Pride and are great resources for information.

work makes the festival

Festival Donations

possible!

The Festival Donations teams wear green shirts. Please give generously! Half of the money these volunteers collect goes back to their own nonprofit organizations and the other half goes to Atlanta Pride.

Festival Information

Festival Volunteer Shirt Guide

The Festival Information team wears orange shirts. These volunteers have a variety of knowledge about the event and can help you find your way around the festival grounds. They are equipped with festival maps and programming schedules.

EVENT STAFF FESTIVAL DONATIONS

General Volunteers The 400+ people you see in yellow shirts throughout the festival grounds are general volunteers. Some work for two hours, some work all week. The Atlanta Pride Committee could not run the event without these folks!

Lead Volunteers The volunteers wearing blue shirts devote a minimum of 24 hours during the event and serve as “point people” for the Festival Committee. They

FESTIVAL INFORMATION

are in at least their second year of volunteering

GENERAL VOLUNTEERS

Market

and are great leaders!

Market volunteers wear red shirts. They work

LEAD VOLUNTEERS

tirelessly assisting vendors from before the

MARKET

Security

SECURITY

Festival opens until it closes.

Atlanta Pride’s volunteer security teams wear purple shirts. They maintain secure areas around our stages and lane closures as well as keep their eyes and ears open for safety issues in the Festival and Parade. Paid security and law enforcement officials also work the event and are in uniform.

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Festival Schedule 36

Drag Queen Story Time Family Zone for Children and Youth

Saturday, October 12 · 12:00 – 12:40 pm Heineken Stage

Saturday, October 12 · 11:00 am – 6:00 pm

Join Miss Terra Cotta Sugarbaker for a special PRIDE

Sunday, October 13 · 2:00 – 7:00 pm

edition of Drag Queen Storytime at the 49th Annual

Meadow

Atlanta Pride Festival, the largest Pride event in the

Kids and youth of all ages welcome! The Family Zone

southeast and the largest event in the country to

offers a safe space for families with face painting,

coincide with National Coming Out Day. Enjoy stories,

crafts, games, bounce houses and more.

crafts, and lots of fun!

Yoga and Live Music with Kashi Atlanta Saturday, October 12 · 10:00 – 11:30 am Heineken Stage Join 2015 Atlanta Pride Grand Marshal Swami Jaya Devi Bhagavati for an all-levels yoga class on the lawn with live music from the Kashi Atlanta Kirtan Wallahs. Bring a towel or mat if you have one; a limited number of loaner mats will be available. 37

Trans March and Rally Saturday, October 12 1:15 pm: Assembly at the Charles Allen Gate 1:45 pm: March steps off See page 42 for more information.

Bi & Pan March and Rally Saturday, October 12 3:00 pm: Assembly at the 14th Street entrance 3:30 pm: March steps off See page 42 for more information.

Comedy Showcase Saturday, October 12 · 12:45 – 2:45 pm Heineken Stage Join us for the Comedy Showcase hosted by Brent Star featuring local comedians: Ian Aber, Bob Killough, Sam Gordon, Andrew Markle, Powell Mansfield, and Matthew English.

The Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt Saturday, October 12 · 11:00 am – 4:00 pm Oakhill Honor those in our community lost to HIV/AIDS at the

Dyke March Saturday, October 12 4:30 pm: Assembly at the Charles Allen Gate 5:00 pm: March steps off See page 42 for more information.

display of a portion of the AIDS Memorial Quilt.

Shooting Stars Cabaret

Car and Motorcycle Show

Saturday, October 12 · 5:00 – 7:00 pm

Saturday, October 12 · 10:45 am – 4:00 pm Roadway inside Piedmont Park between 12th and 14th Street gates Special thanks to Lambda Car Club and The Lost Boys Motorcycle Club. Come check out this stunning combination of antique, classic, special interest cars and motorcycles. Website: LambdaCarClub.com

Sobriety Meet Up Saturday, October 12 · 12:00 – 1:00 pm 12th Street Gate Visitors Center We want all members of our community to feel supported during the festival. This space is will serve as a time to gather and find mutual support. The meeting is open to those on all paths of recovery.

Heineken Stage Experience our newest cabaret show featuring the rising drag performers in the city!

Wednesday October 16 7:30 pm

The Soul Has No Gender Dharma Talk with Swami Jaya Devi

In order to thrive in our current culture, you must learn

be anything when you recognize yourself as the simple

to connect so deeply in the quiet of the inner self, that

beauty of being an ever-evolving soul. You embody

you ultimately become unshakeable. That’s why

your life as an expression of individual beauty; of you

meditation is such a powerful tool for those challenged

learning how to be radiantly, fearlessly you.

by society: it teaches you to connect to a profound

Swami Jaya Devi Bhagavati is the Founder and Spiritual

sense of self where you know that you are okay, even

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Queer your Gender Dance Party

Outworlders Gaymer Space

Saturday, October 12 · 7:00 – 9:00 pm

Saturday, October 12 · 10:00 am – 7:00 pm

Heineken Stage

Sunday, October 13 · 10:00 am – 7:00 pm

Dyke March folks, Trans march folks, and queers

The Bandstand

of all stripes will be getting down to the sounds of

Fan of board games? Card games? Come join the

DJ Canvas at this free event. All are welcome!

OutWorlders and play a game. Strategy, social, card,

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parlour: you name it we probably have it! Come play an

Saturday, October 12 · 10:00 am – 6:00 pm Sunday, October 13 · 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm

old favorite or learn a new game, or just watch. Everyone is welcome! Website: outworlders.org

Education Center

Chalk Art Exhibit

Gray Pride is an area where programming and

Saturday, October 12 · 10:00 am – 7:00 pm

entertainment is catered to the 50 plus population, but

Sunday, October 13 · 10:00 am – 7:00 pm

all are welcome. The Visitor’s Center is programmed by

The Pavillion

AARP and community partners.

Do you like chalk? Do you like art? Come out and enjoy watching local chalk artists create stunning displays during Atlanta Pride! Ask where you can try it out! (weather permitting)

SWEET TEA — A Queer Variety Show Sunday, October 13 · 3:30 – 6:00 pm Heineken Stage Atlanta’s longest running queer variety show is back with a special Pride edition featuring up and coming local queer Atlanta musician and performers!

Starlight Cabaret Sunday, October 13 · 7:00 – 9:00 pm Coca Cola Stage Close out Atlanta Pride with the largest drag show in the Southeast!

Artist Market Saturday, October 12 · 10:00 am – 7:00 pm Sunday, October 13 · 10:00 am – 7:00 pm The Pavillion

Schedules and locations are subject to change without notice.

Come out to browse and buy from local Atlanta LGBTQ

For the most up-to-date schedule

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Sunday, October 13 Doors 11:30 am · Service 12:30 – 2:30 pm Empire State South · 999 Peachtree Street NW (corner of 10th & Peachtree) Celebrate a victorious year for LGBTQ equality in Atlanta, and Atlanta Pride at the Human Rights Campaign’s 15th Annual HRC Atlanta Pride Brunch, the official brunch of Atlanta Pride! Guests will be treated to 2 hours of complimentary cocktails and a delicious Southern brunch catered by Empire State South while watching the Atlanta Pride Parade from the best location in the city! Enjoy good music, great friends and celebrate this year’s victories.

Trans March

This march celebrates and promotes visibility of the Trans community. All Trans people and Trans allies are welcome to participate. We encourage individuals to make and brings signs supportive of the Trans community. Multi-seat golf carts will be available for folks with limited mobility.

Saturday, October 12 Assembly: 1:15 pm at Charles Allen Gate March steps off at 1:45 pm

Bi & Pan March

Happening for the first time, the Atlanta Pride 2019 Bi & Pan March celebrates the Bisexual and Pansexual communities! Bi & Pan folks of all gender identities, expressions, and their allies are welcome to march! Multi-seat golf carts will be available for folks with limited mobility.

Saturday, October 12 Assembly: 3:00 pm at the 14th Street entrance March steps off at 3:30 pm

Dyke March Saturday, October 12 Assembly: 4:30 pm at Charles Allen Gate March steps off at 5:00 pm 42

The Dyke March, with its focus on women, unites to create an atmosphere of inclusion and community. The march is open to all women loving women (trans- inclusive) of any race, culture, orientation, ability, health, socioeconomic level, family structure, faith, or age. Golf Carts will be available for folks with limited mobility.

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Security Please be advised that the Atlanta Police Department is responsible for enforcing all applicable state laws and local ordinances during Pride events. Such statutes may include, but are not limited to public decency, alcohol, controlled substances, public safety, and

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Sunscreen It is recommended that patrons use sunscreen, even in cooler temperatures.

Drink Plenty Of Non-Alcoholic Beverages The first aid tents see many people each year for dehydration; many have to go to the ER. Most people do a significant amount of walking during the festival and lose a tremendous amount of fluid from sweating. Free water is available at First Aid locations and other locations throughout the park.

First Aid Services First Aid stations are located conveniently throughout the event site in case of illness or injury. Paramedics and EMTs from Grady Health System staff these stations, which carry over-the-counter medications and various

Take Your Prescription Medications If your doctor has prescribed medications for you, remember to bring them with you if you will be at the festival during the times you normally take them. Also be aware of any side effects your medications may have, such as sensitivity to the sun, or negative interaction with alcohol. UBER and SafeRide America are also available to assist you.

bandages for minor mishaps. For those

Enjoy In Moderation

festival-patrons who may need more urgent

Alcohol intoxication can make the Festival much less

attention, Grady Health System will handle

enjoyable if it leads to nausea or vomiting, falls,

transports to the closest emergency room.

passing out, or even DUI. If you intend to consume alcoholic beverages, please do so in moderation. We encourage festival-goers to have designated drivers or take public transportation.

Consider Your Limitations Many attendees have limitations in their ability to walk long distances. The festival is large and covers a lot of ground. If you think you might need assistance, consider renting a wheelchair before coming to the festival. Many people are fine when they arrive, but find they have difficulty getting back to the car upon leaving. The Atlanta Pride Committee and First Aid staff cannot provide rides or transportation to your car, so please plan accordingly. 44

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Traveling To The Park There are numerous parking spaces designated as accessible parking in the SAGE Parking Deck located next to the park. There is wheelchair access from the deck directly into the park. These parking spaces are first-come, first-served and are subject to standard parking rates. MARTAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Art Center station is the nearest train station to the festival. If possible, please consider using the rail line in order to reserve accessible parking spaces for those with limited stamina or mobility issues.

Enjoying The Event There are accessible, portable rest rooms (with floors flush to the ground) located throughout the site. Accessible seating is located in the meadow near the Coca-Cola Stage for you and your guests. If you need to recharge your mobility device, we are happy to provide access to electricity in the Volunteer Check-In Center. If you have a medical emergency,

Parking Family parking recommended at Sage Parking Deck, Colony Square, and Grady High School.

Baby Changing stations Located throughout the park in the portable restroom areas. Please see the Festival Map for final placement.

please go to a Medical Services tent. A certified ASL

Ear Protection

interpreter will be provided if needed.

Recommended for children in the areas surrounding

Enjoying The Parade

the stages.

The Atlanta Pride Committee does not have reserved

VIP Festival Passes

parking for the parade, as our permit only covers the

VIP Festival Pass holders are welcome to bring children

streets. However, there are numerous pay lots along

under 13 into VIP Hospitality Center and VIP Seating

the parade route. If you have an emergency while on

Area. All children 13 and up must have their own VIP

the parade route, find the nearest Atlanta Police officer

Festival Pass.

to request assistance.

Baby feeding

Interpreted Performances

Parents and caregivers are welcome to feed their

All performances on the Coca-Cola Stage are

babies anywhere in the park. If you need a quiet and

interpreted in American Sign Language. To request

shady spot for breast, chest or bottle feeding,

onsite interpreting services, please send an email

check out the Family Zone, the Healing Space, or the

to info@atlantapride.org.

Gray Pride areas. 47

Things To Know Before You Arrive Information, including maps, are available throughout the park. The Atlanta Pride App may also be downloaded for free and contains the most up to date schedule and park information.

Alcoholic Beverages

Tents

Alcoholic beverages are sold within the festival

Lawn chairs and umbrellas are encouraged. Tents are

grounds. You must present proper identification to

allowed in specified areas of the park, but may not be

purchase alcoholic beverages. Beverages purchased at

staked. Sandbags or water weights may be used to

the event must remain onsite and open containers may

secure tents. Any personal effects left on the grounds

not leave the festival grounds.

overnight (including tents) will be discarded.

Bottles, Cans And Coolers Policy

Weapons

Bringing beverages, coolers or food into the festival

Please leave your weapons, including firearms,

grounds is discouraged. The money generated by our

at home.

onsite beverage booths goes toward keeping the

No Grills Or BBQs

Atlanta Pride Festival FREE for all attendees. Glass bottles are prohibited on the festival grounds. Individuals may not bring in food or beverages for distribution. Outside alcohol in quantities deemed greater than that for personal consumption will be viewed as “intent to distribute” and confiscated.

No Pets Allowed Per the City of Atlanta’s ordinance, no pets are allowed in Piedmont Park during Class-A festivals, including Atlanta Pride. Patrons attempting to bring animals onsite are subject to ticketing by the Atlanta Police Department. Service animals are exempt from this policy. 48

Per the City of Atlanta’s ordinance, no grills or BBQs are allowed in Piedmont Park during Class-A festivals, including Atlanta Pride. Patrons attempting to bring grills or BBQs onsite are subject to ticketing by the Atlanta Police Department.

No Smoking Per the City of Atlanta’s ordinance, no smoking is allowed in Piedmont Park. Patrons attempting to smoke onsite are subject to ticketing by the Atlanta Police Department.

Lost Children · Lost And Found We do not operate a lost and found service for items or people. Lost children should be taken to the Coca-Cola Stage and every effort will be made to locate the child’s parent or guardian.

First Aid First Aid is available on site and qualified medical personnel will assist you. If you are feeling ill or get injured, please seek help at one of these locations.

VIP Viewing Area Located in the Meadow in front of the Coca-Cola Stage, this gated seating area is available to festival-goers who have purchased a VIP Festival Pass. Purchase passes online before the Festival or onsite if they are available.

ATMs No Bikes, Scooters, Skates, etc.

ATMs are located throughout the Festival Grounds.

Use of bicycles, vehicles, skateboards, scooters

Notice

(including e-scooters!) or roller skates / blades is

The Atlanta Pride Committee, as the event organizer,

prohibited on the festival grounds during the Atlanta

reserves the right to decline admittance to anyone

Pride Festival (except assistive devices). A Bike Valet

who violates the reasonable policies established for

station is located in the Meadow near the BeltLine.

public safety or to restrict activities, such as vending or

Drones

soliciting, to designated areas.

Drones and drone photography are prohibited.

Vendors Unauthorized vendors are prohibited from selling or giving away items and from conducting surveys or solicitations while on the festival grounds. No roaming vendors are allowed.

Law Enforcement Please be advised that the Atlanta Police Department is responsible for enforcing all applicable state laws and local ordinances during Atlanta Pride events. Such statutes may include, but are not limited to: public decency, alcohol, controlled substances, public safety, and standard vehicle insurance requirements.

Coca-Cola Stage

Saturday 2:00 pm DJ Babey Drew* 3:35 pm Stephanie Poetri* 4:15 pm NIKI* 4:55 pm AJ Mitchell* 5:30 pm Ally Brooke* 6:20 pm MAX* 7:45 pm Daya* 8:55 pm Kesha*

Sunday 3:30 pm Michel Jons Band 4:40 pm DJ Mary Mac 6:20 pm Dinah Jane 7:00 pm Starlight Cabaret

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Songstress Daya Has Found Her Voice

By Andrea Dwyer

On National Coming Out Day in 2018, Grammy award-winning songstress Daya took to Instagram to proudly

proclaim she identified as bisexual. The

caption read, “I’m proud to be a bisexual member of the LGBTQ community with a girl I love who makes me feel more like me every day.” Since coming out, the

singer has embraced all of her authentic self and our community. She’s set to

take the stage on Saturday, October 12, headlining our Coca-Cola Stage

alongside KESHA, MAX, Ally Brooke, and AJ Mitchell, to name a few. Daya

took a few moments to catch up with us

while on her current tour to discuss why she loves Pride, how she’s grown since coming out, and what our community means to her. 60

AD: You’ve performed at quite a few Pride events. How many will Atlanta Pride be for you? AD: We’re very excited to have you perform at this

Daya: I honestly can’t count how many I’ve done

year’s Atlanta Pride Festival. Tell us what you love

over the years, but I’m guessing this will be at least

about our LGBTQI+ community.

number 15 – 20. This year alone I’ve done around

Daya: I love this community and am so grateful for the universally accepting and open-minded people it’s introduced me to. Los Angeles specifically has provided an amazing niche for me. I’m constantly surrounded by the LGBTQ creative community there. I‘ve been getting in with more LGBTQ artists, writers, producers, and other creatives behind the scenes and they’ve all helped push me to a more self-assured place in the industry while challenging my expression of self and fluidity. I love that I now feel more freedom with my music and my look—that I can be whoever I want, when I want. That I can be androgynous and create my

eight, so it’s been a very gay 2019 so far! AD: What do you love about Atlanta? Daya: What I especially love about Atlanta is its energy and effortless passion surrounding music. One of my favorite shows I’ve played in my career was Music Midtown a few years ago. The way people rally around a show or an artist so authentically is effortless and cool, because the city has such a rich music history and no one’s trying to be someone they’re not. I’ve also heard it’s huge on pride, so I’m excited to experience it firsthand.

own world and escape this built-in binary we bind ourselves to from the start.

AD: Do you have a festival aesthetic where it comes to style? For festivals, my look is usually colorful and bold with still a nice balance of femme and masc. Some big bold glittery eye shadow with a big t-shirt and baggy pants, or something along those lines. AD: Let’s get into your music. You won a Grammy award alongside The Chainsmokers back in 2016 for the track “Don’t Let me Down.” What was that experience like? That was one of the best days of my life and the highlight of my career. I remember my whole body feeling weightless and essentially floating up the steps to the stage to accept it. No matter how much you try to prepare for something like that, you just can’t. The whole day was an indescribable blur, and that song and that experience is something I will be forever grateful for. AD: Do you feel pressure to win another Grammy? I‘m a perfectionist, so yes. I have felt pressure in the form of anxiety of not living up to that standard, but I think the primary feeling is motivation to get a Grammy on my own terms with a song that I’ve written. Everything about that win was unreal, but it’s nice to have something else to work towards. I’m optimistic about my new music and think it has the potential to be

whole will be more experimental, and it branches out into different areas of my songwriting and voice and production without venturing too far from the sounds of SSLP. I’ve worked really hard and hope that’ll show to the fans listening and reciprocate the support they’ve been giving me for the past 3 years. AD: Any collaborations on the project?

something just as impactful. Stay tuned folx.☺

I love collaborations whether that be with songwriters

AD: And you recently released the video and track

expect to see some exciting ones … but can’t say

for “Left Me Yet.” There’s a new project on the way.

anything beyond that yet.

When will it be released? The track/video for “Left Me Yet” was a huge step for me as an artist in that it’s probably the rawest, most lyrically real song I’ve released to date, with the movements and visuals in the video mirroring that vulnerability. I can’t say yet when the full album will be released, but the pieces are all finally there and we‘re wrapping it up soon. I can say the album as a

or producers or other artists, so you can definitely

AD: And lastly. What should fans expect from your upcoming Atlanta Pride performance? Prides give me the most energy of any other type of show I’ve done, and it’s even more exciting we get to celebrate pride in October instead of June, so you can expect it to get extra crazy. We might throw in some new songs/ new arrangements of things along with the classics. I hope fans are ready to match that energy and make the most out of it in an iconic celebration of who we are.

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In the year that marks Stonewall’s 50th anniversary, we honor those who have been fighting for decades upon decades and continue to rise to the current calls for

2019 Grand Marshals

justice and true equality. This year we are so proud to name people, organizations, and causes as diverse as the rainbow we represent among our Grand Marshals. The Atlanta Pride Committee has a mandate to acknowledge and commemorate the wide array of diverse activists among us. The annual Pride Festival is definitely a celebration — and we have a

Grand Marshal Nomination Process Nominations from the community were accepted for 2019 Atlanta Pride Grand Marshals.

lot to celebrate — but its mission is to bring attention

Nominees do not have to identify as lesbian, gay,

to the causes that are vital to our organization and

bisexual, transgender, or queer. We welcome

community. For while we have found our voice in

heterosexual allies as nominees.

our community, there are many whose voices still have yet to be heard. While many of us have found safety in our identities, there are far too many who have yet to access this harbor. Those nominated as Grand Marshals, each in their own way, speak for those who have been silenced and outcasted. None of us are truly free until we are all free.

Nominees of all gender identities and expressions are welcome. They are not required to be political in nature — although it’s very difficult to not be political today. Individual nominees must reside in Georgia. Organizational nominees must be based in Georgia. We encourage the nomination of individuals or groups that have ties to our local and state communities. We do not accept nominations of or endorse individuals currently campaigning for political office.

Dr. Annise Mabry is a retired Dean of Graduate Studies, but her work is far from over. She is also a Georgia Certified Peace Officer, bestselling author of the homeschool memoir Educational Disobedience, founder of the Dr. Mabry Foundation, Inc., and Executive Director of Tiers Free Academy. Tiers Free Academy is Georgia’s only nonprofit alternative diploma program designed to help sex trafficking survivors, homeless LGBTQ youth, and high school dropouts to obtain a high school diploma. Mabry’s desire is to bring hope to the academically invisible and educationally excluded, particularly those who are especially vulnerable. In the fight for equality in which all are affected, Mabry gets on all sides of it, constantly seeking more platforms to help those who may not normally be heard.

Dr. Annise Mabry What does it mean to you to be selected as a Grand Marshal for the 2019 Atlanta Pride Festival? It is both an honor and a humbling experience. I have never sought to be out in front of anyone. To be bestowed with this honor is truly an almost indescribable experience. This selection reaffirms to me what being a community leader is all about. It’s about doing the right thing for all people. I believe in the concept of being a servant leader, and as such, I am always quick to illuminate the light on others to help them grow and thrive. That is what servant leaders do—it is not about self, but it is about your fellow person. Therefore, with that in mind, for me this selection is truly a surreal experience, to have the Atlanta Pride Committee shine the spotlight on not only me, but also my students. Being a Grand Marshal to me means I am charged with a greater responsibility to the community and will also have a greater platform to help the academically invisible and educationally excluded to not only find their voice, but to also thrive with pride!

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What is one issue that you are passionate about and how does that inform your work? The one issue that I am passionate about is disrupting the number of Georgians without a high school diploma. When I first saw the number, my jaw dropped! I have made it my focus to work on providing assistance to disadvantaged parents, homeless LGBTQIA youth, sex trafficking survivors, and high school dropouts. My goal is that each of them earn their high school diploma. I assure you I will do my part to partner with my students’ families and other nonprofits to make getting a diploma a reality. I will leverage my connections with local chambers, school districts, and law enforcement communities, especially in rural areas to create a safe space for this vulnerable population. Everyone deserves the opportunity to earn their high school diploma in a non-threatening environment.

How can Atlanta Pride best support your efforts in the community? Atlanta Pride can best support my efforts by continuing to do what you are doing. Making the community aware is the first step and Atlanta Pride does that in a big way! Atlanta Pride is supporting both my foundation by providing me with a Community Reinvestment Grant and by giving me a platform as a Grand Marshal to amplify my message to all Atlantans. Atlanta Pride is a tremendous opportunity to increase the visibility of my work. My hope is that through the support of Atlanta Pride, I will be able to reach an even larger population of disadvantaged youth in rural communities, form partnerships with other nonprofits, and build a team of passionate volunteers to support all our events. It takes a tribe to raise a family and I truly believe that we are a family.

In the year that marks Stonewall’s 50th anniversary, special recognition should be waged to spaces and leaders that continue to open their doors to create a safe space of unity and community—especially those that did in the darker days of the struggle. Located in midtown, St. Mark United Methodist Church opened its doors to the gay community in 1991 when many churches were closing their doors due to fear of the AIDS epidemic. Since the ‘90s, St. Mark has been an active organization in Georgia Equality, the Human Rights Campaign, Pride, the AIDS Walk, and many other social movements aligned with promoting and creating true equality for all LGBTQI persons. Today, 90% of St. Mark’s congregation is LGBTQI and 100% is LGBTQIA.

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Rev. Dr. Beth LaRocca-Pitts Rev. Beth LaRocca-Pitts has served at St. Mark’s for the past nine years. Within her first year as reverend, LaRocca-Pitts led the congregation in a What does it mean to you to be selected as a Grand Marshal for the 2019 Atlanta Pride Festival? It is a great honor to be chosen Grand Marshal. As an ally, I know you could have chosen others perhaps more worthy. I love our community and it is a joy to be seen as a part of it. What is one issue that you are passionate about and how does that inform your work? I am passionate about extending the love of God to all people. All people are beloved of God, without exception. There is no sin in living your authentic life. If a congregation or other faith group rejects you, they are not worthy of you—and they do not speak for God, who loves you unconditionally. How can Atlanta Pride best support your efforts in the community? Atlanta Pride can continue to give faith communities a voice within the community.

vote to join the Reconciling Ministries Network—an organization within the United Methodist Church that supports full inclusion for LGBTQI persons. LaRocca-Pitts now serves on the national board of directors and is working on the denominational level for changes that will grant LGBTQI persons full inclusion and affirmation in the church.

relationships between Georgia businesses and the trans community. She works with elected officials and leads the newly-formed Leadership Academy For us to promote true equality, we can not limit the

cohort of transmen and transwomen. This program

benefits of freedom and power to ourselves. In the

helps participants become the most informed,

words of Toni Morrison, “If you have some power,

confident, and authentic version of themselves. Not

then your job is to empower somebody else.”

only is Haley an extremely powerful advocate in

Chanel Haley embodies this message in her work as

our community, but she is helping to pave the path

the Gender Inclusion Organizer for Equality

for others to become strong advocates, as well.

Foundation of Georgia. In this role, Haley leads the effort to ensure

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Chanel Haley

nondiscrimination legislation and policies in Georgia, making sure they are inclusive of transgender and gender-varient individuals and communities. Haley is fully engaged in a mission of equality, forming

What does it mean to you to be selected as a Grand Marshal for the 2019 Atlanta Pride Festival? It’s a full-circle moment. Ten years ago for Stonewall 40, I participated in my first trans march and was the spokesperson. That year, several activists decided to organize and place the trans community in the forefront to honor the work of Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson as being catalysts for the Stonewall Riots. Some of those organizers have since passed away or moved. I honestly am not sure if anyone remembers the significance of the week-long event. But I do, and it is what inspired me to continue fighting for our community.

What is one issue that you are passionate about and how does that inform your work? EQUALITY! Equality is at the center of any and all work that I do. Trans, gender, race, politics, etc. All require equality for a fair fight and treatment. I believe equality is needed and must be in place before anyone can understand the importance of equity.

How can Atlanta Pride best support your efforts in the community? In 2019, Atlanta Pride supported my work by providing a grant to help three black trans people attend the Black Trans Advocacy Conference. This was the first time for these individuals to be in the same room with advocates who look like them from around the country. It is important to help foster leadership at every turn. I do wish Atlanta Pride would support efforts in continuing to uplift black trans leadership. 67

What does it mean to you to be selected as a Grand Marshal for the 2019 Atlanta Pride Festival? It is honestly a huge surprise and the honor of a lifetime to be selected as a Grand Marshal! There are so many incredible people doing so much important work to support Atlanta’s LGBTQ communities and it is an honor to be nominated and considered at all.

What is one issue that you are passionate about and how does that inform your work? Housing for everyone, now! I am most passionate about working with our city’s leaders to ensure all people living with HIV have the stable housing they need to stay healthy and live the long lives they deserve to live. I am also focused on making sure our elected officials and administrators understand and act to resolve the root causes of youth homelessness in Atlanta.

Emily Halden Brown devotes her energy and passion to community engagement, research, and helping those who are disproportionately affected by homelessness and HIV live long, healthy, and safe lives. Her resume is long: she is the director of community

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How can Atlanta Pride best support your efforts in the community? This platform is really helpful in and of itself! The community reinvestment that Pride does all year is so critical and I see it making a difference every day. I would love to see strategic investment in helping our housing shelters, housing organizations, landlords, and other housing entities improve their understanding of how to work better with LGBTQ communities seeking housing, especially trans communities. That investment should go directly to the trans-led groups doing this education already, often for free.

Emily Halden Brown

engagement initiatives at AbsoluteCARE Medical Center, serves on Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ LGBTQ Advisory Board, is a member of the Board of Directors of THRIVE Support Services, and is an interim board member of the Phillip Rush Center. She also held the role as a director of HIV programs at Georgia Equality and created the Youth HIV Policy Advisors’ Program. On top of that, she established the Atlanta Coalition for LGBTQ Youth (ACFLY) while working for Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health. Brown pours herself in every channel possible to fight for LGBTQ community empowerment and safety — channels that continue to strengthen because of her work. 68

Homelessness disproportionately affects LGBTQ youth in Atlanta (and elsewhere), and we adult allies have a lot of work to do to make sure their lives and experiences are honored.

On Feb. 1, 2018, Feroza Syed made a decision that changed her life. This decision required a lot of courage and sacrifice—sacrificing what she had known to be a relatively safe personal space in her identity as a trans woman in America. She built her career in real estate and became an Associate Broker for Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty, selling millions in real estate annually. Syed lived in her anonymity for years, after having an overwhelmingly difficult experience coming out in college. Her second coming out took the form of a Facebook post beginning with these four words: “I’m a Trans Woman.” Since that post which went viral and brought Syed a lot of attention (and acceptance), she has dived into activism and advocacy for trans and LGBTQ rights head-on. Syed knew she was in a special position and she could no longer stand idly by in what is called “passing privilege” while her community struggled. Syed is especially fit to help countless others at vulnerable intersections, because she checks all the boxes. She is a woman, she is a trans woman, she is Muslim, she is the

What does it mean to you to be selected as a Grand Marshal for the 2019 Atlanta Pride Festival? It is truly the honor of a lifetime. Not only to be selected, but to be selected during the 50th anniversary of Stonewall is just absolutely amazing. What is one issue that you are passionate about and how does that inform your work? Trans housing. Housing is a necessity for stability, for building a life. TGNC people, specifically TGNC folks of color, are facing an epidemic in housing discrimination, lack of housing, and homelessness in Atlanta right now. How can Atlanta Pride best support your efforts in the community? I’d love to see Pride partner with housing organizations like THAP, TRANSCENDING Barriers, or the LGBTQ Advisory Board to the Mayor for events, sponsorships, and/ or partnerships.

daughter of Indian immigrants. She works with numerous groups locally to help with intersectionality and bring light to the struggles of the trans and LGBTQ community. Her work focuses on cultural and religious background issues targeting the Asian LGBTQ community and working towards building a safe space for that community. She recently hosted the Stonewall Pride celebrations in Atlanta this past June, was appointed AID Atlanta Ambassador in 2018, and works with organizations like Georgia Safe Schools Coalition (GSSC) and Asian Q & A (Queer and Adolescent). She was also recently appointed to Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ historic first LGBTQ Advisory Board for the City of Atlanta. Syed is the prime example of overcoming fear and stepping into a world of discomfort to help others and be the light in the darkness. Her stepping out of her anonymity opened the doors for so many and we are honored to recognize her as a Grand Marshal in this year’s Atlanta Pride. As she said in her coming out post, “We constantly have to transition in order to grow.”

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Rev. Kimberly S. Jackson has made it her life’s work to serve our community in the fight for justice and equality for all. She made history as the first-ever out Queer Person of Color ordained in the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta and now officiates weddings, funerals, and other services for

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LGBTQIAA communities regardless of religious or nonreligious affiliation. She is nationally known for her commitment to working at the intersections of religion, politics, and social justice. She also teaches justice-seeking religious communities how to engage in the political arena effectively and encourages legislators in Georgia to maintain integrity in their leadership. If we learn anything from Jackson’s story, let it be this: Whatever we do, we must seek justice and we must do it unapologetically.

What does it mean to you to be selected as a Grand Marshal for the 2019 Atlanta Pride Festival? I am so deeply honored to be selected as a Grand Marshal for the Atlanta Pride Festival. In 2007, I was a just-comingout-of-the-closet, young, black lesbian when I went to my first Pride parade. At the corner of Ponce and Peachtree, I stood in the pouring rain weeping as I watched people who looked like me and loved like me march with pride down the street. For more than a decade, the annual Atlanta Pride Festival has buoyed my spirit and encouraged my soul. 70

I am also humbled to join the ranks of Rev. Duncan Teague, Rev. Josh Noblitt, Imam La Trina Jackson (my beloved spouse), and Rabbi Josh Lesser. They are all previous Grand Marshals who serve as a faithful clergy by boldly creating spiritual spaces that welcome queer people of faith in this great city. What is one issue that you are passionate about and how does that inform your work? I am passionate about being an unapologetic, justice-seeking, Black, queer Christian. For far too long, the

Christian faith has been used to damn, shame, and isolate people. I seek to reclaim the term “Christian values” by living a life grounded in Jesus’s call for us to be loving, peace-making, and justice-seeking people in the world. One of the ways I express this passion is by spending time at the State Capitol, wearing my clergy collar, and fighting against legislation that seeks to limit the rights of the LGBTQIAA+ community. How can Atlanta Pride best support your efforts in the community? Atlanta Pride, companioned by the Angels in Action, continues to send out a counter message of love and not hate by honoring faith leaders as Grand Marshals and hosting countless booths sponsored by congregations of faith. I hope Atlanta Pride will continue to provide opportunities for the LGBTQIAA+ community to work on issues of both spiritual wellness and equal rights to all.

Founded in 2015, nonprofit organization Latino LinQ aims to advance LGBTQ equity by facilitating support service to Latinx LGBTQ people and their families in the areas of healthcare and legal assistance. They provide direct services as well as promote information, education, and training sessions for individuals and groups interested in expanding their mission. Latino LinQ embraces something that we in our community should always remember: change is essential in order to grow. What was originally founded to address the

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needs of an often overlooked minority within the Latinx community —

Latino LinQ

LGBTQ people — has grown to include a broader scope of work, without straying from the original mission. This is because Latino LinQ is aware of the diversity represented across the Latinx community and the most critical disparities that all LGBTQ brothers and sisters experience today. Latino LinQ growth and evolution continues to match that of the ever-widening equity gap that exists in our communities. Loving each other from a distance is not enough—we must all help each other.

What does it mean to you to be selected as a Grand Marshal for the 2019 Atlanta Pride Festival? It means a lot for Latino LinQ to be honored as one of the Grand Marshals for Atlanta Pride 2019. It’s a testament to the work that its volunteers have been carrying out over the last four years. They’re the heartbeat of the organization and their tireless efforts in creating a more equitable experience for the Latinx LGBTQ people cannot be more commendable. This honor belongs to them because, without them, Latino LinQ would cease to exist.

What is one issue that you are passionate about and how does that inform your work? Latino LinQ’s volunteers are passionate about equity and dignity for all. Their passion is palpable in all the initiatives Latino LinQ leads and implements. Some of the most notable intiatives revolve around immigration-related issues, LGBTQ stigma and discrimination, and HIV, which disproportionally affects Latinx people.

How can Atlanta Pride best support your efforts in the community? By elevating Latino LinQ’s mission to a vast audience like the people attending Pride each year, Atlanta Pride is helping to shed light on the opportunities that still exist and the challenges that are yet to be addressed in the metro Atlanta area. Further engagement with the Latinx community is much needed, so that’s where Atlanta Pride’s assistance can have the most impact.

What does it mean to you to be selected as a Grand Marshal for the 2019 Atlanta Pride Festival? It is a huge honor and we are really excited to be selected as Grand Marshal for the 2019 Pride. When Raksha first started, we had a number of South Asian LGBTQ community members volunteer with us, and it set the stage for us to be allies in providing access to healing, empowerment, and justice for LGBTQ communities. As an organization that works to end domestic and sexual violence in our communities and practice cultural competency to all communities, we know how important it is [to be] inclusive of all individuals. We are proud because it is bringing light to the South Asian community and it highlights the work we have done in making certain that all communities are given equal

access to services, support, and safety. We strive to be welcoming to communities that often have barriers in reaching out. We are working on projects where we have queer community members training criminal justice and social service professionals to serve queer immigrant survivors in a culturally responsive way. We found that most trainings do not acknowledge the intersections around being queer, an immigrant, language justice, and culture. We are also working with Asians Americans Advancing Justice — Atlanta (AAAJ-A) to encourage the creation of safe spaces for queer Asian and South Asian youth through a joint initiative known as Asian Q&A. We know many South Asian youths have struggled with accepting their identity and we want to be a part of helping them create communities where they can thrive.

Raksha means “protection.” Founded in 1995, Georgia-based nonprofit Raksha, Inc., primarily serves the South Asian community—working towards healing, empowerment, and justice for South Asian survivors of violence—but also provides services to all those who face similar barriers to justice. Raksha’s mission is to promote a stronger and healthier community through free and confidential support services, education, and advocacy.

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What is one issue that you are passionate about and how does that inform your work? Intersectionality, especially when it comes to providing culturally responsive services that take into consideration all aspects of one’s identity. It informs our work in how we conduct trainings, how we advocate, and how we show up in the community as allies. How can Atlanta Pride best support your efforts in the community? Atlanta pride can best support our efforts by highlighting the needs and experiences of Asian, South Asian, and other immigrant communities and show that we exist. We would love to let these communities know what resources are available to them and help other service providers meet those communities’ holistic needs. We hope that, by collaborating with Atlanta Pride, we can reach out to community members who want to be a part of making change and who might need support.

What does it mean to you to be selected as a Grand Marshal for the 2019 Atlanta Pride Festival? The Atlanta Pride Festival has been a part of my life since before I can remember. In fact, my mom, a former member of the Atlanta Pride Board, took me to my first Pride parade when I was in utero. Experiencing the love and community that is central to Pride from a young age helped shape the values that guide my work today. It showed me that love is stronger than hate and that such strength is only made greater when we come together and build coalition. Being recognized by an organization and community that has been so impactful on my life means so much. It is both an honor and a responsibility, reminding me of the value of the work I have already done in my community and the need for my commitment to that work to continue.

What is one issue that you are passionate about and how does that inform your work? I am passionate about empowering other young people to take a stand. I have been privileged to grow up surrounded by a community that has always encouraged me to speak up for what I believe in. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for every person my age. Too often, young people — especially in the LGBTQIA community — are silenced and told that their voice has no value. I want to change that by using my platform and work to empower other youth to take a stand and speak up for the values they believe in. This is something I have sought to do by collaborating with organizations, such as True Colors, Inc. to facilitate writing and activism workshops for my peers in hopes of helping other young people find their voice. It is also what guides much of my organizing work with Amnesty International, CISV, and MFOL—work focused on empowering youth to fight for human rights.

How can Atlanta Pride best support your efforts in the community? Atlanta Pride can support my efforts by supporting youth activism and giving a platform to young people. Many ideas needed to move our world forward already exist in the minds of passionate youth. Atlanta Pride can support my work and the work of other young activists by ensuring spaces are accessible and that youth are given the equal seat at the table we deserve. A great first step would be to create a youth position on the Pride Festival. As a student at Grady High School, I would love to see Atlanta Pride collaborate with the school to get more Grady students involved with Pride and potentially even incorporate LGBTQIA issues into curriculum that is taught during the weeks leading up to the festival.

The youngest of this year’s Grand Marshals, Royce Mann is a 17-year-old poet, activist, and rising senior at Grady High School. His spoken word poem “White Boy Privilege,” in which he profoundly describes what it means to be privileged in modern America, went viral in 2016. Since then, he’s used his platform to speak for his generation in many arenas. He has spoken at the inaugural Obama Foundation Summit and the MLK Day Commemorative Service at Ebenezer Baptist Church. He’s performed at GLAAD events in New York, San Francisco, and Atlanta, and was a keynote speaker and workshop facilitator at the 2017 True Colors Conference. Mann helped lead efforts to organize the Atlanta March for Our Lives (MFOL) after the Parkland shooting in 2019 and is now the Legislative Director for MFOL Georgia. He’s also worked for Lost & Found Youth and SOJOURN.

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Mann not only delivers hope for youth in Atlanta and beyond, but inspires us to continuously empower the generation that has the power to pave the path of justice and equality in the future with pristine clarity and brutal honesty. As he so aptly stated in his first viral poem, “[Privileges] don’t come in the form of the things we gain, but rather in the lack of injustices that we endure.” 73

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Stacey Abrams

Stacey Abrams is paving the way for

true equality and freedom for all people and our community in her movement to fight for fair and free elections in the U.S. And she couldn’t be more qualified to do so. She is a New York Times bestselling author, serial entrepreneur, nonprofit CEO, and political leader. Over the course of her career, Abrams has founded multiple organizations devoted to voting rights, training and hiring young people of color, and tackling social issues at both the state and national levels. She is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the 2012 recipient of the John F. Kennedy New Frontier Award, and a current member of the Board of Directors for the Center of American Progress. Abrams has also written eight romantic suspense novels under the pen name Selena Montgomery, in addition to Lead from the Outside, a guidebook on making real change. Now Stacey has her own playbook for making real change in the machine of America’s democracy. After serving for 11 years in the Georgia House of Representatives (seven as Minority Leader), Abrams became the Democratic nominee for Governor of Georgia in 2018. She won more votes than any other Democrat in the state’s history and was the first black woman to become the gubernatorial nominee for a major party in the U.S. We all watched Abrams lose the gubernatorial election to former Secretary of State Brian Kemp last fall—an election that fell victim to systemic oppression and faulty voting registration systems in Georgia. Within ten days of giving her concession speech, Abrams formed her nonprofit Fair Fight Action and sued Georgia’s Board of Elections for the gross mismanagement of the 2018 election by the Secretary of State’s office. That nonprofit went national this past August, launching the same voter protection program in 19 other states. Since the election, Leader Abrams has been on the road sharing her story and delivering messages of courage, hope, love, and building bridges. At a recent event in Clarkesville, Ga., Abrams said, “You don’t have to like me for me to love you.” Fair Fight Action works to ensure every American has a voice in our election systems so that the U.S. can have truly fair and free elections. Once we achieve reform in our election systems, we can achieve reform everywhere. Abrams knows that in order for our communities to truly be free to include the marginalized and disenfranchised, we have to get to the root of the problem from which all injustice bleeds. 74

Originally born in South Korea, Stephanie Cho has dedicated her life’s work to community, organizing, and political movements. She has 20+ years of experience in labor and community organizing, strategy planning, and fundraising at the local and national level. She’s been a community organizer, program director for LGBTQ youth programming, director of training for a

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fellowship program, a labor organizer, and organizational consultant. In 2015, she became the Executive Director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Atlanta (AAAJ-A). AAAJ-A was founded in 2010 as the first nonprofit legal advocacy organization dedicated to advancing, protecting, and defending the AAPI and AMEMSA communities in the Southeast—an intersection that is vastly underrepresented. Asian Americans are the fastest growing ethnic group in the South, but experience major disparities such as high suicide, depression rates, and widespread xenophobia. But as Cho says, “[Asian Americans] are coming of age politically and becoming more civically engaged.” Cho believes in creating more space for new leadership, building coalitions, and developing healthy and sustainable ways of working towards justice for all.

What does it mean to you to be selected as a Grand Marshal for the 2019 Atlanta Pride Festival? For [Stonewall’s] 50th anniversary, to be selected alongside other AAPI and AMEMSA strong community leaders feels really amazing. We are a small but powerful community in Georgia and being able to represent this growing and vibrant group at Pride this year is an honor.

As a Queer Korean mom and Executive Director of AAPI civil rights organization in the South, I believe it’s important to not only do this for the visibility of Queer Asians, but to use this platform as a way to raise up complex issues in the AAPI and AMEMSA community in the South. We are organizing in community with POC and other immigrants to create a new vision for Georgia and the South that is more inclusive, intersectional, and allows for everyone the freedom to be proud of all the identities they embody and to thrive. What is one issue that you are passionate about and how does that inform your work? I am passionate about deportation defense. We are not free until we are all free. How can Atlanta Pride best support your efforts in the community? Create more spaces for AAPI’s and AMEMSA queer folx. Raise the profile of AAPI and AMEMSA populations in Georgia. Sponsor queer youth programming for young AAPI and AMEMSA communities. 75

THRIVE Support Services is an Atlanta-based nonprofit founded in 2015 by three Black SGL (Same Gender Loving) men living with HIV to create a sense of belonging and community for other positive Black SGL men in the Southern U.S. THRIVE implements innovative solutions to improve support and linkage to HIV care with its Undetectables Model that was designed based on the founders’ own lived experience with input from

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What does it mean to you to be selected as a Grand Marshal for the 2019 Atlanta Pride Festival? Being selected as Grand Marshal means the world to THRIVE and our members, because it shows support for our mission and for the lives of people living with HIV. It helps us to link more Black SGL men to the lifesaving support and resources they need to have such visibility at Atlanta’s Pride. Also, having people living with HIV being spotlighted helps to eradicate the stigma and shame attached to living with HIV. What is one issue that you are passionate about and how does that inform your work? In Georgia, there are some 19,000 people living with HIV who are lost to medical care. Until we find those people and link them to care, the numbers of new cases will continue to rise. With our R3 (Re-engage, Retain, and Reduce) project, we are linking newly diagnosed as well as those lost to care to the resources and services that will assure improved healthy equity. How can Atlanta Pride best support your efforts in the community? Visibility, unrestricted funding, and collaboration are the best ways for Atlanta Pride to support the work THRIVE is doing in and around the Atlanta community.

THRIVE’s ultimate approach is one desperately needed: the creation and maintenance of a support network of Black SGL men sharing knowledge and experiences to help those facing anxiety, despair, and isolation due to stigma, discrimination, homophobia, and racism. In just four years, THRIVE has recruited over 3,300 Black SGL men living with HIV into their various networks. Their Atlanta network helps 900 SGL men living with HIV, with others in networks across California, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Washington, D.C.

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Changing the Game Michael Barnett’s dynamic documentary takes us into the lives of three high school athletes—all at different stages of their athletic seasons, personal lives, and unique paths as transgender teens. Their stories span across the U.S.—from Sarah, a skier and teen policymaker in New Hampshire, to Andraya, a track star in Connecticut openly transitioning into her authentic self. The film centers on Mack Beggs, who made headlines last year when he became the Texas State Champion in wrestling and was heralded as a hero by some while receiving hate and threats from others.

Before You Know It In this Sundance sensation, a pair of sisters find out that the mother they thought was dead is alive and starring on a soap opera. Written by Jen Tullock and Hannah Pearl Utt (who both star with Utt directing), this comedic gem stars a rich ensemble including Mandy Patinkin, Alec Baldwin and a luminous Judith Light as a soap opera actress.

Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street At the time of release, The Advocate dubbed 1985’s “A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge” the gayest horror film ever made. For the film’s closeted young star, Mark Patton, such a tag was a stark reminder about the homophobia rampant in Hollywood at the time — and the painful experience he had making the high-profile film and living through the polarizing critical aftermath. This new documentary highlights Patton’s time in the horror spotlight, where Patton sets the record straight about the controversial sequel, which ended his acting career just as it was about to begin.

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In response to a wave of discriminatory anti-LGBTQ laws in Southern states and the divisive 2016 election, the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus embarks on a tour of the American Deep South. Led by Gay Chorus Conductor Dr. Tim Seelig

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The Garden Left Behind “The Garden Left Behind” traces the relationship between Tina, a young Mexican trans woman, and Eliana, her grandmother, as they navigate Tina’s transition and struggle to build a life for themselves as undocumented immigrants in New York City.As Tina begins the process of transitioning, Eliana struggles to understand Tina and fears that their life together in America is no longer what they bargained for. Tina finds camaraderie in a small but mighty transgender advocate group, but soon, Tina finds herself having to fight for the life that she’s meant to live—facing violent threats, seemingly insurmountable medical costs, questions about her legal immigration status, and increasing skepticism from the man she loves.

Interfaith Gospel Choir, the tour

performing in churches, community

What emerges is a less divided

brings a message of music, love and

centers and concert halls in hopes

America, where the lines that

acceptance, to communities and

of uniting us in a time of difference.

divide us—faith, politics, sexual

individuals confronting

The journey also challenges Tim

identity—are erased through the

intolerance. Over 300 singers

and other Chorus members who

soaring power of music, humanity

traveled from Mississippi to

fled the South to confront their own

and a little drag

Tennessee through the Carolinas

fears, pain and prejudices, on a

and over the bridge in Selma,

journey towards reconciliation.

Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives Singer, songwriter, and social activist Holly Near has been performing for well over 50 years and in the process created what Gloria Steinem called, “the first soundtrack of the women’s movement.” From small-town Northern California to sold-out shows on some of the most iconic stages to million-person peace marches, “Singing for Our Lives” documents the story of the activist and her art. It also serves as an important testament to a time of protest and coalition building, and the weaving of a multicultural consciousness always rooted in contemporary activism. Featuring Gloria Steinem, Jane Fonda, the late Ronnie Gilbert, and the late Tom Hayden, this film elevates Near to her deserved status of iconic artist and activist, and speaks to anyone who believes in peace, justice, feminism, and humanity.

For They Know Not What They Do In the wake of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case legalizing marriage equality, the Right has launched an effective, new, state-by-state campaign to limit the rights of America’s LGBTQ citizens across the country. Their backlash has been swift, severe, and successful. ”For They Know Not What They Do” takes us on a journey of under-standing what connects us all and gives us the courage to embrace each other. Daniel Karslake’s follow-up to his “For the Bible Tells Me So” is a powerful but moving and inspiring documentary that follows four families — among them life-long Presbyterians David and Sally McBride. who were shocked when their youngest boy came out to them as a transgender woman, Sarah McBride, now HRC’s National Press Secretary, and Baez & Annette Febo, whose Catholic tradition and Puerto Rican upbringing greatly concerned their gay son, Vico, a Pulse Nightclub survivor. 86

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Immigration: We Are All “I’m angry. Honestly, anyone whose answer isn’t the same can kick rocks,” says Kenneth Figuera, 29, a member of our community and organizer of Choloteca, a party that creates spaces for all Latinx identities to feel accepted, valued, and empowered. Kenneth’s parents immigrated here from Lima, Peru, and he is the first generation of his family to be born in the U.S. “[They were literally] led blind to the next stop along the border and had to endure the strangest and most extreme circumstances to get to the checkpoint. My reality was shattered as to the true experience of being an immigrant. My parents worked very hard to make sure we didn’t have the same experience. They made it and thrived, even if it wasn’t the true ‘American dream’ model.” Since Trump waltzed his way into the White House, countless assaults have been made on human rights in the form of anti-immigration orders and policies. It appears that in the U.S., if you’re undocumented, you’re essentially not entitled to human rights—at least not in the eyes of this administration. While immigration and Attention, brothers and sisters: we have a crisis.

LGBTQ issues may appear to be separate concerns, they are not. However, in LGBTQ conversations, immigrants

I write this over 50 years since the revolutionary

tend to arrive as an afterthought, and vice versa. But

Stonewall uprising: a milestone that sparked a

let it be known that the fight for human rights in any

movement that fights to ensure no one would endure

sense is inseparable from the LGBTQ movement.

shame, stigma, or isolation as a result of who they are. Yet at the same time, I am writing this the year in which less than two weeks after we celebrated this milestone, our sitting president announced his decision to “round up” and deport millions of people who come to this country to seek a safer, more peaceful life. Gay liberation was lit on June 28, 1969, but that fire needs to be fanned once again.

Those detained by ICE are demoralized, harassed, shamed, and tormented. As more anti-immigration orders continue, allowing for more ICE raids, the creation of more detention centers, allow for indefinite detention, separate thousands upon thousands of families, throw children in cages, and inflict other crimes against humanity that we can not yet see, it appears American democracy is still mired in hypocrisy and violence. If you don’t think so, let me refresh you on what it was like in America before Stonewall.

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By Aja Arnold

During the ‘50s and ‘60s, homosexuality was illegal in 49 states. Punishment varied across state lines, ranging from heavy fines to imprisonment. Our community experienced violence, harassment, and discrimination from the police and the general population on a daily basis. LGBTQ people lost their jobs, were exiled from their families and communities, and experienced ridicule, physical danger, shame, and even death at the expense of coming out. Trans and gender nonconforming folx were especially targeted and could even be arrested for not wearing what the police deemed “gender-appropriate” clothing. It was expected for LGBTQ people to be detained for who they were and who they were themselves with. Today, there are still 71 countries in which it is illegal

“Look beyond what has been the status quo of [this]

and unsafe to be LGBTQ. Understand that in 2019,

festival for past decades,” adds Kenneth. “I’ve seen a

“deportation” for an LGBTQ immigrant might as well

lot of progression, but now is the time to truly speak up

translate to “death sentence.” “LGBTQ people in the

and speak out. You cannot teeter on the air of

global south have had a much more violent history and

neutrality any longer to make it more palatable for

it still exists to this day,” Kenneth points out. “Let that

people who don’t live with the daily trauma this

reality set in and then trying to cross the border doesn’t

political landscape has created for others. Subtlety

seem crazy; it’s the only option.”

works for cruising, not for changing the political

Today, our bones shudder with stories and images of children in cages and other monstrosities. How many of these children are LGBTQ? How many immigrants are closeting themselves to protect themselves from more

realities of undocumented folks. Drive those stories forward and vow to protect the people who own them. Our stories are valuable. Our perspective is valuable. We are valuable.”

harm? How many are out and enduring the inevitable

For some, our “passing privilege” (like myself—I am of

torment that comes along with being LGBTQ while in

hispanic origin, but I pass as white) won’t even let us

U.S. custody? While the popular story isn’t about queer

begin to think about what this threat really means to

immigrants, we should not for a second ignore the

many individuals in our community. But we do know

reality that there are many, many LGBTQ people

that until we are all free, none of us are.

suffering. What’s worse is that these injustices are almost completely hidden, staying buried in camps we cannot see. To every part of our community: we have to keep those at this intersection at the forefront of these conversations and create spaces that show they exist. 103

“Obviously every kind of person can be more inclusive or human to immigrants than they are, even if it’s in the way you talk about the subject,” explains Kenneth. “I think intersectionality is the most important thing. We are stronger when we are the sum of our parts. If you are both of these things and are able to separate them from each other, I don’t know whether to be jealous of you or sad for you. For me personally, I’m a queer person who is the son of immigrants. Those two things give me so much strength that I won’t allow anyone to ever not know about me. One can’t be free without the This crisis alongside our celebration of Stonewall

other. We live off resilience and hope. We are

reminds us that the fight for freedom and against

unstoppable, even when you try your hardest to defeat

oppression is not over. When it comes to immigration,

us. Fight for each other and with each other.”

color us all affected and let the endless love, beauty,

True freedom and equality is not selective. It is for

and support that flow through this community be channeled into the spaces that need it now more than ever. Celebrate today, honor our heroes, and above all else, be good to each other. But let this celebration

everyone or it is for no one—which way will it be? To borrow words from the transcendent Sylvia Rivera: we shall not be known to put up with this shit.

also be one of revamping the discourse.

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