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UNDER THE SUN

GLOBAL ART SCENE

Rodin and the Allegory of Sex THE DARK SIDE OF FASHION:

The Vision of McQueen BUSINESS ELEVATION:

Quiet Riot: Remembering Stonewall

•Allene Harrison, NP-C •Rachna Gadhok, MD •Katherine Liang, FNP

EDITOR’S NOTE

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ven though we are entering the final month of summer, there is still plenty of sizzle to be had this season before we switch gears for fall.

We have once again collaborated with the incredible Mr Turk whose pattern-playful and color-conscious collection graces the cover and gives you a nice preview of a pre-fall color palette and silhouette.

Keeping in the fashion grove, Martel Sharpe gives you a review of the acclaimed ‘McQueen’ documentary showing now.

Written and directed by Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui, it paints an accurate and respectful picture of the ingenious designer including his incredible creative process and mental struggles.

We also give you a review of the current Rodin exhibit at the British Museum in London. The exhibition is a first-time showing of over 80 pieces of his work alongside the Parthenon sculptures that served as a profound influence and inspiration to the artist.

And as usual, our comedic muse and chanteuse, Deven Green, eloquently closes out the issue by offering her salty experience, not her savory advice, to solve your problems.

Mikkel Hyldebrandt Editorial Director mikkel@GoliathAtlanta.com

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CONTENTS AUGUST 2018

O P E R AT I O N S Jeff Anderson SALES AND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Mikkel Hyldebrandt GRAPHIC DESIGNER Rodney Belcher

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• Depression or mood changes. Tell your healthcare provider right away or get medical help if you have any of the following symptoms: feeling sad or hopeless; feeling anxious or restless; have thoughts of hurting yourself (suicide) or have tried to hurt yourself.

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• have or have had liver problems, including hepatitis B or C infection.

• have ever had a mental health problem.

• are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if JULUCA will harm your unborn baby.

• are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed if you take JULUCA. You should not breastfeed if you have HIV-1 because of the risk of passing HIV-1 to your baby. It is not known if JULUCA can pass to your baby in your breast milk.

Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.

Some medicines interact with JULUCA. Keep a list of your medicines and show it to your healthcare provider and pharmacist when you get a new medicine.

• You can ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for a list of medicines that interact with JULUCA. • Do not start taking a new medicine without telling your healthcare provider. Your healthcare provider can tell you if it is safe to take JULUCA with other medicines.

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This is only a brief summary of important information about JULUCA and does not replace talking to your healthcare provider about your condition and treatment.

(Jah-LOO-kah) ABOUT JULUCA • JULUCA is a prescription medicine that is used without other antiretroviral medicines to treat Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 (HIV-1) infection in adults to replace their current anti-HIV-1 medicines when their healthcare provider determines that they meet certain requirements.

• HIV-1 is the virus that causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).

• It is not known if JULUCA is safe and effective in children.

HOW TO TAKE JULUCA • Take JULUCA 1 time a day exactly as your healthcare provider tells you.

• Always take JULUCA with a meal. A protein drink alone does not replace a meal.

DO NOT TAKE JULUCA IF YOU • have ever had an allergic reaction to a medicine that contains dolutegravir or rilpivirine.

• are taking any of the following medicines: dofetilide; carbamazepine; oxcarbazepine; phenobarbital; phenytoin; rifampin; rifapentine; proton pump inhibitors (including esomeprazole, lansoprazole, omeprazole, pantoprazole sodium, rabeprazole); St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum); or more than 1 dose of the steroid medicine dexamethasone or dexamethasone sodium phosphate.

BEFORE TAKING JULUCA Tell your healthcare provider if you: • have ever had a severe skin rash or an allergic reaction to medicines that contain dolutegravir or rilpivirine.

• have or have had liver problems, including hepatitis B or C infection.

• have ever had a mental health problem.

• are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if JULUCA will harm your unborn baby.

• are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed if you take JULUCA. You should not breastfeed if you have HIV-1 because of the risk of passing HIV-1 to your baby. It is not known if JULUCA can pass to your baby in your breast milk. Talk with your healthcare provider about the best way to feed your baby.

Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take: • Keep a list that includes all prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements, and show it to your healthcare provider and pharmacist.

• Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist about medicines that should not be taken with JULUCA. • Do not start taking a new medicine without telling your healthcare provider.

POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS OF JULUCA JULUCA can cause serious side effects, including: • Severe skin rash and allergic reactions. Call your healthcare provider right away if you develop a rash with JULUCA. Stop taking JULUCA and get medical help right away if you develop a rash with any of the following signs or symptoms: fever; generally ill feeling; tiredness; muscle or joint aches; blisters or sores in mouth; blisters or peeling of the skin; redness or swelling of the eyes; swelling of the mouth, face, lips, or tongue; problems breathing.

• Liver problems. People with a history of hepatitis B or C virus who have certain liver function test changes may have an increased risk of developing new or worsening changes in certain liver tests during treatment with JULUCA. Liver problems, including liver failure, have also happened in people without history of liver disease or other risk factors. Your healthcare provider may do blood tests to check your liver function. Call your healthcare provider right away if you develop any of the following signs or symptoms of liver problems: your skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow (jaundice); dark or “tea-colored” urine; light-colored stools (bowel movements); nausea or vomiting; loss of appetite; pain, aching, or tenderness on the right side of your stomach area.

• Depression or mood changes. Tell your healthcare provider right away or get medical help if you have any of the following symptoms: feeling sad or hopeless; feeling anxious or restless; have thoughts of hurting yourself (suicide) or have tried to hurt yourself.

The most common side effects of JULUCA include: diarrhea and headache.

These are not all the possible side effects of JULUCA. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have any new symptoms while taking JULUCA. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.

GET MORE INFORMATION • This is only a brief summary of important information about JULUCA. Talk to your healthcare provider or pharmacist to learn more.

• Go to JULUCA.com or call 1-877-844-8872, where you can also get FDA-approved labeling.

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By Martel Sharpe

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ight years ago, the world lost one of its most talented fashion designers, Alexander McQueen. Renowned for his artistic vision, which reached beyond mere physical aesthetics, the British designer committed suicide at 40 years old. Though his legacy lives on through his fashion label and loved ones, the new documentary “McQueen” hopes to give a uniquely intimate look into McQueen’s life and journey.

Written and directed by Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui, “McQueen,” aims to paint a clear picture of the designer’s life through a combination of mediums that contain his imprint. Through original home videos, archived videos, past interviews, and testimonies from family members and friends his personal and professional lives are revealed; even if both were the same at times.

Some of his loved ones who were featured include his sister Janet, nephew Gary, and former boyfriend and assistant Andrew Groves.

In this documentary, discussing the relationships and bonds that McQueen formed with others in his inner circle was just as important, if not more, as talking about the man himself. For one, it’s easier to have someone with first-hand experience recalling his emotions and struggles rather than a fashion expert or historian who didn’t know him personally.

Also, it’s clear that each person carries a piece of McQueen with them wherever they go, and it has been that way for a long time.

Bringing them all onboard a project like this is the next best thing to having him present because in

some ways they are him.

The majority of his loved ones worked with him at some point.

It started with his family, and one by one his friends were brought into the fold. In the beginning, they all basically worked for free, however, after his appointment as the Creative Director of Givenchy all of his friends moved with him to Paris; where they worked and lived together under one roof. Their own testimonies show how devoted they were to his vision, and, in return, they were treated like family.

The most endearing aspect of the documentary is the emotion that each loved one still holds for their beloved Lee. For those who are not aware, his full name Lee Alexander McQueen, but all of his loved ones and pre-fame acquaintances knew him as Lee. Just like on any other given day, everyone referred to McQueen as Lee since most of them had been by his side since the beginning.

It was the late Isabella Blow who persuaded him to make Alexander McQueen professional name and alias in the fashion world. An editor for Vogue, Isabella would become a dear friend of McQueen and an influential factor in his work until she died in 2007.

Though McQueen would often disagree or despised any mention of it, she was often credited with his discovery.

The two developed a relationship after she purchased his entire Jack the Ripper Stalks His Victims collegiate graduation collection for Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design (CSM).

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Photos: Ann Ray, Gary Wallis, Courtesy of Bleecker Street

He was the son of a taxi driver and school teacher, who became an expert tailor before his 18th birthday. The youngest of six, he later enrolled in CSM after working as a bespoke tailor. This starting point would become the foundation that McQueen built his entire career as a respected international fashion designer on, with the help of the people closest to him.

“McQueen” breaks his life down into specific periods of McQueen’s life, using some of his most iconic collections and runway shows.

Through this design, each period contains the mood of his life and his headspace leading up to the point that sparked the inspiration for the collections. It’s always a combination of things that happened in McQueen’s influenced his collections, thus setting the tone each period.

Some of his most infamous collections that were used and shown include, Highland Rape, Search for the Golden Fleece’, It’s A Jungle Out There, Voss, and Plato’s Atlantis. During his lifetime, McQueen designed at least 36 collections for his own label.

It’s astounding to get to relive some of his extravagant and iconic runway shows; even the ones that he thought was crap. McQueen’s most admirable traits were his ability to create a garment out of almost anything, his vivid imagination and creativity, and his appreciation for drama. Watching a McQueen show was like watching a stage play with no words. He’s one of the few people that understand how much of a production a runway show is and the opportunity that it gives to tell a story. Every show he did had a theme, with dramatic flares and cinematic elements.

As much as his creative genius was discussed, so was his humanity. Generally liked by all, his family and friends described him as a fun-loving person who enjoyed life. They discussed inside jokes and pranks that were expected from McQueen just as an amazing garment was expected of him.

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It would be a fair assessment to call him benevolent. Though over time, the jokester’s attitude and emotional state became unbearable.

According to his friends, at some point, he became a nightmare to work with or be around. During this period in his life, he had become a drug user and surly man who looked like one-third of himself thanks to weight loss surgery. According to his inner circle, they were not exempt from the hell that unleashed. Every moment with him they were unaware of which McQueen they were going to get at the moment. Most of the time he was the mean and intolerable McQueen, but there were still moments when their kind friend would reappear.

Though McQueen was obsessed with darkness and death, he was always a nice and kind person at his core. However, a change had occurred where the darkness had taken over. Eventually, the Lee that was talked about by loved ones and shown on videotapes began to fade.

He had become suicidal, discussing with friends how he wanted to end his career and planned to kill himself at his own runway show. In 2010 McQueen hung himself on the eve of his mother’s funeral.

This is not another film devoted to the love of fashion or just another account of a designer’s life. McQueen gives us a rare chance to experience the life of an extraordinary man through different mediums marked with a distinct impression. The visionary comes with the affinity for darkness. The creative genius does not exist without the jokester, and the award-winning international fashion designer was only made possible by the kindness that McQueen exemplified, and by the help that he received from his loved ones because of his kindness.

Due to foul language and nudity, “McQueen” is rated R. The almost two-hour documentary already premiered in the United Kingdom at the beginning of June, and it opened in Atlanta in the beginning of August.

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RODIN AND THE ALLEGORY OF SEX

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Auguste Rodin (1840 –1917), The Kiss, large version, after 1898, Plaster, cast from first marble version, of 1888–98 © Musée Rodin.

This summer, in London, The British Museum showcased the well-known sculptor, in a first-time showing of over 80 pieces of his work alongside the very Parthenon sculptures that profoundly influenced his work.

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A RT A highlight of the show, and possibly one of his most provocative works, The Kiss (1882), evokes two female goddesses, (the original on the East Pediment of the Parthenon) one of which reclines luxuriously in the lap of her companion.

The homage to pan-sexuality is titillating. It’s interesting to note that Rodin never sculpted copies of the great Parthenon figures, but instead sought inspiration from them, easily represented in Rising Goddess and Goddesses.

The exciting study, once past the initial scale and grandness of the collection (and only after absorbing the overt sexual-ness completely surrounding you) is to fully understand Rodin’s voracious sexual appetite and how it guided his work. In 1875 Rodin visited Italy for the first time as an artist, and it was here which genuinely marked the shift which would characterize his work for the remainder of his life. He was so moved by the works of Donatello and Michelangelo, that his sculptural work became lifelike, without the artifice of the conventions of the beaux-arts classicism of that time, and really a dedication to the representation of the human form and the pleasures of the flesh.

It is difficult to be in the presence of a massive Rodin sculpture without the acknowledgment of sex, for what defines the connection and contribution of the body of work from his later years is the raw and natural appreciation of the human body in its most pure and unaltered state. The Kiss is a great example of this- a lyrical eroticism between two women embraced and entwined. One needs only to explore a little further into his near-pornographic studies of nude models performing acrobatics and sexual acts to be certain that sex and desire was most certainly the passion which drove his art.

Rodin was notorious for having sexual relations with the women who posed for him.

So the next time you’re lusting an afternoon filled with penises, breasts, and naked bodies… run NOT to the local bathhouse but your nearest museum filled with Rodin and the likes. It will transform you in ways unimagined, and leave you with an experience you can actually share with your parents or colleagues over dinner.

2. Auguste Rodin (1840–1917), The Age of Bronze, 1877. Bronze.

Sandcast before1916 ©Musée Rodin.

3. Goddesses in diaphanous drapery, figures L and M from the east pediment of the Parthenon, about 438–432 BC, Marble. © The Trustees of the British Museum.

4. Rising goddess, figure K from the east pediment of the Parthenon, about 438–432 BCMarble ©The Trustees of the British Museum.

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COMMUNITY

By Mikkel Hyldebrandt

The Atlanta Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce works tirelessly to create economic opportunities for LGBT businesses and professionals, and in September the organization celebrates its mission and members at their annual community awards dinner.

The AGLCC hosts numerous networking and business summits and forums, but the highlight of their event calendar is their annual Community Awards Dinner that honors the best and the brightest of Atlanta’s LGBTQ business community.

The September 21 gala – this year held at the Marriot Marquis – is a chance for the AGLCC to celebrate its mission to facilitate economic opportunities and business inroads for LGBT businesses and professionals, which also includes political advocacy that influences individuals’ lives beyond the business sector. The awards dinner is a platform for the organization to honor those individuals, businesses, and institutions that go above and beyond to further the AGLCC mission.

The nominees of the night are selected through a careful process that not only looks at strong business acumen but also takes factors like embodying the values of the AGLCC into consideration. The awards recognize achievement and contribution of the LGBTQ and allied community, and receiving an award at the dinner shows an outstanding individual, business, ally, or partner to the community.

The categories are Small Business of the Year, Businessman of the Year, Businesswoman of the Year, The Guardian Angel Award, Rising Star Award, Corporate Ally Award, and Member of the Year. Additionally, two awards – the Van Guard Award and the Rosemary Jones Icon Award – will be given to two members who have shown significant contributions to

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the LGBTQ business community. As always the award recipients will be outstanding representatives of leadership, success, and values embodied by the AGLCC*. *At the time of publication this year’s nominees had not yet been released – look for updates on Goliath’s Facebook page.

Did You Know…?

In 1994, the Greater Atlanta Business Association became the nation’s first recognized LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce. Before 2002, LGBTQ business networking group went by names that would not identify them as such.

Want To Go? What: The AGLCC Community Awards Dinner When: Friday, September 21, 2018

Dinner Program: 6:30PM - 7: 30 PM Reception 7:30 - 10: 00 PM Awards Dinner 10:00 PM After Party Where: Marriott Marquis, 265 Peachtree Center Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30303 Dress: Black Tie Optional More info at atlantagaychamber.org.

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WELL HELLO.

IT’S DEVEN GREEN

DEVEN GREEN is an award-winning comedic chanteuse. You know her from the “Welcome To My Home” and “Welcome To My White House” parodies, headlining her live music show in brothels across the nation and dropping the people’s elbow. DevenGreen.com DEAR DEVEN: You know what’s funny? When my boyfriend openly flirts with girls in front of me. We all laugh, but in a way isn’t he using girls for our amusement?

“Macho” DEAR DEVEN: Has anything really changed in society since the first humans?

“Mankind” DEAR DEVEN: I left a great company to work at a start-up. The investor balked and now there is no money so I am literally working for free. How can I get back with my former company?

“Piper”

DEAR DEVEN: I just helped a close friend go through a horrible break up, but it was me cheating with his ex. They are over so what is the point in telling him? I’m just being honest.

“Snake” DEAR DEVEN: My gym buddies say my body is too big. Can a guy be too big?

“Giant” DEAR DEVEN: I just started dating a Mensa member. He’s so odd socially but he’s adorable and his mind just thinks differently. Do opposites really attract?

“Brain” DEAR DEVEN: My partner was growing distant so I asked him to be truthful and tell me if it was something I did. He said I was controlling, humorless, and not active enough in his life! I’m not a monster Deven.

“Stone Cold”

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His flirting is not a gateway gesture to bigger actions in this instance. Both parties are having a harmless moment.

He is not being secretive and you aren’t being disrespected. Nothing more.

Everything has changed yet the same issues are repeated.

As a boss I would never take you back.

You had your chance with the former company and left. Now you want to leave this new company when they need you the most? You didn’t stay when it was good and you didn’t stay when it was challenging. Take care of your own loyalty.

How about you not use honesty as a weapon. What you lack in emotional sensitivity you have made up for in drama. You know that this was a classless move so I will suggest that you distance yourself from the situation and find a better “you.”

Which part?

You two probably have more in common than you think. It’s always a smart choice never to date a moron.

When you ask for someone’s opinion you can’t pick their words or how they will deliver their message. Even though his response was blunt, that was his interpretation of the situation. You can only control your reaction. Be earnest with yourself and heal your ego.

Dear Friends: I do not offer savor y advice, only my salty experience. DevenGreen@gmail.com PS: Check out the audio version at GoliathAtlanta.com

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