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By Sarah Bricker Hunt and Chris Azzopardi

It’s always the perfect time to cozy up with a book, especially ones that celebrate queer stories, queer icons and queer authors. Those still pushing for bans on LGBTQ-inclusive books may say otherwise, so consider supporting a local bookstore or your local library this fall — they need your love and support more than ever.

Fiction A Nearby Country Called Love Salar Abdoh

Blackouts Justin Torres A book within a book, author Justin Torres’s follow-up to ìWe the Animals” — a beautiful story in its own right, with themes of Latino queerness, masculinity and selfdiscovery — explores the erasure of queer history. “Blackouts,” a fact-meets-fiction intergenerational epic, uses real text from the 1941 book ìSex Variants: A Study of Homosexual Patterns,” a doctor’s collection of the psychological, physiological and social aspects of sexuality, particularly homosexuality. Torres was drawn to the historical book for being ìahead of its time” when it came to how ìfrank and straightforward” it was in sex-related subject matter published during the 1940s,” he told The New York Times. The resulting novel, through its use of testimony, illustration and photographs, is ambitious in scope and riveting in content, asking an important question — are missing historical details about queer life lost forever? Already among this year’s finalists for the National Book Award, ìBlackouts” was described to the Times by gay author Alexander Chee as ìthe literary equivalent of a PJ Harvey album.” Out now. – CA

Something About Her Clementine Taylor A rich, intimate queer coming-of-age story, “Something About Her” zeroes in on the transformative power of first love set in Ireland, Scotland and London. Taylor’s Publishers Weekly describes Iranian author sensitive storytelling focuses on Aisling and Salar Abdoh’s latest novel, a study of gender Maya, who have an unexpected connection and sexuality in modern-day Iran, as ìan artful as university students. As the two fall in rendering of hope amid despair.” In the book, love and experience an undeniable sexual we meet Issa, who witnesses a woman who awakening at the impressionable, often has just lit herself on fire — a desperate act challenging period of young adulthood, Taylor of defiance. Violence and protest ensues. weaves in an emotionally intelligent storyline Now, Issa must confront an uncomfortable familiar to anyone who has experienced the family history that involves his late brother, often painful road toward self-discovery and Hashem, a prominent queer artist, who young love. Out Nov. 7. – Sarah Bricker Hunt defied their father for his oppressive cultural views on traditional masculinity. This sets Issa Day on a journey, discovering more people like Michael Cunningham his brother who are living on the margins. Ohio native Michael Cunningham is best Destruction abounds, but in these hope-filled known for giving contemporary life to pages, so do small but powerful acts of love Virginia Woolf through ìThe Hours,” his and kindness. Out Nov. 7. – Chris Azzopardi Pulitzer Prize-winning novel-turned-film about three intergenerational women whose lives intersect on themes of love, hope and

despair. Cunningham’s new book, “Day,” is (1964-1966), Chapter 3: Pontiac (1967-1969), his first in almost a decade. Written during and then three chapters on Rochester Hills the pandemic, the novel takes place as the and one on Ann Arbor. That’s just the first threat of coronavirus upends life as we know 51 pages of biographer and former Reuters it, but it is intimate, focusing on a New York journalist Mary Gabriel’s very heavy book family who was already facing challenges. The on Madonna, who almost died recently but, book is presented in three acts over several like the seemingly indestructible pop warrior years, during the worst of the pandemic, with she is, recovered and slapped on some knee the familiar themes of abrupt change, grief pads and wrist splints to finally kick off her and loss permeating its pages. ìI do have to Celebration Tour. Whether Madonna was give credit to Virginia Woolf for helping me bravely parlaying religion and sex into pop understand that a novel can have real scope music when it was not popular to do so, without being physically large and without defending the queer community when few spanning a great deal of time,” Cunningham other famous allies did or setting the poprecently told The New York Times. ìThat music stage for the Beyoncés and Taylors there’s meaning at the cosmos, but there’s of the world, Gabriel’s book is a meticulous also meaning at the subatomic level.” Out history of an extraordinary trailblazer, a Nov. 14. – CA reappraisal that reminds current and future generations who didn’t experience Madonna We Belong in real time why we should always celebrate Edited by William O. Tyler and Viktor Kerney her. In the book, her life and influential career “We Belong” is a crowdfunded anthology is examined within the context of historical created to fill a significant gap in the sci-fi/ markers that shaped her own personal and fantasy genre: the Black queer perspective. professional narrative, from Stonewall to Every story is written by a Black, queer author the pill, the Equal Rights Amendment, Roe and features queer characters and plots. vs. Wade and the AIDS crisis. ìA Rebel Life” is As co-editors Viktor Kerney and William O. Madonna’s history as much as it is our own.

Tyler write in press materials, the stories Out now. – CA ìshowcase the fact that, despite what the landscape of popular fiction says, Black queer The Woman In Me people have existed and do exist everywhere, Britney Spears in every time and space. Whether we’re Britney Spears’ much-anticipated tell-all fighting monsters or becoming superheroes, we belong. From intergalactic adventures to interdimensional exploration, we belong. As wizards, as mermaids, as witches, fully as ourselves, we belong.” Out soon. – SH

Gay Icons Madonna: A Rebel Life Mary Gabriel

was even too revelation-heavy for the author herself, who couldn’t read the audio version and enlisted actress Michelle Williams to do so in her place. ìIt is finally time for me to raise my voice and speak out, and my fans deserve to hear it directly from me,” Spears told People magazine. ìNo more conspiracy, no more lies — just me owning my past, present and future.” The book traces Spears’s life from her childhood-star roots on ìThe Mickey Mouse Club” at age 11 through stardomcatapulting moments in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when she released her first two iconic records, “…Baby One More Time” and When I first thumbed through what must be ìOops!...I Did It Again.” Of course, behind the the most comprehensive book on Madonna scenes, her life was tumultuous and tightly — it is over 800 pages, about two-thirds the governed — she was a constant paparazzi size of an average Bible — I couldn’t believe target, she was placed under psychiatric some of these chapter names: Chapter 1: holds and, infamously, in a court-ordered Pontiac (1958-1963), Chapter 2: Pontiac conservatorship. Her father and a lawyer

were, until 2021, granted complete control how to work the short-form video format is over her financial and personal affairs for 13 all I’m saying). In the book’s good-humored years. The put-upon pop icon gets real about preface, they draw on their long, enduring all that, including how her family ìrobbed me histories, ìfrom Hula-Hoops to hot hookups, of my freedom,” as Spears writes. Her story is through protests and parties, witnessing the finally hers to tell. Out Oct. 24. – CA chaos of the ’60s to the current culture wars.”

As current LGBTQ+ generations live through My Name Is Barbra another wave of clamorous anti-queer hate, Barbra Streisand it’s never a bad idea to check in with the If page count is any indication, few stones elders who know more than a thing or two will go unturned in Barbra Streisand’s first about surviving and thriving during the worst memoir, which clocks in at a whopping 1,040 of it. Out Nov. 28. – CA pages. At 81, Babs has done and seen more than most gay icons, with a spectacular six- How to Live Free in a Dangerous World: A decade career that spans film, music, TV Decolonial Memoir and the stage. She even has her very own shopping mall right in her house, which, if you ask me, is an accomplishment right up there with her Kennedy Center Honors, EGOT status and 46 Grammy nominations. What I’m saying is, in addition to promising recounts of her early struggles to becoming an actress and her political advocacy, this book is big enough to give us at least a few chapters on what we also hope to find out: what she thought of Lea Michele in ìFunny Girl,” being an LGBTQ+ ally mom to gay son Jason Gould and every last detail on eating “frozen yoghurt” with Lady Gaga and Ryan Murphy after casually showing them her ìFunny Girl” gowns at her in-home mall. Out Nov. 7. – CA Shayla Lawson Nonbinary author Shayla Lawson’s upcoming memoir, “How to Live Free in a Dangerous World,” is a lyrical voyage through a world self-discovery, empowerment and The Old Gays Guide to the Good Life: Lessons of unapologetic queerness that bestselling Learned About Love and Death, Sex and Sin, author Imani Perry called “phenomenal” and and Saving the Best for Last “luminously intimate.” The memoir embraces The Old Gays of TikTok the significance of queer community and selflove, emphasizing that “free spirits are never binary.” Lawson reminds us that individuals are more than their gender, offering the mantra: “Trans people do not owe you their gender performance. Nonbinary people don’t owe you their androgyny.” A powerful revelation unfolds when Lawson is diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and shares a strikingly honest perspective on Black queer intimacy in disability. Out Feb. 6. – SH

Memoir

TransElectric: My Life as a Cosmic Rock Star Cidny Bullens Two-time Grammy nominee Cidny Bullens has spent 45 years performing alongside the biggest names in the music industry, from Elton John and Bob Dylan to singing on the ìGrease” soundtrack. Now, the singer is charting new ground as a trans releasing his first solo album (“Little When you’ve lived long enough to be called man, Pieces”) this month and a candid memoir, ìold,” surviving AIDS and the plight of queer “TransElectric: My Life as a Cosmic Rock people during the 1960s gay liberation rights Star” about his storied music career and his movement, maybe it’s time to wear that ìold” long road to feeling whole. The book features title just as proudly as the gay one. Enter Mick a foreword by his long-time friend, Elton, and Peterson, Jessay Martin, Robert Reeves and has the support of musical giants like Lucinda and Beth Nielson Chapman. Elton Bill Lyons, who call themselves the ìOld Gays,” Williams in the forward, ìI would never have and their book “The Old Gays Guide to the writes known that Cidny was so troubled with who Good Life.” The foursome, who consider he wanted to be, his identity. That night he themselves the real-life Golden Girls of the told me that he wanted to transition to a social media era, or ìgrandfluencers,” did just man, I just cried and cried and cried. I finally that, amassing 11 million followers on TikTok kind of understood.” Out now. – SH (by comparison, Beyoncé has 5 million, while Taylor Swift has 21.9 million; the guys know

Breaking Free Cory Allen Cory Allen’s “Breaking Free” is a vulnerable and empowering memoir detailing an oftendifficult childhood spent in Pennsylvania and rising through the ranks of a career in law enforcement as a gay man. Allen doesn’t hold back when it comes to detailing his sexual and romantic exploits, including a marriage that ended in divorce and a winding path toward true self-acceptance and the kind of love he’s deserved all along.

Highlights include exclusive anecdotes about working as a secret service agent for the Obama family. Out now. – SH

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seen through a beauty mainstay. Through reporting and conversations with a wide variety of people who have lined their eyes throughout history — from geishas in Japan, dancers in India and drag queens in New York — Hankir, a Lebanese-British journalist who reports on the Middle East and editor of ìOur Women on the Ground,” investigates humanity with the unifying thread of eye contouring. She looks at eyeliner as a signal for religious devotion, a practical tool for shielding the eyes from the sun and a transformative way of turning a face into a fantasy. Out Nov. 14. – CA

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‘Prequel,’ Rachel Maddow Our favorite bespectacled queer investigative journalist is back in the stacks with ìPrequel,” a deep dive into a WWII-era narrative about a little-reported propaganda campaign waged by the far-right that was thwarted by everyday citizens and committed public servants. Maddow draws parallels between the movement and the modern-day rightwing strategy to undermine democratic institutions, promote antisemitism and destroy public confidence in duly elected leaders. Maddow details how both movements have aimed at overthrowing the government in favor of authoritarian rule.

Out now. – SH ‘Gender Is Really Strange,’ Teddy G. Goetz ìGender” might just be the buzzword of the This young adult rom-com delivers the decade, but precious little space is dedicated heaping dose of trans joy we could all use to exploring what it actually means to be trans, right about now. The story follows 16-year-old nonbinary, gender expansive, or any other Noah as he enters a new school and works up label under the ever-expanding umbrella of a plan aimed at getting his classmates to see identity. “Gender Is Really Strange” tackles him as his true gender. Can Noah convince the these big-picture questions in the form of “Borrow a Boyfriend Club” president that he a non-fiction graphic novel geared toward can pose as the perfect sham boyfriend? Or is anyone who wants to understand more something else happening here? The perfect about their own gender identity. Here, Goetz page-turner for a queer teen. Out now. - SH considers the nature vs. nurture debate and the inherent messiness of gender alongside ‘Ryan and Avery,’ David Levithan intriguing, fact-based information from the fields of biology, neuroscience, behavioral “Ryan and Avery” is quintessential high and mental health, balancing scientific fact school fare for the modern era. Blue-haired with the impact of social norms shaped by Ryan and pink-haired Avery meet at a queer religion, culture and other influences. Out prom, go on 10 dates and experience the now. – SH sometimes tumultuous, always dramatic experiences of high school love in this breezy ‘Eyeliner: A Cultured History,’ Zahra Hankir read by New York Times bestselling author David Levithan. Out now. - SH ‘Eli Over Easy,’ Phil Stamper ìSmall Town Pride” author Phil Stamper’s latest middle-grade book focused on a queer lead, “Eli Over Easy,” is a sensitively penned story about Eli, who has recently moved to New York City from small-town Minnesota.

Eli’s mom dies unexpectedly, and his dad can’t seem to communicate about her at all, leaving Eli feeling utterly alone. When he finds a collection of instructional cooking videos created by his mother, he decides to follow the recipes — by recreating the dishes, maybe he can keep her with him always. Still, there are only so many videos and he’s not What can we learn from a little eye makeup? sure what happens when they run out. Eli More than you think. Just ask ancient royals opens up about his feelings and his sexuality and RuPaul. In Zahra Hankir’s exploration of with next door neighbor and kindred spirit eyeliner, we learn about the intersections of Mat. Out now. - SH beauty and power around the globe, a history

Sharing a Life, a Diagnosis, and a Future

By POZ Staff

falls kill 55 people every single day. Now slip into your bed of riter and long-term willful ignorance and try to make yourself comfortable.”

HIV survivor Mark S. King has never shied On shopping with Larry Kramer, from the fictional ‘Shopping away from sharing his at the Mall with Larry Kramer’ opinion. His thoughtful essays about surviving with “It was hard enough getting him to the mall at all. I had arrived at his the virus — and living life place just in time to break up an altercation between Larry and the fully in the here and now mother of a Girl Scout from whom he had ordered 80 boxes of Thin — are emotional, funny, Mints, which were presently scattered across his front porch and had challenging and always suffered the wrath of Larry’s ACT UP boots.” bracingly honest.

“Larry had no intention of paying for the cookies, as it turned out.

He was ferociously screaming that his non-payment was to help Many of those essays, bankrupt the corporate pimps EXPLOITING THAT LITTLE written over the course of GIRL! Both the mother and the girl in question had taken refuge four decades, have been in their car, the girl crying hysterically about not wanting to be collected in his new book, exploited, while I managed to hold Larry back from beating their “My Fabulous Disease: Honda with a lawn sprinkler until they made their eventual escape.”

Chronicles of a Gay Survivor.” They have been On seeking community at the expense of maintaining ties to culled from King’s GLAAD his biological family, from ‘Did I Abandon Family for Gay Award-winning blog, My Community?’

Fabulous Disease, as well as from his newspaper columns and magazine pieces, including work published in POZ. The book also “Maybe I kept a distance, geographically and otherwise, out of some includes a couple of fictional essays. deep shame, as if it would simply be better for all concerned if I stayed away. Or perhaps it was pre-emptive. I’ll leave before you “My Fabulous Disease” depicts people living with HIV as much tell me to leave. Through the years I collected a patchwork of close more than their diagnosis. In his essays, King muses on everything friends, and I even adopted gay catch phrases like ‘we chose our from his survival during the early days of the AIDS epidemic in Los own families’ because maybe it’s true. And then again, maybe I was Angeles to his present-day life as a married man living in the Atlanta comforting myself with substitutes.” suburbs. In between, he reflects on lust and love, drug addiction and “When I tested positive in the 1980s, the stretches between visits recovery, loneliness and community, and more. home grew even longer. I couldn’t bear the thought of household In the book’s foreword, Olympic gold medalist Greg Louganis dilemmas — Would they watch which drinking glass I used? writes that King “presents people living with HIV as the multi- Should I hold the baby? — so I decided to sit out those years by dimensional people we are, who fall in love, crack jokes, have sexual visiting less, even if it meant the chance of dying 1,000 miles from misadventures, and are funny and thoughtful — and sometimes not my nearest relative.” so thoughtful. Because, after all, we are human.”

On hitting rock-bottom, from ‘The Terrifying Crystal Meth Following are some excerpts: Story I Have Never Told’

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On surviving AIDS in the 1980s, from ‘Once, When We Were Heroes’

“He is sitting across from me. Seconds earlier, we had both injected ourselves with meth.... But even in my delirium, I have the feeling that something is off. I am blinking through watery eyes and have “There was a time when we knew all the intensive care nurses by begun to focus on him. He is staring at me, his gaze fixed with an name, when a phone call late at night always meant someone had intense and completely unexpected contempt.” died. And just who, exactly, was anyone’s guess.”

“And there is a gun in his hand. A gun a gun a gun a gun.” “‘You’re not who you say you are,’ he says, softly and suspiciously.

On recreational sex in general, from ‘My Gonorrhea Nostalgia’ He trembles from the impact of the meth. I have no response. I don’t know what he is capable of, or if the gun is loaded, if he will pull the “During my early years of recreational sex in the busy gay mecca trigger, if this is a sadistic sex game. I met the man maybe an hour of West Hollywood, I caught The Clap so many times I called it ago. I wonder if you can die of fright.”

The Applause.”

On his relationship with his now husband, Michael, from “The On a one-night stand with Rock Hudson, from ‘Revisiting My Odds of Love” Sad and Trivial Night With Rock Hudson’ “You would think that after many years writing about living “Magazines and television news stories were talking to me joyfully with HIV that my own happiness would be a given. That’s specifically,” he writes. “‘ROCK HUDSON HAS AIDS,’ the hardly been the case. After several false starts and some complete headlines screamed, ‘AND MARK KING WILL DIE AS WELL.’” misfires—primarily due to my own deficiencies — I had stopped believing I’d ever get the whole relationship thing right. What are On stigma and ignorance, from ‘Will HIV Ever Be Safe Enough the odds of getting another chance, after so many wasted ones?” for You?’ “‘I am not a very good boyfriend,’ I told Michael early on. ‘I’ve either been terribly immature or in active drug addiction. I’ve never “The greater threat, folks, isn’t positive guys who think they are been faithful, or even very thoughtful.’” undetectable but are not. It’s men who think they are HIV negative “‘That doesn’t mean you can’t be,’ he replied, as if it were the and are not. But we’d rather stay focused on the positive person simplest response in the world, as if none of my past faults being at fault because, well, people with HIV lie a lot. We miss had any bearing in the here and now. Suddenly it clicked, doses constantly because we have a death wish or we’re too busy a switch in my head I had been grappling with my whole finding our next victim….” adult life, and Michael’s statement made perfect sense.”

“If you still have the arrogance to believe that you could win the HIV Powerball Lottery and be the one person who gets infected This column is a project of TheBody, Plus, Positively Aware, POZ in ways that science has disproven, you’re perfectly entitled to that and Q Syndicate, the LGBTQ+ wire service. Visit their websites — point of view.” http://thebody.com, http://hivplusmag.com, http://positivelyaware.

“Here are some helpful suggestions, however. Carefully step away com and http://poz.com — for the latest updates on HIV/AIDS. from the computer and don’t touch the cords because 50 people die of product-related electrocutions each year. Walk slowly to your bedroom, being mindful of debris in your path because slip-and-

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Revolutionizing LGBTQ+ History Documentation: Introducing the ‘Raising the Bars’ Project Edited by Mikkel Hyldebrandt

The Stonewall National Museum Archives & Library and GayBarchives have joined forces to announce a groundbreaking new initiative called ‘Raising the Bars’.

The core objective of ‘Raising the Bars’ is to recognize and celebrate the significant role that gay bars have played, and continue to play in the growth and development of the LGBTQ+ community.

Historians have traditionally focused on events, activists, and legal milestones, often neglecting the active collection of stories from the community. ‘Raising the Bars’ seeks to change this dynamic by actively engaging in the documentation of our rich and colorful history.

initiatives, the project will actively collect and preserve artifacts and ephemera from bars and organizations, ensuring their preservation for future generations.

Highlights of the ‘Raising the Bars’ project include: Active Outreach The project team will actively reach out to the owners of LGBTQ+ bars and safe havens, both past and present, to foster collaboration and gather valuable historical information.

Traveling Exhibits The development of traveling exhibits focused on the fascinating and often untold history of LGBTQ+ bars will educate and raise awareness among a broader audience.

Gay Trivia Database ‘Raising the Bars’ aims to create a comprehensive database of gay trivia, capturing the lesser-known facts and stories that have shaped the LGBTQ+ community.

The LGBTQ+ community has embraced this undertaking with great excitement. Endorsements National Queer Trivia Competition from numerous LGBTQ+ historians, An exciting initiative under ‘Raising the Bars’ is the implementation of a national LGBTQ+ trivia bar owners, and authors are featured on the competition, intended to engage and entertain project’s website, RaisingTheBarsProject.org, participants while promoting awareness about demonstrating widespread support for the queer history. initiative.

At the heart of ‘Raising the Bars’ are various programs and activities aimed at showcasing the significance of queer bars and safe havens throughout history. Traveling exhibits, videos, educational projects, and entertainment programs will bring queer history to the forefront and create opportunities for the public to engage with this important part of our cultural heritage. In addition to these

Documentation of LGBTQ+ Bars and Community Centers The project will thoroughly document the history of various bars and community centers that have served as integral gathering spaces for the LGBTQ+ community.

Recognition of Safe Spaces: Long-standing queer safe spaces across the United States will be

formally recognized, highlighting their important Partnerships with LGBTQ+ Entertainment contributions to the community.

Businesses By partnering with related businesses within ‘GayBarchives’ Collection the LGBTQ+ entertainment space, the project To ensure the preservation of LGBTQ+ aims to enhance the visibility and reach of its bar culture, a special collection, named initiatives.

‘GayBarchives’, will be created to house a wide range of bar ephemera and memorabilia.

Book and Article Publication Assistance ‘Raising the Bars’ will actively assist in the Network Building publication of LGBTQ+ history books and Collaborating with organizations like the NGLCC articles, ensuring that stories from our (National LGBT Chamber of Commerce) and community are widely shared and celebrated. local affiliated chambers, ‘Raising the Bars’ aims to forge strong networks to support its mission. With ‘Raising the Bars’, the Stonewall National Museum Archives & Library and GayBarchives LGBTQ+ Bar Passport Program are embarking on a transformative journey to In an effort to promote LGBTQ+ bars and document and preserve the diverse, vibrant, encourage exploration, the project will initiate and impactful history of LGBTQ+ bars. Through a national bar passport program, where its various programs and collaborations, participants can collect stamps from various ‘Raising the Bars’ promises to revolutionize our LGBTQ+ bars across the country. understanding of queer culture and serve as a vital resource for generations to come.

Archival Project Partnerships ‘Raising the Bars’ seeks to build relationships Learn more at RaisingTheBarsProject.org, with independent regional archival projects, Stonewall-Museum.org, and GayBarchives.com. inspiring a collective effort to preserve LGBTQ+ history.

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20 BJ Roosters

2043 Cheshire Bridge Rd

22 Tripps

1931 Piedmont Cir NE

Dining

24 Las Margaritas Closed Temporarily

Retail

1842 Cheshire Bridge Rd

26 Barking Leather 27 Southern Nights

1510 Piedmont Ave Suite A 2205 Cheshire Bridge Rd

28 Heretic 29 Tokyo Valentino

2069 Cheshire Bridge Rd 1739 Cheshire Bridge Rd

30 Gravitee Fitness

2201 Faulkner Rd NE

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32 Atlanta Eagle 1492 Piedmont Ave NE 33 Felix's 1510 Piedmont Ave NE 34 The Hideaway 1544 Piedmont Ave NE 35 Mixx 1492 Piedmont Ave NE 36 Oscar's 1510 Piedmont Ave NE Mary's 1287 Glenwood Ave SE Sister Louisa’s Church 466 Edgewood Ave SE Lips Atlanta 3011 Buford Hwy NE 465 Boulevard SE The T Woof's 494 Plasters Ave NE

Retail

39 Boy Next Door 40 Barking Leather

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1447 Piedmont Ave NE 1510 Piedmont Ave NE

41 Equilibrium Fitness 1529 Piedmont Ave, Suite L

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BLAKE’S ON THE PARK blakesontheparkatlanta.com 227 10th St NE BULLDOGS 893 Peachtree St NE FRIENDS NEIGHBORHOOD BAR friendsonponce-atl.com 736 Ponce De Leon Ave NE

ATLANTA EAGLE 1492 Piedmont Ave NE FELIX’S 1510 Piedmont Ave NE THE HIDEAWAY 1544 Piedmont Ave NE MIXX mixxatlanta.com 1492 Piedmont Ave NE

132 10th St NE LA HACIENDA lahaciendamidtown. com 900 Monroe Dr NE TUK TUK THAI FOOD LOFT TUKTUKATL.COM 1745 Peachtree Rd NW DEKALB LIPS ATLANTA atldragshow.com 3011 Buford Hwy NE

MY SISTER’S ROOM mysistersroom.com 66 12th St NE

OSCAR’S oscarsatlanta.com 1510 Piedmont Ave NE

X MIDTOWN xmidtown.com 990 Piedmont Ave NE

WOOFS woofsatlanta.com 494 Plasters Ave NE

THE T modeltatlanta.com 465 Boulevard SE

EAST ATLANTA, GRANT PARK & EDGEWOOD

CHESHIRE

MARY’S marysatlanta.com 1287 Glenwood Ave SE

SOUTHERN NIGHTS VIDEO 2205 Cheshire Bridge Rd NE

SISTER LOUISA’S CHURCH sisterlouisaschurch. com 466 Edgewood Ave SE

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HERETIC hereticatlanta.com 2069 Cheshire Bridge Road BJ ROOSTERS bjroosters.com 2043 Cheshire Bridge Road NE WESTSIDE MARQUETTE 868 Joseph E. Boone Blvd NW 840ATL 840 Joseph E. Boone Blvd NW ANSLEY

DINING MIDTOWN

NESS urbanbodyfitness. com 500 Amsterdam Ave N CHESHIRE GRAVITEE FITNESS graviteeatl.com 2201 Faulkner Rd NE SPAS/BATHS ADULT FLEX SPA flexspas.com 76 4th St NW

RETAIL MIDTOWN BARKING LEATHER AFTER DARK barkingleather.com 1510 Piedmont Ave NE CHESHIRE

BOY NEXT DOOR MENSWEAR boynextdoormenswear.com 1000 Piedmont Ave NE, Ste A

CASA ALMENARA 991 Piedmont Ave NE casa-almenara.com

GCB & PLEASURES brushstrokesatlanta. com 1510-D Piedmont Ave. NE FITNESS

HENRY’S henrysatl.com

URBAN BODY FIT-

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Hey boss, do you mind if I go outside and play today?

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