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Fall, Y’ALL Great Autumn Hikes in North Georgia
Fall Theater Rolls Out Despite 2020 Hurdles 10 Situations Only Gay Guys Run Into Face Your Fears Of Others’ Disapproval
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Walk OFF
LGBTQ ACTIVITIES usually veer outside as autumn sets in in the ATL, but this year most people are way ahead of it. The full-tilt situation that is 2020 already has us looking for safe escapes from home, and now nature joins the party with the outdoor backdrop we deserve. This week’s cover story finds cuties walking in nature, with a quick-reference guide to great hikes in north Georgia. Most of our picks are good for every skill level, and all of them are within the metro area or doable as a daytrip. Other folks are walking in this issue, too. Q News is on the campaign trail, Q Theater sets a virtual fall season, and Q Community talks one-on-one with Richard Ramey. Find out about Atlanta Eagle’s plans to leave Ponce de Leon for a new home in 2021. There’s always room on our pages for LGBTQ life and culture, and this issue makes it especially fun. Schedule online and in-person Q Events, flip to 10 Q Things that only gay guys understand, and jump to Q Advice for encouragement of your kinky side. Enjoy, and find us online with fresh content every day at theQatl.com.
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE VOLUME 3 ISSUE 36
OCTOBER 22, 2020
SO GAY
It’s a Whole Cis-tuation
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Leafy Greens Walking Cuties in Nature
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NEWS
O, Raphael
U.S. Senate Hopeful Raphael Warnock
11 EVENTS
You Do You Atlanta’s Best LGBTQ Events
10 Q Things............... 8 Q News.................... 11
COMMUNITY
Eagle Lands Local Icon Flies Away from Ponce 6 theQatl.com
Q Community.......... 12
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Q
10 THINGS
It’s a GAY Thing
10 things only gay guys really understand
Porn Site Defaults
When XTube and Porn Hub just assume you’re straight and show you things that are a total boner kill.
Straight Girls in Gay Bars
We love our gal pals. So much. And sometimes, well, sometimes boys want to be with only boys for… boy stuff. Just do.
Endless Grindr Banter
When you are like, so right now, and he’s like so wanting to get to know each other, and you’re like… ugh.
Headless Torsos
When guys refuse to share a face pic, and you can’t tell if you’re being catfished by the nicest D you’ve ever seen.
Super Bowl Halftime Divas
Maybe the game is exciting, maybe the ads are good, but when the biggest pop stars hit that stage, you jump up. 8 theQatl.com
That’s
so gay!
Straight Go-Go Dancers
Everybody has to make a living, and it’s nice that they’re cool, but this can be cruel and unusual punishment.
‘So Gay’ Double Standard
When we say it, we say it with authority. When we hear straight people say it, they’re being rude and offensive.
The Phrase ‘PrEP Whore’
It’s not funny. In fact, you’re uninformed at best, an awful person at worst. Just say no to shaming each other.
Man, I'm kicking your ass! That's not all you can do to my ass. You know it. Wait, what?
Bottom to Bottom
When you realize nobody in the room is a top, and bumping booties simply gets nobody where he needs to go.
Bromances
It’s a different thing for gay guys. Gay or straight, you’re into him and you’re in his friend zone. theQatl.com 9
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NEWS
Pledge of
SUPPORT
Warnock promises to fight ‘mealy-mouthed’ foes of LGBTQ equality
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“I know that the LGBTQ+ community has long been a part of that fight, and the tip of the spear and so I’m really honored to have this opportunity to have this conversation with you,” Warnock said. “We’ve needed members of the LGBTQ+ community to show us our blind spots and help us to become a more perfect union, so thank you so much for that work,” he added. “We’ve got a long way to go. Know that in me you’ll find an ally.”
By Matt Hennie RAPHAEL WARNOCK— THE LEADING Democrat trying to unseat U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler — held a virtual meet-and-greet with LGBTQ voters on Oct. 12 as early voting opened in Georgia. Polls showed Warnock surging to the top of a crowded field in the special election. Gov. Brian Kemp appointed Loeffler to her seat in December. She quickly carved out an anti-LGBTQ track record. Warnock told LGBTQ voters during the event that they have an ally in him. “I don’t believe that there’s any such thing as equal rights for some,” Warnock said. “And so my journey on embracing fully members of the LGBTQ+ community and the issues that you bring to the table [is] part of my continuing trek to try to be a better leader and a better person.” LGBTQ state Rep. Park Cannon and Savannah Mayor Van Johnson praised Warnock during the session. Cannon is a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church, where Warnock has served as senior pastor since 2005, and Johnson helped shepherd the passage of an LGBTQ non-discrimination ordinance in his city. Warnock credited LGBTQ people with working to build a nation of “multi-racial, multi-faith, diverse coalition of conscience, black and red, yellow, brown, black and white, people of various orientations.” He said the country still has a long way to go, but that the LGBTQ movement sets an example on how to solve it.
The longtime Baptist preacher also addressed concerns from participants in the event about bigotry, trauma that some LGBTQ people experience from religious leaders, the dignity of sex workers, the heightened violence that trans women face, and support of people with HIV. “I am aware of the ways in which religion is so often used as a sword rather than a shield, as a weapon rather than a bridge,” he said. “I believe for me my faith means freedom, which is why I can’t wait to get to the U.S. Senate so when some mealy-mouthed politician stands up, pushes up against the Equality Act and comes up with some version of some RFRA law, I want to argue.” “I can’t wait to get to the United States Senate to translate my advocacy and activism into legislation,” Warnock added. Full story on the best source for local LGBTQ news, Project Q Atlanta at theQatl.com theQatl.com 11
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THEATER
Out Front saves fall season without butts in seats THE SETTING? EMPTY VENUES ALL around Atlanta. The players? Literally everyone. And you know the 2020 themes all too well.
That’s the scene at Out Front Theatre Company, Atlanta’s exclusively LGBTQ troupe in West Midtown. Luckily, a plot twist of high gumption and big schemes will make queer theater arts happen this year despite COVID-19. “The biggest Brande Elise impact on the theater overall is our patrons not being able to interact with us as they normally would,” Conroy told Project Q. “The magic of live theater is to be there in person with a group of people watching a show that is alive in front of you.” Ideas continued percolating through lockdown, and a plan came together for a digital fall season. Oct. 23-25 sees DIVA: Live from Hell. The play tells the story of a very dramatic drama club president who responds with lethal force when a hotshot threatens his perch. Now he’s stuck in the Riley Mayhem Seventh Circle, Hell’s most squalid cabaret venue.
Photo by Michael Boatwright Photography courtesy Out Front Theatre
Out Front brings Bright Colors & Bold Patterns to home screens on Nov. 20-22. A loud friend upturns plans for a sophisticated gay wedding. In the aftermath, the play asks, “In the struggle for equality, what do we really want? What do we lose? And is there any cocaine left?” Fall wraps with The Santa Closet on Dec. 11-13. The North Pole denies a little boy’s gender-atypical gift request, and a series of subsequent letters nudge Santa to come out. A funny, sensitive tale emerges amid a culture-war scandal known as “Santa-gate.” Visit outfronttheatre.com.
Actor’s Express launches ‘Virtual Downstage’ slate REMAINING FLEXIBLE IN A LONG FIGHT can mean the difference between winning and simply surviving. That instinct kicked in when coronavirus protocols shut down the 32nd season at Actor’s Express Theatre Company in March.
Hometown Boy brings a man back to his rural Georgia hometown after a long absence. November welcomes Neat by Charlayne Woodard, and December brings An Actor’s Express Holiday Surprise!
“The silver lining for the shutdown — if there is one — is that it’s forced us to be nimble and extremely creative,” said Freddie Ashley, artistic director.
A monologue series is also available for free on the Actor’s Express YouTube channel. Selections include you are going to do amazing things by Quinn Xavier, Toward Joy by Amina McIntyre and Spongebob Spectrum Pineapple People by Avery Sharpe.
It's been a struggle, but also a learning experience, said Corey Smith, director of sales and marketing at Actor’s Express. “We understand that it might be some time before we have patrons within our physical space,” Smith said. “So we’ve done our best to bring the theatrical experience into our audiences’ homes via streaming.” To wit, Virtual Downstage A Theatrical Online Experience presents four programs. Now available, 12 theQatl.com
Ashley and Smith are both out and proud. They said LGBTQ inclusivity on staff and on stage has been part of the Actor’s Express from the beginning. Chris Coleman, a gay man, founded the theater 32 years ago. Visit actors-express.com. Read the full interviews by Mike Fleming on Project Q Atlanta at theQatl.com
COMMUNITY
Q
End of
AN ERA
By Matt Hennie
THE OWNER OF ICONIC ATLANTA EAGLE says goodbye… at least for now, and its owner let it all out in an interview on Podcast Q. The Eagle, one of the city’s oldest LGBTQ bars and the site of a notorious police raid, closes next month, becoming the latest victim of a coronavirus pandemic that has dealt crippling financial blows to LGBTQ businesses. Owner Richard Ramey (top photo) announced the end of the bar’s 33-year run on Ponce de Leon Avenue in Midtown last week. He hoped that the bar would reopen in a new location sometime in 2021. “We are not closing permanently,” Ramey said. “We are going to come back bigger, better, stronger than ever. It’s been a very emotional year. I am just beyond words what this year has done to so many of us.” After two weekends of VIP closing parties, the Eagle will celebrate last call at its current location
on Nov. 14. Ramey wants to celebrate with patrons in small groups during events that will include an open bar, commemorative t-shirts and giveaways of bricks from the building. “You’ll get to leave with a piece of history. It is an iconic bar,” Ramey said. The bar suffered financially during the pandemic with sales plummeting by about 80 percent, Ramey said. It closed in March, then reopened with limited capacity in June. Most patrons made the decision to stay safe at home, something Ramey said he understands and respects. But the toll on the bar’s finances is unrelenting. “That’s why I’ve decided to close and reopen when this pandemic is over. My goal, if science and the world will accept it, I’m hoping for a June opening. We will have to wait and see,” Ramey said. Ramey became tearful in his Podcast Q interview. Listen to the full interview on theQatl.com or your favorite audio app. theQatl.com 15
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COVER
Nature
BOYS
By Mike Fleming
CORONA OR NOT, HERE IT comes. The best weather of the year means all of North Georgia’s famously fab parks and trails are open. Several of the best state parks are within or in driving
distance from metro Atlanta for daytrips and hikes. Take a look at our gays making the most of nature on the following pages, and keep flipping for our top choices for making outdoor memories. Visit gastateparks.org for more. ď ľ
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NATURE BOYS continued Amicalola Falls Dawsonville, Ga. amicalolafallslodge.com Easy hard surface walks & challenging backcountry trails. Appalachian Trail access. Hike to lodge at Len Foote Inn (reservations). F.D. Roosevelt Pine Mountain, Ga. gastateparks.org/FDRoosevelt Challenging trails for adventurous, but also near Pine Mountain, Columbus and Calloway Gardens for others. Fort Mountain Chatsworth, Ga. gastateparks.org/FortMountain Hard hikes east of Dalton, Ga. with primitive camping. Also easy walks on the Lake Loop. Fort Yargo Winder, Ga. gastateparks.org/FortYargo Between Atlanta and Athens. Hard-surface easy strolls on Birdberry Trail. Panola Mountain Stockbridge, Ga. gastateparks.org/PanolaMountain Historic sites southeast of Atlanta, northeast of Stockbridge. Trails are paved but hilly. Red Top Mountain Acworth, Ga. gastateparks.org/RedTopMountain East of Cartersville on Lake Altoona. Short Loop Trail easy for most. Sweetwater Creek Lithia Springs, Ga. gastateparks.org/SweetwaterCreek Easy strolls. Metro Atlanta’s nearest hike, west of town, north of I-20. Tallulah Gorge & Falls Tallulah Falls, Ga. gastateparks.org/TallulahGorge Easy and harder climbs on surfaced trails in northeast Georgia east of Helen, Ga. near S.C. state line. 22 theQatl.com
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Q Events The Best LGBTQ Things to Do in Atlanta This Week
SUNDAY, OCT. 25 NecroDance Gay Halloween officially begins with a daydrunk featuring horror mashups, great music and fun surprises with Brad Gibson @ Mary’s and on Twitch, 3 p.m. marysatlanta.com My Sisters’ Room The backyard and patio are open for women who love women who love an open-air party @ My Sister’s Room, Fridays and Saturdays 8 p.m. – 3 a.m. Pssst. They also sell gallon margs and taco bar kits for delivery or pickup, and they’ve added a mimosa brunch on Sundays. mysistersroom.com
THURSDAY, OCT. 29
FRIDAY, OCT. 23 Floralia The Saturnalia party boys host DJ Alex Cabot and singer Kendra Erika (photo) @ Heretic, 10 p.m. hereticatlanta.com
Shalloween The first of three nights as Wussy’s annual costume fete goes outside for a drive-in drag show @ Amazza, 8 p.m. each night through Saturday. wussymag.com
SATURDAY, OCT. 24 Ordinary Girls This month’s LGBTQ Book Club discusses this memoir by Jaquira Diaz @ Zoom, 10 a.m. charisbooksandmore.com DJ J Warren Dancing queens do their dancing things @ Heretic, 10 p.m. hereticatlanta.com
October Online There’s always LGBTQ content streaming online. In October, that includes the Netflix’s Dancing Queen (photo), a reality series starring RuPaul’s own Alyssa Edwards, and Elite about a backstabbing boys’ school. theQatl.com 25
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Q Atlus Map Directory The businesses on the preceding pages are integral parts of Atlanta’s LGBTQ landscape. Those listed in boxes are consistent Q partners and community allies. BARS, CLUBS & RESTAURANTS Amsterdam Cafe 502 Amsterdam Ave. NE Atlanta Eagle 306 Ponce De Leon Ave NE BJ Roosters 2043 Cheshire Bridge Road NE Blakes on the Park 227 10th St. NE Bulldogs Bar 893 Peachtree St NE Felix’s on the Square 1510 Piedmont Ave NE Friends on Ponce 736 Ponce De Leon Ave NE Future 50 Lower Alabama St SW, Suite 180 Henry’s Midtown Tavern 132 10th St NE The Heretic 2069 Cheshire Bridge Road NE The Hideaway 1544 Piedmont Ave NE Joe’s on Juniper 1049 Juniper St NE Las Margaritas 1842 Cheshire Bridge Road NE Lips Drag Show Palace 3011 Buford Highway NE Mama’s Cocina 1958 Piedmont Road NE Mary’s 1287 Glenwood Ave SE Midtown Moon 1510 Piedmont Ave NE My Sister’s Room 84 12th St Oscar’s 1510 Piedmont Ave NE
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Sequel Bar 1086 Alco St. NE Sister Louisa’s 466 Edgewood Ave SE Swinging Richards 1400 Northside Dr NW The T 465 Boulevard SE Tripp’s Bar 1931 Piedmont Circle NE Woof’s Sports Bar 494 Plasters Ave NE X Midtown 990 Piedmont Ave. NE Zocalo Mexican Kitchen & Cantina 187 10th St NE
RETAIL & SERVICES 2Qute Hair Salon 1927 Cheshire Bridge Road NE Barking Leather 1510 Piedmont Ave NE Barking Leather After Dark 306 Ponce De Leon Ave NE (inside Atlanta Eagle) Boy Next Door 1447 Piedmont Ave NE Brushstrokes 1510 Piedmont Ave NE Equilibrium Fitness 1529 Piedmont Ave NE Lost ’n Found Youth Thrift Store 2585 Chantilly Dr NE Urban Body Fitness 500 Amsterdam Ave NE
ADULT Flex 76 4th St NW Southern Nights 2205 Cheshire Bridge Road NE Starship Galaxy/Starship Novelties 2273 Cheshire Bridge Road NE Tokyo Valentino 1739 Cheshire Bridge Road NE
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Q Advice
Crazy &
AFRAID
Fears of yourself and what other people think
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Bondage porn is hot, but I’ve only had vanilla sex. What’s going on in my head is way
different than what’s going on in the bed.
I’m afraid to try BDSM. The fetish folks I see at Pride fuel my fantasies, but also my fears.
They’re intimidating. I’m also afraid of being
seen as a freak. People ridicule fetishists behind their backs, and I’m afraid of being lumped in with them.
Should I try it anyway? Dear Afraid: Fears get a bad rap, but they’re not all
created equally. Natural “fight or flight”
responses kick in as a warning to evaluate your situation.
The problem comes if you stop there. If you accept fear as a reason to avoid circumstances without assessing them and making an informed decision, you’re stuck.
BDSM wants to use fear to your sexual advantage. Turned on and intimidated at the same time? That’s the point. Adrenaline pumps, you’re
short of breath, and your sweet relief comes from giving in. You owe it to yourself to try it. A whole community of people can teach you about passion via consent and trust. 30 theQatl.com
But some fears need to be faced and conquered. Fear of what others think? Forget it. Naysayers
might use their own fears to ostracize people that they don’t understand, and we can’t make our personal decisions based on those people.
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I’m turned on by a hot guy eating food like it’s his last meal. Like, he just can’t get
enough in his mouth at one time. I watch his
lips and tongue, and I imagine feeding him and controlling what he tastes and when.
Call me crazy, but is it too much to hope that a man might share my unique kink? Help! Dear Crazy: The good news is you’re actually not crazy. The bad news might be that you’re not even that
unique. Others are out there, so spell out your desires for a hungry guy and see who bites.
Q Advice is intended for entertainment, not professional counseling. Send your Qs to mike@theQatl.com.
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