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News Articles: Pride

The Pride flag sits prominently in the window of the Bohemian Den on Cherry Street in Macon. The Bohemian Den is owned by Macon Pride’s President Scott Mitchell who helps put together the events for Macon Pride Week.

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For LGBTQ+ people in Georgia outside Atlanta, the progress of pride is a process

Atlanta is known as a Southern mecca for LGBTQ people. But there's been progress in Georgia outside of the Capitol, too.

November 17, 2022
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By:
  • Jenna Sanders
Big Freedia headlines Atlanta Pride Festival 2022

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Atlanta Pride Weekend to feature concerts, parade, plays and art exhibitions

Atlanta Pride Weekend is back Oct. 7 through Oct. 9 with headlining performances by Big Freedia, Flo Rida, and Betty Who at Piedmont Park.

October 06, 2022
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By:
  • Collin Kelley
Mark Mobley performs in "Friend of the Groom" as part of Macon Pride Week 2022.

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  • Arts & Life

Macon Pride event features tale of a wedding disaster

This year, for the first time, Macon Pride features a bit of theater, a performance of "Friend of the Groom." It's the story of a wedding between a gay white man and a Japanese woman who needs to marry an American to stay in the U.S. What is supposed to be a small wedding turns into an elaborate event. Starring in this one man performance is Mark Mobley, a writer and director of marketing and communications at the University of Georgia Performing Arts Center. Mobley spoke with GPB's Peter Biello.

September 28, 2022
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By:
  • Peter Biello
People shout slogans next to Turkish police officers during the LGBTQ Pride March in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, June 26, 2022.

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More than 300 LGBTQ activists in Istanbul are released after being detained

The once-annual Pride march has been banned since 2015 when police used tear gas and water cannons after a last-minute ban to disperse crowds.

June 27, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A supporter for the transgender and non-binary community, wearing a transgender flag with handwritten names of black trans women who the person said were killed in 2019, strolls through the city's Midtown district during Gay Pride Festival's Transgender Rights March in Atlanta on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019.

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Political Rewind: Through Trials And Triumphs, LGBTQ+ Pride 50 Years After First Georgia March

Tuesday on Political Rewind: It has been 50 years since Atlanta’s first gay pride parade kicked off on Peachtree street in Atlanta. It was a small but momentous event. At the time, homosexuality was illegal under Georgia law, and members of the queer community typically lived lives in the shadows. But on June 27, 1971, marchers in Atlanta demanded an end to persecution and marginalization.

June 29, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
Dancers take the stage at a Pride event in West Hollywood, Calif., on June 8, 2019.

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Photos: Pride And Queer Stories Through The Lens Of Black Women Photographers

Love. Freedom. Truth. These some of the ways Black Women Photographers members describe Pride Month. Here, they share images of past Pride celebrations or projects focusing on LGBTQ stories.

June 28, 2021
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  • Amna Ijaz and
  • Emily Bogle
Akwaeke Emezi

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4 Books To Broaden Your Pride Month Reading List

There are a lot of Pride Month reading lists out there — so we thought we'd get away from the classics everyone knows. We asked author Akwaeke Emezi to recommend some of their favorite reads.

June 08, 2021
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By:
  • Noel King
In the 1980s, RuPaul (left) and Rosser Shymanski costarred on The American Music Show, a weekly public access variety television program, produced in Atlanta.

GPB's Rosser Shymanski, Star of The American Music Show, Reflects On Decades In Entertainment

For the past three decades, Rosser Shymanski has played a critical role in almost every program you've watched on Georgia Public Broadcasting. Shymanski...

June 26, 2019
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  • Leighton Rowell and
  • Virginia Prescott

Do Businesses Show Their True Colors During LGBTQ Pride Month?

Celebrations continue across the country as the LGBTQ community celebrates Pride Month. President Bill Clinton declared June as “Gay & Lesbian Pride...

June 26, 2019
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By:
  • Emilia Brock and
  • Virginia Prescott

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On Second Thought For Friday, June 21, 2019

Neighbors are still missing their newly retired mailman. Floyd Martin was a beloved mail carrier who worked the same route in Marietta for nearly 35...

June 21, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Amy Kiley ,
  • and 5 more
2013 Gay Pride Parade in Augusta, GA.

'Pride Was A Step Towards Starting To Live': The Meaning Of LGBTQ Pride In Georgia

Most American cities celebrate LGBTQ Pride in June to commemorate the Stonewall Riots. In 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a bar in New York's...

October 12, 2018
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Elena Rivera
Wanda Sykes (left) and Tig Notaro perform at the Fox Theatre Wednesday, June 20.

Wanda Sykes, Tig Notaro Celebrate Pride Month In Atlanta

June is Pride Month. This year, Atlanta’s Pride Committee and the LGBT Institute at the Center for Civil and Human Rights are partnering with the Fox...

June 20, 2018
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  • La'Raven Taylor ,
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • and 1 more

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