Each year, GA Voice photographers take hundreds of photos at dozens of LGBT events in Atlanta and around Georgia. Here are our top 20 favorites. Some are newsworthy, some funny and some just plain beautiful.

The Armorettes Easter Drag Races at Burkhart's. (Dyana Bagby)

Gabriel from JustUsATL, a youth organization founded earlier in 2012 (Bo Shell)

A man dressed in a white wedding dress at Little Five Points Halloween Parade (Dyana Bagby)

Members of stud lesbian fraternity Sigma Omega Phi give the ‘shocker’ in a photo with Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed at the 2012 Pride Kick-off Party in October. (Brent Corcoran)

Singer Amy Ray at Atlanta Pride (Laura Douglas-Brown)

At Lindbergh Chick-Fil-A, a couple together for 7 years participate in Kiss-In. (Dyana Bagby)

 Madonnarama at Mary's. (Dyana Bagby)

Local artist Nikita Gale (Bo Shell)

The crowd at Atlanta’s first Black Gay Pride Pure Heat Festival in Piedmont Park in September. (Dyana Bagby)

Summer Knight performs an Adele medly at the 2012 East Point Possums Show in June. (Dyana Bagby)

Participants march in the annual MLK March in January. (Dyana Bagby)

Outwrite owner Philip Rafshoon and partner Robert Gaul dismantle the bookstore’s big disco ball before doors closed for the last time in January. (Dyana Bagby)

A crowd gathers at a rally in Pittsburgh community to support beating victim Brandon White (Dyana Bagby)

Lesbian Keisha Waites being sworn in as a state representative after winning a special election (Dyana Bagby)

A behind-the-scenes moment snapped during our 2012 GA Voice Best of Atlanta cover photoshoot (Bo Shell)

A flag-waving Atlanta Pride attendee (Staff)

Atlanta trans rocker Amber Taylor plays the Coca-Cola Stage at Atlanta Pride in October. (Laura Douglas-Brown)

A party-goer swigs from two PBR cans at Sister Louisa’s Church on Pride weekend in October. (Dyana Bagby)