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| Stonewall Month calendar of events |
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| June 08, 2012 00:00 | ||||
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Remembering the RiotsJune is national LGBT Pride Month — President Obama even issued a proclamation for it. So why does Atlanta celebrate Stonewall Month instead? Pride festivals are traditionally held the last weekend in June to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall Riots, when patrons of the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City, fought back against police harassment in what is widely seen as a turning point for gay rights. But after being celebrated the last weekend in June in Piedmont Park for most of its history, Atlanta Pride was forced to move in 2008 when city officials booted large festivals from the parched park due to a record drought. Held over July Fourth weekend at the Civic Center the next year, Pride attendance and finances suffered. The festival moved back to Piedmont Park for 2009, but over Halloween, to get around city policies that limited festivals in the summer season due to drought concerns. In 2010, Atlanta Pride Committee announced it would hold future festivals on the weekend closest to National Coming Out Day, which is Oct. 11. For 2012, that means Oct. 13-14. But the Atlanta Pride Committee still wants to honor the anniversary of the riots — hence, Stonewall Month. “We’ve hosted Stonewall Week for several years and wanted to branch out to include more events ... which lead to the creation of our most extensive and diverse list of Stonewall offerings thus far, lasting far longer than just a week,” said Pride Board Chair Glen Paul Freedman. Monday, June 11‘Legalize Gay’ screening Tuesday, June 12‘I Must Resist: Bayard Rustin’s Life in Letters’ Book and history discussion Wednesday, June 13Dine with Pride at Osteria 832 Friday, June 15‘Stonewall Uprising’ screening Saturday, June 16‘Examining What We Have & Where It Can Take Us’ East Point Possums Show Tuesday, June 19‘I Must Resist: Bayard Rustin’s Life in Letters’ Book and history discussion Wednesday, June 20Dine with Pride at Doc Chey’s (Grant Park) LGBT Health Insurance Seminar Friday, June 22Pride Seder Georgia Equality’s 8th annual Evening for Equality Saturday, June 2322nd annual Pride Run/Walk 5k Augusta Pride Wednesday, June 27Dine with Pride at Doc Chey’s (Morningside) Out in the Stands LGBT Night at Turner Field Friday, June 29Author/blogger Sinclair Sexsmith Discussion on body confidence in queer masculine community Saturday, June 30Sylvia Rivera Community Event Author/blogger Sinclair Sexsmith ‘Say Please: Lesbian BDSM Erotica’ Sunday, July 1KCCA Children’s Story Hour
Top photo: Bayard Rustin (via Library of Congress)
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