‘Re-Imagine the Dream’ over MLK Weekend
Over the past decade, the Bayard Rustin/Audre Lorde Breakfast has become the hallmark event of MLK Weekend in Atlanta as LGBT activists gather together for food and conversation. Craig Washington and...
View ArticleBest Bets 01.04 – 01.17
Friday, Jan. 4 DJs Beardawg and Headmaster Ritual spin for Furry Disco Balls at 9 p.m. at Mary’s, 1287 Glenwood Ave., Atlanta, GA 30316, www.marysatlanta.com DJ M, Twee and MSR present The Flip Cup...
View ArticleAtlanta Jewish Film Festival offers extensive gay track
The Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, the city’s largest film festival as well as the second most attended festival of its kind in the world, kicks off Jan. 30 with an impressive LGBT track. Tickets are...
View ArticleFood Porn #17: Looking for outlaw love
Janet reclined on her sofa on a Saturday evening. Her partner of 15 years, Beth, was in the kitchen making dinner – fried tofu with kimchi and organic green beans cultivated on a local farm called Ye...
View ArticleFood Porn #20: Sex Panic antidote
“No more tits! No more dicks!” Members of the Clean-up Cheshire Bridge Brigade (CCBB) were marching in a circle in front of a strip joint, chanting and waving signs on the road many call Atlanta’s...
View ArticleFood Porn #21: Greatest show on earth
Janet and Robert settled into their folding chairs under the tent of the House of Gay Human Oddities on Cheshire Bridge Road. It was late Saturday night, after midnight, and many gay men and a few...
View ArticleCake toppers, from cute to classic
Say ‘I do’ as two brides or two grooms with these sweet figurines. Love birds, $58, Sparkle & Twig www.etsy.com/shop/sparkleandtwig These charming love birds can also be customized with two...
View ArticleFood Porn #22: Dim sum andbig discussions
The time had come. Robert was feeling afflicted with what he described to his therapist as “the mental disorder of falling in love.” He and Lee had been seeing one another for several months now, but...
View Article‘Studzmen’ screens at Midtown Art Cinema this Thursday
A screening of the new films “Studzmen” from M.Power Productions about the story of black lesbians, especially dominant and male-identified lesbians sometimes known as “studs,” comes to Midtown Art...
View ArticleGirlyman kids around, ‘Vagina’ author heads back to ATL, and more
Girlyman members need your help with kids’ album Three members of the queer band Girlyman have launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund their new kids’ music project, dubbed Django Jones after member...
View ArticleLGBT groups receive Georgia Council for the Arts grants
Out on Film, Atlanta’s annual LGBTQ film festival, announced this morning it had received a grant from the Georgia Council for the Arts. Atlanta Freedom Bands, the city’s gay and lesbian band, has...
View ArticleEmbroidery art project pays tribute to RuPaul, all drag queens
Aubrey Longley-Cook, 27, is a huge fan of drag. He’s also renowned for his embroidery and work in fiber arts. Living with a drag queen inspired his desire to combine the two loves for a major project...
View ArticleBest Bets: 07.05.13-07.18.13
Friday, July 5 Atlanta BearFest continues through Sunday with various activities planned, www.atlantabearfest.com Singer-songwriter Rachel Yamagata appears at Vinyl in support of her latest record,...
View ArticlePhilip Bonneau reveals ‘Ugly Simple Truths’ in Friday photography show
As Atlanta artist/photographer Philip Bonneau prepared to unveil his “Heroes +Villains #2” exhibit last spring, he didn’t realize his life was about to change. Shortly after the opening, he got...
View ArticleBrandi Carlile gets back to her roots
From the opening hoot/train whistle of “Hard Way Home,” the first track on “Bear Creek,” it’s clear that out singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile heads in a country direction on her fourth studio disc....
View ArticleJungle expands into ‘bckspce’
Jungle Atlanta looks very different now than it did this time a year ago. A recently completed renovation project saw the club add a full kitchen, new lighting and a revamped bar area. But Jungle’s...
View ArticleFood, sex and love at 50
A gentle, intermittent rain pattered the yellow tent of the House of Gay Human Oddities. Outside the tent, food trucks dispensed their latest snacks, such as a Popsicle made of ragweed, truffle oil...
View ArticleBest Bets 07.19.13 – 08.01.13
Friday, July 19 Artist Phillip Bonneau’s Ugly Simple Truths, a photographic exploration of our “shadow self” and the things we do not talk about, opens at 6 p.m.at Suite Spot, www.suitespot.net The...
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