This year is no different-Atlanta Pride is once again seeking to amplify the messages of our city’s LGBTQIA+ community, making history by going virtual. Though it’s taken new forms over the years, Pride’s mission has remained the same: to advance unity and visibility amongst Atlanta’s LGBTQIA+ community. Party on Pride.įor half a century, Atlanta Pride has provided a platform from which the city’s LGBTQIA+ citizens can voice their opinions and celebrate their community. While we can’t be together this year, Atlanta History Center looks forward to celebrating with our community at 10 th and Peachtree next October. To learn more about our ATL’s risk-taking change makers and historic moments beyond the Pride Parade, we encourage you to explore the Atlanta Lesbian and Gay History Thing collection, the Georgia LGBTQ Archives Project, the Touching Up Our Roots oral history project, and other resources listed below this article. While this article provides an overview of more than half a century of activism in our city, it is by no means exhaustive. Our city’s LGBTQIA+ history is nuanced and vast-and too complex to be contained in a single story.
