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Atlanta Black Pride started in 1996 and is one of two officially recognized festivals for the
African-American LGBT community The African-American LGBT community, otherwise referred to as the Black LGBT community, is part of the overall LGBT culture and overall African-American culture. The initialism ''LGBT'' stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. A lan ...
. It is held in
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each year at the end of August and beginning of September (week of Labor Day holiday). Atlanta Black Pride is the largest
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celebration in the world with an estimated 100,000 people annually in attendance. Atlanta Black Pride heavily contributes to the annual $65 million economic impact on Atlanta's economy during the city's eventful Labor Day weekend most recently organized by Traxx Girls Inc & Atlanta Black Pride Weekend LLC due to the administration dissolve of In The Life Atlanta. Atlanta is widely noted for being the "Black Gay Mecca" due to its highly visible black LGBT community, progressive reputation, and vibrant black LGBT culture. It also is noted for having one of the largest communities of openly black same-sex couples in the world.


ATL Winter Pride

January's Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend is when Atlanta's first major pride event of the year is held. During this unofficial pride weekend, there are several special black LGBT events and celebrations to entertain the many locals and visitors. King's wife and Atlanta resident,
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, was a well-known proud supporter of the black LGBT community. In 1998, Mrs. King publicly stated at the 25th
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anniversary reception that she believes her late husband would have also been a supporter of
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African Americans in Atlanta Black Atlantans are residents of the city Atlanta who are of African American ancestry. Atlanta has long been known as a center of black wealth, higher education, political power and culture; a cradle of the Civil Rights Movement and th ...
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Atlanta Gay Center The Atlanta Gay Center was a community center that served the gay community in Atlanta, Georgia (United States). It was founded in 1976. It has since closed and been replaced by the Atlanta Gay and Lesbian Community Center. The center published a b ...
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Atlanta Pride Atlanta Pride, also colloquially (and formerly) called the Atlanta Gay Pride Festival, is a week-long annual lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) pride festival held in Atlanta, Georgia (United States). Established in 1971, it is one of the ...
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Ansley Mall Ansley Mall is an open-air shopping mall in the Piedmont Heights neighborhood of Atlanta at 1544 Piedmont Avenue at the intersection of Monroe Drive near the Atlanta BeltLine trail. Ansley opened in 1964, sending Midtown Atlanta's Tenth Str ...
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Atlanta Gay Men's Chorus The Atlanta Gay Men's Chorus (AGMC) is a nonprofit performing arts organization based in Atlanta, Georgia (US). The AGMC, along with the Atlanta Women's Chorus, are managed under their parent organizationVoices of Note The AGMC's traditional c ...
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Cheshire Bridge Road Cheshire Bridge Road is a mainly north–south thoroughfare of Atlanta, Georgia, USA traversing the Morningside-Lenox Park and Lindridge-Martin Manor neighborhoods from Piedmont Avenue to Buford Highway just north of Interstate 85. While the co ...
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Georgia Equality Georgia Equality (previously the Georgia Equality Project) is the largest LGBTQ rights advocacy group in Georgia. Their mission is to advance fairness, safety and opportunity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and allied communities ...
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African-American LGBT community The African-American LGBT community, otherwise referred to as the Black LGBT community, is part of the overall LGBT culture and overall African-American culture. The initialism ''LGBT'' stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. A lan ...
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Black gay pride The black gay pride movement is a movement within the United States and elsewhere for black members of the LGBT community. Started in the 1990s, Black Gay Pride movements began as a way to provide black LGBT people an alternative to the largely ...


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* African-American festivals African-American history in Atlanta Festivals in Atlanta LGBT African-American culture LGBT culture in Atlanta Pride parades in Georgia (U.S. state) {{LGBT-event-stub