Preserving cultural and landmark locations important to Gay Georgia
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Preserving cultural and landmark locations important to Gay Georgia
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GAGA is proud to have been the original voice and supporter to preserve LGBTQ rights and safe venues. GAGA is our community's voice to preserve LGBTQ landmarks, including Tokyo Valentino on Cheshire Bridge Road. GAGA is proud to have been the original supporter of this decision to save an important LGBTQ landmark!
The Stonewall Inn is a sacred place for many in the LGBTQ community. Fifty years ago, a raid and series of riots outside the New York City bar helped launch a civil rights movement. Back in the 1960s, many bars in New York City were controlled by organized crime. Often they operated without proper paperwork, and corrupt police would collect monthly bribes to turn a blind eye. Sometimes, police would arrest all the patrons in retaliation for not getting their "dues" on time. Gay and lesbian bars were easy targets because they had no legal protection. City laws made gay bars illegal, and wealthy patrons...
Read MoreA federal court reversed a lower court decision against Tokyo Valentino and restarted a constitutional challenge to the City of Atlanta's adult entertainment ordinance. In the wake of the ruling, the city dropped attorney Scott Bergthold from the case. Bergthold's long anti-LGBTQ record was explored in detail in a story first reported by Project Q Atlanta in April. The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals issued its ruling on Friday, about a month after attorneys for both sides argued their cases before a three-judge panel in downtown Atlanta.
Read MoreThe attorney representing the City of Atlanta in its efforts to shut down Tokyo Valentino has fought against marriage equality and transgender rights, and he's received over $200,000 from a notorious anti-LGBTQ group. Scott Bergthold has spent his career trying to shut down sexually-oriented businesses across the country. He'll be in federal court in Atlanta on Wednesday arguing against Tokyo Valentino, the self-proclaimed "adult superstore" on Cheshire Bridge Road.
Read MoreByron Amos is running for City Council person in District 3. The election is on April 16th and GaGa endorses Byron as the candidate to best serve Atlanta and the LGBT Community in District 3. Byron supports gay marriage, advocates our community's efforts in eliminating our LGBT homeless youth crisis and promotes HIV education and prevention. Candidate Amos's interview/editorial can be ready in peach magazine on April 10th.
Read MoreThe Florida Coalition for Children has named Bobby Sharp and Everett Kamuchey its "Foster Parents of the Year" for taking in some 20 children since 2013. The two are believed to be the first LGBTQ couple to receive the honor...
Read MoreAn LGBTQ-supporting church in Florida has pledged to respond with love after its church sign was vandalized with hateful graffiti. Rev. Andy Oliver, of St. Petersburg's Allendale United Methodist Church...
Read MoreMauro Padovani, 46, and his husband Tom Freeman, 59, say that they were attacked last Monday near their home in a town outside Ghent. Mauro is Italian and Tom is American, but he was born in Belgium. They met 12 years ago and got married...
Read MoreChristine Hallquist has defeated three other Vermont Democrats in Tuesday's primary to become the first transgender candidate to win a major political party's nomination for governor. Hallquist, 62, is being supported by The Victory Fund...
Read MoreOur mission is to preserve hard fought LGBTQ rights and safeguard cultural & landmark business locations important to the identity and safety of Gay Georgians
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