📚 Queer storytellers

WorldPride beginsMay WorldPride events are already underway in Washington D C and continuing through June There is so much going on at this year s festival that our colleagues at the Washington Blade have come up with a list of key events If you re going send me various pics Closer to home Atlanta Pride disclosed the recipients of the Pride Across the Peach State grants with divided between vital organizations Mark your calendars for June to attend a population gathering hosted by the committee of the Atlanta LGBTQ Area Center Feasibility Investigation The event is from - p m at Truth Midtown RSVP is required Following the murder of Savannah Pride Center volunteer Chris Allen Vilegas Fentress in March the Center declared a partnership with the city s police department to conduct officer training on how to better identify and respond to hate crimes against LGBTQ people A federal judge has struck down guidelines by the U S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission designed to protect against workplace harassment for LGBTQ people Expect a Supreme Court challenge soon Our clique is the world the world is our clique CollinPhoto by Katie BurkholderGLAAD Down South brings Black LGBTQ storytellers together On May Black queer Atlantans gathered at MODEx Studio for GLAAD Down South an event celebrating LGBTQ Southerners storytellers and people living with HIV The event produced in partnership with GILEAD Sciences was designed to amplify GLAAD s mission of amplifying LGBTQ and HIV narratives across the South as effective strategies in the fight against HIV and anti-LGBTQ attacks We listen to trans women queer youth Latinx leaders faith-based advocates because they ve consistently known what true care looks like and we re here to follow their lead Marcus Wilson the Director of GILEAD Sciences declared So as we connect tonight let this gathering be a reminder that the South is not a difficulty to be solved it s a power to be respected Our stories are not side notes they are strategy Read more from Katie Burkholder here Enjoy ASO s Season Finale with IN UNISONSPONSORED BY ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Come symphony with IN UNISON where the LGBTQ public comes together to experience symphony concerts Saturday June kick off the summer with our season finale when Peter Oundjian conducts Mahler s romantic Seventh Symphony a rich masterpiece with a bright-as-day Virtuosic pianist Inon Barnatan sets the stage in Shostakovich s rapid-fire Concerto No for Piano Trumpet and Strings Afterward gather with ASO artists and friends for food drinks and a meet greet with Peter Oundjian Bring a friend Tickets include a premium seat at the pm symphony concert plus a post-concert reception Details here Photo courtesy Craig WashingtonCraig Washington donates archive to Auburn Avenue Library Black gay writer and activist Craig Washington has donated papers writing and ephemera from his archive to the collection at the Auburn Avenue Research Library This collection means so much to me in two big and connected procedures Washington stated Georgia Voice One because it s a representation of a record of my life and my work But more so it s something I can offer to the area to which I m the bulk connected the Black LGBTQ population I want this to also be the impetus for us to develop more support for Black LGBTQ people A crucial figure in Atlanta s Black queer history Washington s collection includes journalism materials from LGBTQ organizations like AID Atlanta ephemera from past Pride events and his collection of now-defunct Black gay magazines like Arise CLIK and Venus Find out more about Washington and his archive here Photo by Sydney LeeLavender Fest tickets on sale this day Tickets for the second annual Lavender Performing Arts Festival are on sale nowadays May This showcase for queer artists will take place over five days from July - at Out Front Theatre Company and will feature performances Festival Director Ty Autry mentioned that the success of last year s event proved that Atlanta is excited to encouragement queer artists According to Autry the festival hosted people in total and was able to pay out over to the artists who performed Find out more about Lavender Fest MORE A E Jim Farmer spoke with actor and comedian Benito Skinner about his new gay-themed series Overcompensating which is streaming on Prime Best Bets The Atlanta Jazz Festival returns to Piedmont Park over Memorial Day weekend May - with Derrick Hodge Russell Gunn Blackhawk Quartet Dianne Reeves Joe Gransden and more Join D J Pat Scott at The Atlanta Eagle for a summer kickoff dance party and the return of Britney Bash Music starts at p m and Pat Scott spins Britney Spears tunes from midnight to a m Charis Books More in Decatur welcomes Sarah Schulman in conversation with Dr Moon Charania for a discussion of The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity an examination of the inherent psychological and social challenges to solidarity movements and what that means for the future The in-person event is May at p m Social Follow of the Week If you re a fan of the books and the hit Netflix series Heartstopper then be sure to follow author Alice Oseman She s just completed the script for a film that will conclude the story of Nick and Charlie The post Queer storytellers appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta