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ctober in Atlanta means Pride. The Atlanta Pride festival is the biggest LGBTQ+ celebration in the Southeast; it will attract more than 300,000 people to Piedmont Park, and sport the biggest parade in the city of Atlanta. Add to that a multitude of parties, events, and celebrations – the party lineup alone is possibly the biggest ever this year – and you have the makings of the biggest party weekend in the city. We can’t wait. In this issue, we asked Joe Gauthreaux – celebrity DJ and Atlanta Pride veteran – to get the inside scoop on what parties and events his DJ friends will be headlining for Pride. See his ‘Hey Mr. DJ’ interviews on page 17, which will incidentally also be a new addition to Goliath. Goliath contributor Chris Azzopardi talked to actor Justin Theroux about being really comfortable portraying gay characters,

hanging out with the cast of Queer Eye, and how Justin is probably the closest thing a straight man can get to being gay. Read the uplifting interview on page 14. In the spirit of Pride, it is also a perfect time to ask whether a weekend of partying adds up to the important pride legacy of first and foremost being an activist protest. Jeff Fuller explores how the concept of gay Pride has progressed throughout the years – and how we may be soon returning to our activist roots. Lastly, we let our life-wise, experienced, and comedically gifted muse, Deven Green, close out the issue with her poignant advice on how to handle your gay life. Happy Pride, Atlanta! Mikkel Hyldebrandt Editorial Director mikkel@GoliathAtlanta.com

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CONTENTS OCTOBER 2018

O P E R AT I O N S Jeff Anderson SALES AND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Mikkel Hyldebrandt GRAPHIC DESIGNER Rodney Belcher CONTRIBUTORS Chris Azzopardi Joe Gauthreaux Deven Green Jeff Fuller

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ON THE ATL AGENDA 17th Annual HRC Atlanta Pride Brunch The official brunch of Atlanta Pride on October 14 at 10:30 pm gives you not only two hours of complimentary cocktails and brunch catered by Empire State South, but also the possibly best location on the corner of 10th and Peachtree to watch Atlanta Pride Parade. Tickets via act.hrc.org.

Official Atlanta Pride Kickoff at Georgia Aquarium As a longstanding tradition, the Atlanta Pride kicks off with this spectacular party at the Georgia Aquarium on October 12. Thousands of party-dressed guests party the eveining away on two levels of the incredible venue – get your ticket at tickets.georgiaaquarium. org (only general admission available).

Ru Paul’s Drag Race: Werq The World Center Stage presents Werq the World on October 19 with the finalists of Season 10 of the popular drag contest extravaganza! Michelle Visage hosts the show with sickening performances by Season 10 finalists Aquaria, Asia O’Hara, Eureka, and Kameron Michaels along with fan favorites Bob the Drag Queen, Kim Chi and Violet Chachki. Get your tickets via Ticketmaster.

Taste of Atlanta 2018 The three-day festival October 19-21 brings food lovers and chefs from across Atlanta together to feast on scrumptious bites and delicious drinks. More than 100 of Atlanta’s favorite restaurants will be featured, so come out for an authentic taste of the city. Get your tickets via freshtix.com.

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Sofi Tukker is bringing their renowned tour in celebration of their debut album, Treehouse, to Terminal West on October 24. The duo has partnered with PLUS1 so that $1 from every ticket sold will go to support a local LGBTQ organization and the Trevor Project’s work providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention for LGBTQ youth.

The 6th Annual Ghost Tours offers a spooktacular time at Atlanta’s legendary Fox Theatre. The tour includes the haunting historical accounts by William Fox and a rendezvous with the theatre’s hospital nurse. The ghostly tour runs October 25-30, and tickets along with additional details can be found at foxtheatre.org.

28th Annual AIDS Walk Atlanta & 5K Run AIDS Walk Atlanta & 5K Run is a fun 3.2-mile run or walk through the historic Piedmont Park and Midtown Atlanta neighborhoods. As an initiative of AID Atlanta, this is the largest HIV/AIDS fundraiser in the Southeast, and every dollar raised supports HIV/ AIDS services in the Atlanta community. Register at aidswalkatlanta.com and come out October 21 between 11 am-5 pm to support.

Chomp & Stomp 2018 The annual Chomp & Stomp Chili Cook-off and Bluegrass Festival benefits Cabbagetown parks, green spaces, and community center. Come out for the tastiest and stompiest fall festival on November 3.

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I SPY JUSTIN THEROUX By Chris Azzopardi

No straight man has ever offered to make me a crop top, but Justin Theroux is no ordinary straight man. If you’ve seen him in all his shirtless, ripped, oiled glory in 2003’s Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle or bore witness to all that was bouncing around in his grey sweatpants in HBO’s The Leftovers (I know you saw that; you haven’t stopped seeing that), you have likely wished him gay. The vers 46-year-old actor is, at least, the closest a straight man can get to being gay, palling around with the new Queer Eye posse and portraying a deep well of gay characters during his twodecade career, from Marshall in 2000’s The Broken Hearts Club to an assortment of gay Englishmen in numerous New York theater productions. Significant gay cred aside, his acting instincts have resulted in an impressive mix of unpredictable career choices rooted in pathos and humor, David Lynchian mystery and Herculean ruggedness: from 1997’s Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion on through Mulholland Drive, Strangers with Candy, Sex and the City, Zoolander and, most recently, The Spy Who Dumped Me. Directed by Susanna Fogel, the actioncomedy caper stars Theroux as Drew, an on-the-run spy who inadvertently gets his ex (Mila Kunis) and her best gal pal (Kate McKinnon) embroiled in his messy assassin-fighting mission. Things are tamer in a hotel suite in New York City on the day Theroux sits across from me with his rescue pit bull Kuma. Theroux is not wearing sweatpants. But my mock disappointment isn’t sweatpants-related; it’s knowing that he made Queer Eye guy Jonathan Van Ness a crop top but didn’t bring me one. And do I let Justin Theroux wreck the shirt on my back? I do, right? “I would so do it,” he politely insists. “If you have a t-shirt and a pair of scissors, I’m happy to quickly fashion you one.”

Let’s talk about how you invented sweatpants. (Laughs) I invented the grey sweatpants! I brought them back, I know! You know, I was the one who made a shirt for Jonathan. We were going to gay Pride and he was like, “Fuck, I gotta go out,” and so I made him a shirt. I was like, “I wanna make one of those crop top t-shirts with the tassels,” and he ended up wearing that.

Do you regularly make crop tops for your gay friends? No, that was the first one I’ve done. It was just like, “It’s a perfect moment in time. I’m with Jonathan and I have a t-shirt and we have scissors and I think I could pull it off.”We’ve become a good little clutch. Tan, Antoni and Jonathan have come over a bunch of times and we’ve gone back and forth, and I’ve disappeared into the bathroom with Jonathan and we’ve talked products.

Can a straight guy have a queer eye? Keeping my fingers crossed. Season 3! Maybe we should do a whole thing where it’s like, “Straight Eye for the Gay Guy.” Find some gay guy who’s not got his shit together and I can go and help him out. I don’t know if I’d be that helpful.

I must say, you’ve got your shit together. I put a little effort in sometimes. (Queer Eye guy) Tan’s trying to get me to wear some color. I’m pretty much blacks and greys. White is technically a color for me.

We need to get you in floral. I don’t think it’s gonna happen! I just can’t pull it off. I keep looking for a Hawaiian shirt that’s 95 percent black with just a little pop of color in the flowers. Photo: Lionsgate

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Recently, Jonathan was obsessing over your shirtlessness in Charlie’s Angels. Is that the role most gay men fangirl over when they meet you? I mean, the first one was actually The Broken Hearts Club, which was a movie I did years and years ago. I remember being at gay Pride and people being like, “Oh my god, this is the guy from Broken Hearts Club!” (Playing gay) was kind of my bread and butter in New York on stage. I would do Joe Orton plays, or Shopping and Fucking. I’d do all these gay Englishmen. That was my thing, that was my calling card.

Why go for the gay roles? It was something that just happened. It wasn’t like I was seeking them out. It was just something that presented itself. At the time, there was that kind of question when you’d go into the audition: “Are you comfortable kissing a guy?” “Yeah, of course.”

In 2000, some actors were being told not to play gay characters for the sake of preserving their careers. Was there any pressure on you not to play that role? No. My agent at the time was gay, so it was never a discussion. It always boils down to, is the part good or is the play good? If the material is good, I’m happy to do it. If it’s bad, then I don’t wanna do it. But I wouldn’t want do it for a straight part either.

Did it feel like an important movie at the time for the LGBTQ community? It didn’t, because it’s not necessarily my community. But it was one of those I was happy (about). It was the first (LGBTQ) movie that showed – at least that I had been a part of, or had seen – just a normal relationship. No one’s dying of a disease, no one’s fighting with their parents. It felt like a great episode of Thirtysomething or a great episode of This Is Us. (Its gay themes were) just built into the fabric of the movie, as opposed to being the fabric of the movie. There weren’t big red arrows pointing at each character going, “Oh, and by the way, they’re gay!” They were functioning, normal people in their lives, which is reality. In a weird way, it’s normalcy was the thing that made it special and that felt like a good reason to do it.

by it. Like, how on earth? It’s like being made uncomfortable by a sofa; you’re like, “It’s a sofa.” It couldn’t be more normal.

You should know that you’ve been called a “gay men’s dream” by the National Enquirer, probably their most accurate reporting. Cut to 10 years later: Ew, who’s that old guy? (Laughs)

No way. Our gay icons never age. Oh yeah, that’s right!

So this movie: Was the title The Spy Who Dumped On Me ever considered? (Laughs) It’s the James Bond they never made! Idris Elba, Daniel Craig, why wouldn’t you do that movie?

Susanna’s friends call her the “lesbian whisperer.” And, of course, Kate McKinnon is queer and one of two leading ladies in this film. It’s so cool.

Did you get a lesbian read on Kate McKinnon’s character, Morgan, in the movie? Yeah. But what I liked about her character: again, it wasn’t the focal (point). It’s kind of ambiguous. What she brought to the part was super hilarious. She works really hard on specific jokes, beats, alternate lines, trying to come up with other stuff that isn’t necessarily on the page or in the direction. Kate really goes in and scribbles on the sides (of her script) and it looks like A Beautiful Mind on her script. She approaches her work (in) really sort of (an) academic way.

You’re long overdue for a gay role. What’s the last one I’ve done? Maybe (my character) Kevin Garvey from The Leftovers is, who knows. Don’t tell anybody. No, I’m joking. (Laughs) You could argue he was really put-upon and maybe that was the reason why, ’cause he was in a hetero marriage.

Growing up in Washington D.C., what was your introduction to the LGBTQ community?

(Theroux’s handler peeks in to say, “One last question.” “Two more,” Theroux whispers, giving me two fingers.)

God, you could argue it was probably Catholic school and noticing the priests. Not their behavior; I didn’t think anything nefarious was going on. I don’t think they were doing anything horrible to the boys of the school, but I remember thinking, “These men seem effeminate and they carry themselves in a different way, and I think these guys like other men, like other gay men I’ve seen.”

What would you look for in a gay role now?

They didn’t fit the typical heteronormative archetype.

I don’t know. It’s really always the story. I want the story to be good and compelling. I want the character to be good and compelling, and that could be anything. A la Broken Hearts Club, you do sort of hope that eventually these all become just the background to the characters, because it’s way more interesting just playing the relationship and playing the story than it is playing the orientation.

Yeah, exactly. And it was an odd kind of thing, where I thought, “Oh.” I’ve since come to think maybe the priesthood is like an enclave for people who aren’t comfortable with their sexuality and they wanna shut it down and they think, “Please make it go away. I’m just gonna go to this place and go to seminary school and hope that this feeling leaves me,” which is a shame.

If you were to date any of the guys you have played in your career, which ones might you go for? Personally, I’d shack up with Joe from Six Feet Under.

You strike me as the kind of guy who’s surrounded by gay men for various reasons.

He’s only straight till he drinks four beers.

Yeah, of course. I went to a very progressive high school that had gay boys in it. In college, it becomes quickly normalized. But you can’t live in New York and not be friends with every kind of person, whether they’re gay, trans, straight, whatever. When this sort of cultural shift started to happen, started to spread into the middle of the country in a way that became in the public consciousness…

Joe in Six Feet Under was a sweetheart. But if I dated Joe, he was straight, and so I think that would problematic.

Until he drinks four beers, then all bets are off! The bondage gear comes out. Like, we all know Joe liked being tied to the bed. (Laughs) I don’t know if there’s anyone I’d really wanna date. And it’s weird to think about dating yourself. Just visually awkward. Actually, Matt McGrath’s Broken Hearts character was an adorable character. But I don’t know, I played some pretty fucked up guys, so they all seem like they’re not great relationship material.

You were ahead of the game? Well, I think most people in the city or in pockets of the country were kind of ahead of the game. It felt like, “Wait, this conversation is still happening? Oh yeah, I guess it still is. I guess we do need to keep having this discussion.” (I) marvel at people who are still made uncomfortable

As editor of Q Syndicate, the international LGBTQ wire service, Chris Azzopardi has interviewed a multitude of superstars, including Meryl Streep, Mariah Carey and Beyoncé. Reach him via his website at www.chris-azzopardi.com and on Twitter (@chrisazzopardi).

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La Biennale Venezia For architecture and installation aficionados, you should plan a visit to La Biennale in Venice, Italy. For the past three decades, the international architecture exhibition in the Giardini park in Venice has showcased the work and structures of renowned architects from all over the world. Dazzling structures, new materials, and new technologies make this exhibition a marvel that should be experienced before November 25, 2018 where it ends. More at labiennale.org.

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Picasso. Blue and Rose

UNAPOLOGETIC LINES

For the first time in France, this exhibition will span the Blue and Rose period (1900-1906) of Picasso’s body of work. The exhibition is organized as a continuum rather than as a series of compartmentalized episodes and reveals Picasso’s early artistic identity and some of the enduring obsessions in his work. Picasso Bleu et Rose is now showing at the Musée d’Orsay until January 06, 2019. More info at musee-orsay.fr.

The exhibition features a sizable collection of fashion illustrator Marc-Antoine Coulon’s work, including captivating portraits of fashion icons Tom Ford, Gianni Versace, Anna Wintour, Madonna and Beyoncé alongside Hollywood royalty Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, Steve McQueen, and Audrey Hepburn, among many others. “Unapologetic Lines” showing now until January 27, 2019, at SCAD FASH in Atlanta. Visit scadfash.org for more.

By Joe Gauthreaux To say I love Atlanta Gay Pride would be an understatement. Atlanta is one of those cities where you fall in love with it the first time you visit, no matter the weekend. But the energy and excitement of Gay Pride is very unique compared to others, with southern hospitality and a welcoming atmosphere abounding at every turn. I’ve DJed a variety parties and events for Atlanta Gay Pride, each one always better than the last. I have so many memories with so many people I call not only friends but family. Memories that will last a lifetime. I’m incredibly honored to be DJing again this year, at Opera Nightclub on Sunday night. But my event is just one of many happening throughout the weekend. I spoke to a few of my DJ friends who will also be performing throughout the weekend - three veterans to the occasion, and one first-timer - about Atlanta Gay Pride, and what they have planned for us. Here’s what they had to say. TONY MORAN What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think “Atlanta Gay Pride?” My first time, for Hotlanta, was in the late 1990’s. Atlanta was the first city that I went to enjoy, fully accepting that I was meant to be in this community.

What is the song or track you always have to play at Gay Pride? “Easy As Life” by Deborah Cox. I’ve remixed my remix hundreds of times.

Nothing is ever easy, Tony, including getting at #1 record. But you & Jason Walker, who is performing with you at Heretic on Friday night of Gay Pride, did hit #1 with a beautiful song called “So Happy.” So, what makes you so happy? I do my best to tune in to feelings that I can express through songs. Some may be about sadness or about energy such as “Heartbeat”

with Deborah Cooper. As I was writing “So Happy” for Jason at the artist and songwriter’s home in Atlanta, we started writing about things that we were grateful for, and that evolved into “So Happy.”

You know, one of my favorite remixes of yours is “Together Again,” by Janet Jackson. If you could be together again with any one person, living or dead, who would it be? That would be a special friend that was not a lover. I was at a funeral the same week I was remixing this song, and my feelings were all over the place as I was working on this song. Listening to it and fine-tuning after listening to it over and over. I believe there no coincidences and that I was meant to learn more about myself via that experience.

Finally, give me three words that perfectly describe Tony Moran. Grateful. Optimistic. Relentless.

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PAULO What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think “Atlanta Gay Pride?” Good friends, community, and unforgettable times.

Speaking of unforgettable times, what is the song or track you always have to play at Gay Pride? Some version of “Born This Way,” or an empowering song that reminds us of what we’re celebrating.

ABEL What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think “Atlanta Gay Pride?” Unity, Friendships, Love, chosen family, and a Celebration of who we are proud to be.

It definitely is a celebration of who we are. What is the song or track you always have to play at Gay Pride, to bring out the celebratory side of Abel? Heather Small, “Proud”

You have a new track out called “MEAT” with Alan T. So, I’m dying to know, how do you like your meat? The irony is that I don’t even eat meat - at least not anything on four legs (seriously). I do treat myself a couple of times a year, like when I go to a Brazilian churrascaria.

Yeah, I love those Brazilian meat places. One of my favorite remixes of yours that you co-produced with Alain Jackinsky is Madon-

na’s “Living For Love.” Besides love, what is something you can’t live without? That’s easy: music and dogs.

Speaking of dogs, I think Lucy (Paulo’s dog) needs her own Intsta! So finally, give me three words that perfectly describe PAULO. Straightforward, honest, unique.

You & Ralphi have made some of the most memorable club hits of the last two decades. My personal favorite is “Cha Cha Heels.” So, what is your favorite heel? Pumps? Stilettos? I got a bad back, no more stilettos, or pumps, now it’s memory foam!

Memory Foam for the win, for sure! One of the best pieces of advice you ever gave me, about ten years ago, was to make my own music and not focus only on remixing, as people would remember me more for what came from inside. I took that to heart, and it gave me the confidence to start writing my own music. So, thank you for that. What advice would you give to new DJs or producers out there?

I like that - keep us guessing! You have a new track out that I’m obsessed with called “Run,” with Erick Ibiza. What is one thing that comes to mind when you think “Run?”

Stop trying to make it overnight and make it for the long run. Stop the copy and paste. Be original, and stop worrying about what others do.

So true. Originality always wins out in the end I do wish more would remember that. So finally, give me three words that perfectly describe ABEL. Real. Honest. Original.

Running out of time! I need more time in my life.

Don’t we all! What do you run away from?

ISAAC ESCALANTE What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think “Atlanta Gay Pride?”

Finally, give me three words that perfectly describe Isaac Escalante.

Believe it or not, it’s my first Atlanta pride. I’m sure it will be lots of fun.

Man, music, and fun.

You will love Atlanta Pride - it is absolutely one of my favorites. What is the song or track you always have to play at Gay Pride?

For the full line-up on the DJs I interviewed, it’s at www.Future-Atlanta.com

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Corruption.

I don’t have any specific track.

PRIDE

THE POLITICAL, PERSONAL PARTY By Jeff Fuller

Pride Is Protest Pride has its origins in protest, the Stonewall Riots of 1969, a time when gay sex was a criminal act in much of the country and the “out and proud” were few and far between. These brave souls were able to find supportive and accepting communities of kindred spirits in major cities such as New York or San Francisco. Being “out” came with great risk and potential consequences - ridicule, job loss, police harassment, assault, or worse. Raids on gay bars were frequent; however, in June of 1969, the queers of New York’s Stonewall Inn fought back against a police raid. News of the Stonewall Riots galvanized gays across the country and eventually the world, resulting in annual Pride parades in major cities like Atlanta to demand LGBT rights. These protest parades have evolved into the Pride celebrations we know today. Over the years, Pride has been used to protest Anita Bryant’s anti-gay crusade, the inadequate government response to the HIV/AIDS crisis, marriage amendments, anti-transgender bathroom bills, and horrific acts of violence against our community. Pride has also been a celebration of our political and legal victories: greater visibility and acceptance of the LGBTQ community in the workplace, the elimination of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, and the landmark Supreme Court decisions of Lawrence v. Texas (decriminalizing gay sex); Windsor v. United States (mandating federal recognition of gay marriage); and Obergefell v. Hodges, (providing for marriage equality nationwide).

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Pride Is a Protest Again

While Atlanta Pride no longer coincides with the Stonewall anniversary, it falls on or about National Coming Out Day. Coming out remains an important ritual in our community and Pride often plays a major role in this process by offering a safe and accepting environment. For me personally, Atlanta’s Pride Festival was the first time and place in my adult life that I held someone’s hand of the same gender in broad daylight. I remember how powerful it was to observe hundreds of people who were queer like me and queer in other ways, out having fun in the bright sunshine. My coming out process was slow, but events like Pride gave me the courage to accept myself and eventually be open about who I am.

While LGBT rights have advanced considerably since 1969, these times call for continued vigilance against forces that seek to hinder or reverse these gains. The Supreme Court justice who was the deciding vote and the author of the Lawrence, Windsor and Obergefell opinions has retired and may be replaced by an extremely partisan conservative, credibly accused of sexual assault. In Georgia, the outcome of the governor’s race will decide whether the state may once again attempt to enact a religious freedom bill that legalizes discrimination. Even in 2018, you can still be fired from your job here in Georgia for being gay. The current administration seeks to ban transgender people from serving in the military, demonstrates indifference to the continuing threat of HIV/ AIDS, and fosters an environment hostile to LGBTQ rights. Pride is also an opportunity to keep these issues in focus as well as other causes that our community cares about: police brutality, racial justice, climate change, sexual violence, and international human rights. Celebrate this fabulous weekend, but also allow Pride to energize you to take action, whether that means voting, writing an article, organizing, serving the community, or raising your voice in protest.

To those who live in parts of the country where there is no gay community to speak of, Pride is often one of the few chances they have to truly be themselves and connect with others. Pride is especially powerful to youth who may be outcasts in their hometowns but can feel like they belong somewhere when they visit Atlanta for a fun-filled weekend in October.

Pride Is a Party Pride is also a season of rainbow flags, rainbow socks, rainbow cakes, and rainbow jello shots. Glamorous drag queens present dazzling performances. Half-naked men gyrate on parade floats. Pride parties can mean gathering in people’s houses for brunch, dancing to the wee hours of the morning to electronic music, congregating on the lawn by the Piedmont Park stage, connecting with old friends and making new ones, or witnessing the beautiful parade put on by our queer community. Pride provides enough events and excitement to keep one entertained all weekend long.

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By all means, enjoy the plethora of Pride parties, but also take time to reflect on how far we have come as a community in this half century since Stonewall as well as the formidable challenges affecting us today. Share your own coming out story and listen to others tell theirs. Make people feel included and encourage them to be who they are. Hold hands. Atlanta Pride grows more and more each year because it showcases the creativity, diversity, kindness, and love of the LGBTQ community here.

Some have argued that the meaning of Pride as protest has been lost in its party atmosphere, that it is just another excuse for excessive drink and debauchery. Some decry the commercialism resulting from sponsorship from major companies that once wanted absolutely nothing to do with anything gay but now promote a sanitized and de-radicalized event. Others feel left out, that their voices are not being heard and that Pride has more work to do to be more inclusive. Amid all the sweat and glitter, it can be easy to lose sight of the political and personal functions of Pride that help build us up as a community.

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Jeff Fuller is an attorney, writer, travel blogger, historian, and military spouse. Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Jeff went to college, graduate school and law school in the Southeast. He has called Atlanta home for the last decade, interrupted by a few periods of extended travel abroad to places like Brazil and Berlin. He occasionally blogs at journeyingjeff.com.

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Sunday, October 14 | 10:30AM - 2:00PM Empire State South | 999 Peachtree St., N.W., Atlanta, GA Celebrate Atlanta Pride at the 17th Annual HRC Atlanta Pride Brunch, the official brunch of Atlanta Pride! Guests will be treated to two hours of complimentary cocktails and a delicious Southern brunch catered by Empire State South - while watching the Atlanta Pride Parade from the best location on the parade route! Join us for fun, music, brunch, cocktails and more - as we celebrate our PRIDE! 100% of the proceeds benefit the Human Rights Campaignâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s essential 2018 election work in Georgia and around the country. 10:30AM: Doors Open | Cash Bar Available 11:30AM - 1:30PM: Brunch Service

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