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PRIDE

Atlanta Black Pride On a Global Scale

By Mikkel Hyldebrandt

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ack in April it was announced the first ever as well, it influences what folks will wear, as well Global Black Pride – the world’s first and as décor, food, and drinks. only Pride event dedicated to Black LGBTQ+ communities globally – was to be hosted in Obviously, having an Atlanta Black Pride holds Atlanta. At the forefront of attracting a Pride a lot of significance – what does it add to now celebration of this scale is Malik Brown, Director have this become a global phenomenon? of LGBTQ Affairs for the City of Atlanta, and we caught up with him to talk all things Global Black There are a lot of cities that host some form of Pride.

Black Pride across the world, but I’m so glad to see Global Black Pride continue to grow, and First, tell us how Atlanta became the location for I can’t wait to see where it will go down the the first-ever Global Black Pride celebration – and road. I’m a big fan of any Pride celebration that what was your part in this process? allows groups of people to celebrate their unique culture and norms in a safe and affirming space.

As a lifelong Atlantan, the choice was clear to me.

Atlanta is such a special place so many people, What do you think having the Global Black especially Black LGBTQ+ people. We had several Pride here in Atlanta means for the city and in meetings with the Global Black Pride organizers particular the Black LGBTQ+ community? to make sure they knew that the City of Atlanta would be an ally in helping them put on this just think it further proves Atlanta’s special place important convening. in the world. It’s a place where people can come experience culture, innovation, and southern There are some familiar pieces to this Pride hospitality. I’m very excited to celebrate with celebration, like the Mayor’s reception and fellow Black LGBTQ+ ATLiens, and our visitors. the Pure Heat Community Festival in Piedmont Park, but also a lot of new events. How will this What events are you excited about for Global Pride be different than a ‘regular’ Atlanta Black Black Pride?

Pride?

I’m excited for the Global Human Rights I think of it as an elevated and international conference, particularly the Black LGBTQ+ version of what’s historically done here. We are Political Leaders roundtable that I’ll be lucky to have several great organizations who moderating. Of course, I’m so excited about the produce events during Labor Day Weekend, 5th Annual Mayor’s Global Black Pride Reception. including Atlanta Black Pride and the organizers This is such a special event every year, but we’ve of the Pure Heat Community Festival. put a lot of magic into this one.

The folks who produce Global Black Pride are Are there any additional details you can reveal working hand in hand with familiar faces and about the Pride celebration? organizers in ATL. This year is different in a lot of ways. There will be a weeklong Global Be on the lookout for some very exciting visitors Human Rights Conference, global performers throughout the week. There are some pretty big in Piedmont Park, and an incredible line up of names that I’m hearing my pop into Atlanta to events and visitors. For the annual Mayor’s Black celebrate with us.

Pride Reception, we’ve adopted a global theme

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A letter from the Mayor of Atlanta Dear Neighbors, I am thrilled to celebrate Global Black Pride alongside our residents and visitors. Atlanta was the clear choice to become the first U.S. city chosen to host Global Black Pride, an event that unites Black LGBTQ+ communities across continents in a celebration of culture and diversity.

We are the LGBTQ+ capital of the south, and the Black LGBTQ+ capital of the world – and our actions back it up.

I declared 2023 the Year of the Youth, driven by my goal of making Atlanta the best place to raise a child, including LGBTQ youth. At the start of this year, we launched Atlanta’s firstever LGBTQ+ mentorship pilot, connecting our young people with our best and brightest adults. Throughout the year, these mentors and mentees have met at least once a month, both individually and in group outings. Last fall, we hosted our first Youth Pride Summit + Festival, providing LGBTQ+ youth and families with a day filled with fun activities, vital resources, and bonding opportunities. We also teamed up with the Rainbow Book Bus to distribute nearly 1,000 banned books by LGBTQ+ authors to our young people and their families.

Earlier this year, I appointed Judge Pierce Hand Seitz to the Atlanta Municipal Court, marking the first time an openly LGBTQ person has served on the bench. We partnered with Netflix to host a special Atlanta screening of Rustin, a film that tells the story of activist Bayard Rustin, who faced racism and homophobia as he helped shape Civil Rights history by orchestrating the 1963 March on Washington. Our Administration was also proud to join forces with the Atlanta City Council to celebrate a hometown hero and Atlanta Public Schools alum, RuPaul, by declaring his most recent visit as RuPaul Day in Atlanta.

But our journey is far from over. With the unwavering support of the Mayor’s Division of LGBTQ Affairs, housed within the Mayor’s Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, and the dedication of the Mayor’s LGBTQ Advisory Board, we remain committed to advancing equity and fostering a city where every person is embraced for who they are. Atlanta’s strength lies in its unity, and our continued progress depends on our collective resolve to create a city that celebrates diversity in all its forms.

Let us continue to stand together, united in our vision for an inclusive Atlanta. Together, we will ensure that our city remains a beacon of hope, resilience, and pride for generations to come.

With gratitude and optimism,

Rediscover Your Erotic Energy

By Mikkel Hyldebrandt

In the beginning of September, Body Electric will be to serve others to teach this method of healing touch, facilitating a multi-day workshop called “Celebrating initially to gay men. the Body Erotic” for all men, including non-binary, trans, intersex, and two-spirited people of all sexual Over the years, the school has expanded, and today, we orientations and gender expressions who feel offer this and other workshops in variations for women belonging in men’s spaces. We spoke to Ben Lewis, who and for all genders, as well as for a wide variety of coordinates events for Body Electric in the Atlanta area, different affinity groups. But the workshop that we’re about what to expect and what it means to participate. teaching here in September is specifically for men.

First, let us know a little bit about the Body Electric By the way, the school is a 501(c)3 non-profit event ? organization and is celebrating its 40th anniversary Unfortunately, I can’t take credit for the idea. The Body this year!

Electric School teaches a range of erotic workshops around the world, and Celebrating the Body Erotic (the Why do you think an event like this is important and workshop that we’re teaching here in September) is our needed today? most popular of these classes. This is a workshop that We live in a world where we can search for an helps people reconnect with pleasure, rediscover their anonymous hookup nearby using our phones, and own erotic energy, get back in touch with themselves, then swipe left on someone without ever talking to and practice making connections with other people in him, based on a short description and a thumbnail a safe and supportive container. image that’s a few hundred pixels, max. For all the good things that technology has brought to us, we’ve Celebrating the Body Erotic was developed in San lost the ability to connect with the real human people Francisco in the 1980s by a man named Joseph Kramer. around us. This workshop is an invitation to reset that Remember, this was the early days of the AIDS crisis and get to know actual 3D people in real time. when so many people were dying every day, and the community (especially the gay male community) was In addition, there’s a deep kind of emotional or spiritual terrified of touching each other. Joseph was a massage healing that’s tied in with physical touch. We know that therapist who had also studied to become a priest, and touch is one of our basic primal human needs, yet we he combined his knowledge of massage and his desire convince ourselves that we don’t need it to survive

and can get by without it. Then, when we finally get What is something that you have learned about to experience touch from a nurturing person in a warm yourself during a Body Electric event? and compassionate way, we’re often overcome by the I learned how to be spiritual, which feels like a weird sensation. It’s very common for people in this workshop thing to say because I never thought of myself as a to have big emotional reactions because they don’t spiritual person. As long as I had a job and could pay my realize just how touch-deprived they are and how badly bills, I figured that was all there was to life, right? But they need this. after I started getting in touch with my body, I learned that the body and the spirit are intertwined in a way I Why do you think that people are limited in their never really understood or appreciated. I learned just sexuality and desires today? how important it is to tend to your spirit, and I learned Honestly, as children, I think most of us grew up with a that physical joy is an amazing way to do that. big mystery around sex, knowing that it was something big and important but having no idea what it meant. We What do you hope that participants will take away were taught that it was taboo, that we didn’t talk about from this event? those body parts, and our parents would cover our eyes I hope they’ll learn how to say both no AND yes. I want if something sexual came on TV. Except they didn’t call it them to remember what it’s like to feel joy, and to get a sexual, they called it “dirty.” Then when we hit puberty better sense of who they are and what makes them truly and discovered what an orgasm felt like… well, that was happy. I want them to feel like a kid again. I want them it, wasn’t it? We spent the next few decades chasing to have the kind of transformative experience that I had that feeling, but somewhere along the way we forgot in my first workshop, and to leave with a new feeling how to be curious and to explore and imagine and play. of confidence. And if they find themselves healing old And eventually, for so many of us, sex lost its lustre. wounds in the process, so much the better.

How can participants prepare for this event?

The event obviously focuses on sensual and erotic Start to think of ways to begin waking up your body. aspects. How do you convey that message so that Move. Stretch. Dance. Do yoga or go for a hike. Practice participants won’t expect a full-on sex party? walking in the world like the sexy beast you are. Develop So many people think this is an orgy! Whenever I’m a swagger! Also, spend some time thinking about your talking to people, I’m very up-front and just tell them that intention in taking this workshop. What do you think is this is not an orgy, not a happy ending, not a circle jerk. missing from your life? What is it that you want to learn We use breathwork and movement and guided touch to about yourself, or heal, or grow? (But we’ll also send you explore what it means to be an erotic being. Someone a detailed list of what to bring and how to prepare as the told me that this course is hands-on and clothes-off*, workshop draws closer.) and that’s a good description! But really, this workshop is an invitation to rethink pleasure in a way you probably Tell us how we can learn more about how to be a part haven’t done since you were a teenager. of this event.

You can find more details and a link to register online *And if you don’t want to be fully naked, you don’t bodyelectric.org/online-shops/celebrating-the-bodyhave to be. erotic-atlanta-2024-1/. Or if you prefer, you can always reach out to me with questions at atlanta@bodyelectric.

Say, you’re part of the event and you get aroused – is org. Plus, you can also simply scan the QR code on our that okay? ad in this issue.

Sure it is! I will say that that erections are not the point of the workshop. You don’t need one to do anything that Anything else you’d like to add? we do, and you won’t miss a thing if you go all weekend Just one thing, but it’s a biggie: the school believes this without it. But you know some folks are more responsive work is important, and we don’t want finances to be than others, and… well, an erection isn’t a bad thing! a barrier to anyone. If you think this workshop isn’t in your budget, please consider applying for a scholarship.

I’m sure consent and boundaries are extremely I know from experience that the school is very generous, important in this setting – how do you enforce and and the process is discreet. No one will know that you encourage this? received any assistance. So if a scholarship will make Absolutely you’re right. One of the first things that we a difference for you, please talk to us. You can reach do in every workshop is to practice setting and holding me at atlanta@bodyelectric.org or apply online at boundaries. So many of us are encouraged not to say no bodyelectric.org/scholarships/. in the interest of “being nice.” Or other people never learn to say yes because of confidence issues or low selfesteem. So right out of the gate, we practice making Joy is a frequency that permeates the universe. Joy is the requests of each other, and we practice saying both yes breath of the Divine. and no. And throughout the weekend, we’ll encourage – Eli Andrew Ramer you to give an honest yes or no to everything that happens -- even the things we ask you to do! Personally, I hope you’ll say yes to everything, but if something truly makes you uncomfortable, then we encourage you to opt out.

We also reserve a corner of the room as a place of refuge, where you can step out of the action and regroup yourself, for whatever reason. You’re still in the room and you can watch whatever’s going on, and you’re welcome to rejoin the group whenever you’re ready.

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Together, we honor the past, celebrate the present, and envision a future where Black LGBTQ+ voices are uplifted with pride, dignity, and equality.

Be part of something historic.

Be part of Global Black Pride in Atlanta!

Celebrating Global B This year, Atlanta Black Pride Weekend is partnering with Global Black Pride making it the largest Black Pride event in the United States! This Pride festival of empowerment and unity comes with an abundance of amazing events and parties – get your overview right here!

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Global Black Pride Human Rights and Health 5th Annual Mayor’s Global Black Pride Conference Reception Time: 7 am - 6 pm daily As Atlanta hosts the first-ever Global Black Venue: Georgia World Congress Center Pride convening in the United States, Mayor (GWCC) 285 Andrew Young International Blvd Andre Dickens is proud to host the 5th Annual NW, Atlanta, GA 30313 Invite only Mayor’s Global Black Pride Reception.

Invite ONLY Global Black Village Exhibition Center and Venue: Atlanta City Hall Main Stage Presented by ViiV Time: 7 am – 7 pm Global Black Village Exhibition Center and Global Black Village - Georgia World Main Stage Presented by ViiV Congress Center (GWCC) 285 Andrew Young Time: 7 am – 7 pm International Blvd NW, Atlanta, GA, United Global Black Village - Georgia World States Congress Center (GWCC) 285 Andrew Young International Blvd NW, Atlanta, GA, United The Global Village is a diverse and vibrant States space where communities from all over the world connect, share, and learn from each The Global Village is a diverse and vibrant other. Experience a unique program from space where communities from all over public applications from individuals, groups, the world connect, share, and learn from and organizations working across the response each other. Experience a unique program to Health, Human Rights, and cultural interests. from public applications from individuals, groups, and organizations working across Official Welcome to Atlanta Reception the response to Health, Human Rights, and Featuring special performances cultural interests.

Time: 6pm - 8pm Venue: Global Black Village - Georgia World Global Black Pride Political Leaders Congress Center (GWCC) 285 Andrew Young Roundtable International Blvd NW, Atlanta, GA 30313 Time: 10 am – 5 pm Venue: Global Black Village - Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC) 285 Andrew Young International Blvd NW, Atlanta, GA, United Wednesday, August 28, 2024 States Global Black Pride Human Rights and Health Conference Friday, August 30, 2024 Time: 7 am – 6 pm Venue: Global Black Village - Georgia World Global Trans Rally Congress Center (GWCC) 285 Andrew Young Venue: Global Black Village - Georgia World International Blvd NW, Atlanta, GA, United Congress Center (GWCC) 285 Andrew Young States International Blvd NW, Atlanta, GA, United States Email info@globalblackpride.com for more Global Black Village Exhibition Center and details Main Stage Presented by ViiV Time: 7am-7pm daily Global Black Village Exhibition Center and Venue: Georgia World Congress Center Main Stage Presented by ViiV (GWCC) 285 Andrew Young International Blvd Time: 7 am – 7 pm NW, Atlanta, GA 30313 Global Black Village - Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC) 285 Andrew Young International Blvd NW, Atlanta, GA, United The Global Village is a diverse and vibrant States space where communities from all over the world connect, share, and learn from each The Global Village is a diverse and vibrant other. Experience a unique program from space where communities from all over the public applications from individuals, groups, world connect, share, and learn from each and organizations working across the response other. Experience a unique program from to Health, Human Rights, and cultural interests. public applications from individuals, groups, and organizations working across the response to Health, Human Rights, and cultural interests.

Black Pride in Atlanta Empowering My Sisters Lunch & Learn Time: 11 am – 2 pm Venue: GA State University Student Center RSVP - www.lgbtgreekweekend.com Influencers Award Dinner Time: 7 -8 pm

Sunday, September 1, 2024 Global Black Pride 2024 March Time: 9 am - 12 pm

Venue: Sterling This event is a unique opportunity to stand Hotel The Annual in solidarity, amplify our voices, and continue Black Excellence the relentless pursuit of justice for all Black Influencers dinner LGBTQI+ individuals globally. Don’t miss this hosted by RockStars chance to be part of history and make your Production and Traxx Girls is a pivotal part voice heard. of the Atlanta Black Pure Heat Community Festival Pride Weekend Celebration. It’s a Time: 12 – 8 pm unique opportunity Venue: Piedmont Park for trail blazers, leaders and influencers to celebrate accomplishments while highlighting individuals and organizations who significantly impact and contribute to the LGBTQIA+ community.

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Monday, September 2, 2024 Booze Cruise Time: 2 – 4 pm Venue: Lake Lanier We Rock Pride Day Party / BBQ Time: 4 – 8 pm Venue: Truth Midtown, 657 Antone St NW 14th Annual LGBT Greek Brunch Time: 11 am – 2 pm Venue: GA State U Student Center Global Black Pride x Atlanta Black Pride Weekend Festival Presented by ViiV Time: 12 – 8 pm Venue: Piedmont Park Join the vibrant celebration of Black LGBTQI+ culture and community at the Global Black Pride Festival in Atlanta. This festival is a safe space to honor diverse sexualities, gender identities, and expressions, bringing together our global community for both celebration and activism. Headliners include acclaimed artists Yemi Alade, Billy Porter, and Omawumi.

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Celebrating Identity and Community at Global Black Pride in Atlanta Edited by Mikkel Hyldebrandt

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s the LGBTQ+ community continues to The city’s rich history of civil rights leadership, advance the fight for equality and visibility, coupled with its vibrant and diverse LGBTQ+ it’s crucial to recognize the unique challenges community, makes it the perfect backdrop for a and triumphs faced by marginalized groups celebration that honors the global Black LGBTQ+ within the broader movement. Black Gay experience.

Pride, a vital celebration within the LGBTQ+ community, serves as a space where Black The inaugural Global Black Pride in Atlanta LGBTQ+ individuals can honor their identities, will not only celebrate the diversity within the history, and culture. This year, the significance of Black LGBTQ+ community but also highlight Black Gay Pride is underscored by the upcoming the interconnected struggles and triumphs of Global Black Pride, which is set to take place Black LGBTQ+ people around the world. It will in Atlanta for the first time—a city with a rich provide a unique opportunity for attendees to history of both civil rights activism and LGBTQ+ connect, share their stories, and build networks advocacy. of support that transcend national boundaries.

Why Black Gay Pride Matters

Why We Need Black Gay Pride Celebrations

Black Gay Pride events are more than just Having dedicated celebrations like Black Gay celebrations; they are essential platforms for Pride is vital for fostering a sense of belonging visibility, empowerment, and solidarity. While and empowerment within the Black LGBTQ+ mainstream Pride events focus on the broader community. These events offer a safe and LGBTQ+ community, Black Gay Pride creates affirming space where Black LGBTQ+ individuals a space where the intersection of race, sexual can express themselves freely, connect with orientation, and gender identity is not only others who share similar experiences, and acknowledged but celebrated. This is especially celebrate their multifaceted identities. In a important given the historical and ongoing world where they often face discrimination marginalization that Black LGBTQ+ individuals and erasure, Black Gay Pride serves as a face, both within the LGBTQ+ community and powerful reminder that their lives, stories, and society at large. contributions matter.

For many Black LGBTQ+ people, mainstream Moreover, Black Gay Pride events provide an LGBTQ+ spaces often fail to fully represent their opportunity to educate the broader community experiences and struggles. Issues such as racism, about the unique challenges faced by Black economic inequality, and systemic oppression LGBTQ+ individuals. They serve as a platform are realities that Black LGBTQ+ individuals for raising awareness about issues such as confront daily, and these issues are often HIV/AIDS, mental health, and social justice, overlooked or inadequately addressed in larger which disproportionately affect the Black Pride celebrations. Black Gay Pride offers a space LGBTQ+ community. By bringing these issues where these experiences are centered, where to the forefront, Black Gay Pride fosters greater Black LGBTQ+ voices are amplified, and where understanding and advocacy, both within and the community can come together to celebrate outside the LGBTQ+ community. their unique culture and contributions.

As Global Black Pride prepares to make history in The Significance of Global Black Pride in Atlanta Atlanta, it’s important to recognize the event as more than just a celebration. It’s a movement— Global Black Pride, which will be held in Atlanta one that honors the past, celebrates the present, for the first time, is a groundbreaking event that and envisions a future where all Black LGBTQ+ elevates the importance of Black Gay Pride on individuals can live with pride, dignity, and an international scale. Atlanta is an ideal host equality. The significance of this event cannot for this historic gathering. Known as the “Black be overstated, as it represents a powerful and LGBTQ+ Mecca,” Atlanta has long been a hub necessary affirmation of Black LGBTQ+ identity for Black culture, activism, and LGBTQ+ rights. on a global stage.

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26 Barking Leather 27 Southern Nights

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32 Atlanta Eagle 1492 Piedmont Ave NE 33 Felix's 1510 Piedmont Ave NE 34 The Hideaway 1544 Piedmont Ave NE 35 Mixx 1492 Piedmont Ave NE 36 Oscar's 1510 Piedmont Ave NE Mary's 1287 Glenwood Ave SE Sister Louisa’s Church 466 Edgewood Ave SE Lips Atlanta 3011 Buford Hwy NE 465 Boulevard SE The T Woof's 494 Plasters Ave NE

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