The Stonewall riots in June 1969 marked a watershed moment in the fight for LGBTQ equality in the United States. Since then, the issues affecting LGBTQ people in Georgia and across the nation continue to be litigated in our courts, schools, businesses, homes and streets.
To take a deeper look at the issues affecting LGBTQ people in Georgia, a team of WABE reporters worked on a series of features stories that will be rolled out on this page, on air and streaming online throughout June and beyond. On this page you’ll also find a sampling of LGBTQ Atlantans speaking out, a calendar of Pride events throughout Georgia this year and LGBTQ digital coverage from NPR stations across the South.
This is a look behind the headlines. Beyond June. This is Beyond Pride.
Have an issue, person or group WABE should write about for this series? Email us at [email protected].
Feature Stories
2025 Stories
WABE reporters are working on Beyond Pride stories on the changes in Atlanta’s LGBTQ nightlife scene, a profile of an LGBTQ-owned coffee and skate shop, a profile of an LGBTQ elder and longtime activist and more. Watch this space as we roll out those stories in June and beyond!
2024 Stories
2023 Stories
LGBTQ Atlantans In Their Own Words
Brigitte Bidet on drag getting pulled into politics on “City Lights”
Rev. Leo Seyij Allen on restricting healthcare for trans kids on “Closer Look”
Leo Briggs on using dance for trans and queer liberation on “City Lights”
2025 Pride Events in Georgia
Know about a Pride event in Georgia that we should add to this list? Let us know!
- June 1: Out on the River with PFLAG Milledgeville, Oconee River Greenway, 10 a.m.
- June 7: 12th Annual Colgay Pride Festival, 9 a.m – 11 p.m.., Woodruff Park (Columbus)
- June 7: Athens PrideFest, 3-10 p.m., Downtown Athens
- June 8: Red’s Beer Garden Pride Party, Noon – 5 p.m., Red’s Beer Garden
- June 8: Pride Tea Dance with Kyle House, 3-8 p.m., Lore
- June 11: Landmark Pride Movie Series: “Milk,” 7 p.m., Landmark Midtown Art Cinema
- June 11: Pride at Plaza Movie Series: “Steel Magnolias,” 7 p.m., Plaza Theatre
- June 12-15: Southeast Leather Fest, Courtland Grand Hotel By Windham
- June 13-15: Rome Pride, Ridge Ferry Park
- June 13-19: Pride at Plaza Movie Series: “Chocolate Babies,” Plaza Theatre
- June 14: MSR’s 5th Annual Rainbow Pub Crawl, 6 p.m. – 2 a.m., Midtown
- June 14: Second Friday Pride Party, 8 p.m., Sister Louisa’s Church of the Living Room & Ping Pong Emporium
- June 15: Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus Concert, Noon and 2 p.m., Children’s Museum of Atlanta
- June 15: Prideteenth, Westside Motor Lounge, 5-10 p.m.
- June 18: Landmark Pride Movie Series: “The Kids Are All Right,” 7 p.m., Landmark Midtown Art Cinema
- June 21: Pride Walk Roswell, Heart of Roswell Park, 10 a.m.
- June 21: Gwinnett Pride, Noon – 5 p.m., Thrasher Park
- June 21: Pride Bar Crawl, 4 p.m., Midtown
- June 21: Disney Pride In Concert, 7 p.m., Atlanta Symphony Hall
- June 21: Atlanta Freedom Bands’ In Concert With Hope, 7-9 p.m., Church at Ponce and Highland
- June 21: Pride at Plaza Movie Series: “Forbidden Letters,” 7 p.m., Plaza Theatre
- June 21: Girlcrush Pride Month Edition, 10 p.m., Apache XLR
- June 22: Drag Me To Church: An Interfaith Commemoration of Stonewall, 6-8 p.m., St. Luke Lutheran Church
- June 23-29: Southern Fried Queer Pride, Little 5 Points
- June 25: Landmark Pride Movie Series: “Pariah,” 7 p.m., Landmark Midtown Art Cinema
- June 27-28: Augusta Pride, Augusta Common
- June 27: Stephens County Pride Picnic, Noon – 6 p.m., Henderson Falls Park (Toccoa)
- June 27: Funny Bachelors ATL Pride Edition, 8 p.m., Argosy
- June 27: Atlanta Dream Pride Night Game, 7:30 p.m., Gateway Center Arena
- June 28: Smyrna Pride, Noon – 6 p.m., Smyrna Market Village
- June 28: Stonewall Block Party (Savannah), 2-10 p.m., Starland Yard
- June 29: It’s Giving Edgewood: O4W Pride Crawl, 3 p.m., Edgewood
- June 29: Pride Tea Dance with DJ Ganymede, 3-8 p.m., Lore
- June 29: Pride at Plaza Movie Series: Cinequeer Film Night, 7 p.m., Plaza Theatre
- Aug. 29 – Sept. 1: Atlanta Black Pride, Multiple Locations
- Sept. 13: Gainesville Equality Fest, 2-10 p.m., Midland Greenway
- Oct. 4: Boro Pride, Statesboro Mainstreet Farmers Market
- Oct. 4: Carrollton Pride, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., University of West Georgia Campus Center
- Oct. 11-12: Atlanta Pride, Piedmont Park
- Oct. 25: Savannah Pride, Noon – 11 p.m., Forsyth Park
