Transgender and non-binary individuals and their allies take part in Atlanta Pride's Transgender Rights March on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Robin Rayne)

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.

Beyond Pride Feature Stories

New original feature stories will be added here throughout Pride Month and beyond.

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”

Pride Events Across Georgia

LGBTQ Coverage Across the South

Who will pay? OnePULSE stops footing the bill for Pulse nightclub memorial site upkeep

WMFE – Orlando, Florida

City of Mobile to discontinue its LGBTQ liaison positions

WUAL – Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Tennessee’s drag restrictions have been temporarily blocked — again

WPLN – Nashville, Tennessee

Texas’ ban on gender-affirming care takes effect following state Supreme Court ruling

KERA – Dallas, Texas

A change is coming to Northwest Arkansas Pride this year

KUAF – Fayetteville, Arkansas

Restricting trans health care could increase suicide rates in North Carolina

WUNC – Chapel Hill, North Carolina

LGBTQ Atlanta History Tour