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, the 10th anniversary of the legalization of same-sex marriage, 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!

LGBTQ Coverage Across The South

Survivors and family members visit Pulse site for first time since 2016 mass shooting

WMFE – Orlando, Florida

New LGBTQ-focused nonprofit emerges in Gulf Coast region

WUAL – Tuscaloosa, Alabama

How this Nashville LGBTQ choir celebrates 20 years of harmony

WPLN – Nashville, Tennessee

Texas bill banning DEI, LGBTQ clubs in schools heads to governor for signature

KERA – Dallas, Texas

Arkansas LGBTQ nonprofits react to Trump’s executive mandates

KUAF – Fayetteville, Arkansas

A new report traces Raleigh’s LGBTQ history, but there are still gaps

WUNC – Chapel Hill, North Carolina

LGBTQ Atlanta History Tour