Check out film screenings, festivals and a weeklong celebration from Southern Fried Queer Pride.
The Southern Fried Queer Pride Festival will take place over the course of a week with a variety of events including drag shows, markets and parties. (Courtesy of Aurie Singletary)
Although Atlanta’s largest Pride celebration takes place in October to coincide with National Coming Out Day, organizations and groups around the metro area are hosting events in honor of Pride Month in June.
You’ll find a weeklong Pride celebration from Southern Fried Queer Pride, featuring markets, dance parties and movie nights, as well as bar crawls and drag shows at local businesses.
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Landmark Pride Series
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Pride Glide
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Smyrna Pride’s annual festival will take place in the Smyrna Market Village on June 13. (Courtesy of Smyrna Pride)
Smyrna Pride
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Rainbow Pub Crawl
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Preserving Pride
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Gwinnett Pride
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Wild Heaven Beer’s West End taproom hosts Drag Brunch Bingo during Pride Month. (Courtesy of Wild Heaven Beer)
Brewhaha Drag Bingo Brunch
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It’s Giving Edgewood: O4W Pride Crawl
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The Southern Fried Queer Pride Festival will take place over the course of a week with a variety of events including drag shows, markets and parties. (Courtesy of Necromanny Photography)
Southern Fried Queer Pride Festival
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Olivia Wakim is a reporter on the lifestyle team. She joined the AJC as an intern in 2023 after graduating from the University of Georgia with a journalism degree. While in school, she reported for The Red & Black, Grady Newsource and the Marietta Daily Journal.
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