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Since the 1980s, Black queer Atlantans have gathered during Labor Day Weekend to celebrate their own Pride. What started as pop-up picnics hosted at alternative spaces to the white-dominated Pride celebrations has since grown into a blowout weekend attracting Black LGBTQ+ people from around the world.<\/p>\n
Last year, Atlanta served as the host city for Global Black Pride, and this year, while the global celebration travels to Paris, Atlanta Black Pride will build on the momentum of last year\u2019s success with new events and returning favorites from Aug. 28 to Sept. 1.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAs we stand looking at the scope of what legislation is doing to us, Atlanta Black Pride has always been an opportunity to reflect on queer existence from the Black and African-American perspective, because it\u2019s really different,\u201d George Daigle, the radio personality and performer bringing his show \u201cDisco Heat: A Sylvester Musical Tribute\u201d <\/strong>back to Atlanta for Black Pride, told Georgia Voice. \u201cAtlanta Black Pride gives us the opportunity to exist and enjoy Pride with our own perspectives in mind.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n