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Luke Gardner
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Luke Gardner’s Journalist Portfolio
View as a gridStopping Cop City: A Timeline of Suppression and Resistance
Georgia Voice
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News, events, features, entertainment, interviews, Pride, nightlife, organizations, families, marriage
Atlanta Vocal Project unites with noted quartet for performance
Alpharetta-Roswell Herald
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The Atlanta Vocal Project and the FRED quartet took the stage at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center Sept. 30 for their "Hot Time in the City" show.
Mural in Atlanta's Cabbagetown advocates for revising the 13th Amendment
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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The mural is part of a national campaign to change the amendment, which abolished slavery in 1865 "except as a punishment for crime."
Remembering Atlanta's Stonewall, 54 Years Later
Georgia Voice
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News, events, features, entertainment, interviews, Pride, nightlife, organizations, families, marriage
Newest Beltline murals shout joy, splash color, touch nature
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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The three newest murals are painted on varying sides of the Argos USA wall on the Southside trail.
Today in Street Art: Atlanta BeltLine's Southside Trail has three new murals - ARTS ATL
ArtsATL
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It's a safe bet that most locals know about the BeltLine; after...
Knockerball: New sports trend rolls out in Alpharetta
Appen Media
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On weekdays throughout June and July, Sandy Springs is hosting unique summer camps for children.
Bisexual sorcerer Aleister Crowley helped popularize the occult by fusing sex with magick in the ...
Queerty
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Bisexual sorcerer Aleister Crowley is celebrated by magicians today but was widely disliked during his lifetime for being an open queer occultist...
Queering God: LGBTQ+ Religion in Georgia - WUSSY Mag
WUSSY MAG
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ATLANTA, Ga - "As a pastor, I want to affirm that sometimes healing means moving on [from Christianity] and that's okay," said Kimble Sorrells. "My experience with God and the Divine resonated with finding more affirming aspects of Christianity that focus on social justice." Queer people experience religion differently than straight, cisgender people.
Sandy Springs celebrates Easter with Artsapalooza
Appen Media
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SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. - People from across metro Atlanta gathered to celebrate the annual Sandy Springs Artsapalooza on Easter Sunday, April 9.
Formerly Incarcerated Women Fight for Abolition
Georgia Voice
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Women on the Rise is a group of formerly incarcerated Black women working to help free unjustly imprisoned people in the Atlanta area.
Sandy Springs synagogue hosts community rally
Appen Media
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SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. - On Sunday people of various faiths gathered at Temple Emanu-El to discuss ways to combat antisemitism after anti-Jewish flyers were distributed across the community in early February.
Aromantic in the Season of Love
Georgia Voice
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Shortly after moving to Georgia, Dawsonville resident Cipher Willett started a group on meetup.com for local asexual and aromantic people to help foster a sense of community and build a local support system.
William Dorsey Swann: The First Drag Queen
Georgia Voice
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Born into slavery in 1860, William Dorsey Swann is the first known queer activist in the U.S. and the first person to describe themselves as a "queen of drag."
100 neighbors help replace stolen nativity scene
Appen Media
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CUMMING, Ga. - After a Forsyth County man had his nativity scene stolen, more than 100 neighbors pitched in to replace it in just two days.
Maxi Glamour on Dragula, breaking stereotypes, and fighting for diverse lineups - WUSSY Mag
WUSSY MAG
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"I remember as a kid wearing makeup and putting on tribal paint and costumes," said drag artist Maxi Glamour. "I feel like I was born to do drag." Glamour's first drag performance was at a 2009 amateur show in St. Louis.
'Post-Binary but Polarizing' : Interview with Hollow Eve - WUSSY Mag
WUSSY MAG
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In Petaluma California, at the age of 14, a queer performer was born. Starting as a teen performer in The Phoenix Theater's cast of the Rocky Horror Picture Show, Hollow Eve became introduced to the world of John Waters and BDSM. Then that world expanded into San Francisco, where they attended college and found a booming drag scene.
You're Not Invited to the 1%'s Luxury Doomsday Bunker
It’s Going Down
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Imagine turning on the news to firey images of a city 100 miles from you reduced to ash. A tearful news anchor tells you your city is next, that you only have an hour to live. You're definitely going to die. But not everyone is going to die.