John for putting flyers advertising Gay Pride activities in newsroom mailboxes. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution fires employee Charles St. John to the city’s Community Relations Commission, the first appointment by a city official of a spokesperson for local gay and lesbian communities. The GLF organizes Atlanta’s first permit-authorized Gay Pride March, with 125-150 people participating.įirst meeting of the Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance (ALFA), a major force in the local lesbian community for the next two decades.Ītlanta mayor Sam Massell appoints Charles St.
Local activists form a Georgia chapter of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF). One of them, a minister, files a $500,000 lawsuit against the police. Atlanta police raid George Ellis’ Film Forum, which was showing Andy Warhol’s movie “Lonesome Cowboys,” and take photos of audience members.
