Lois Reitzes Delves into Atlanta gay History with Art Smith. The audio was provided by WABE 90.1 FM, Atlanta's NPR station. The interview originally aired on Thursday 3 November 2022.
The image are courtesy of GayBarchives.com and represent more than 300 gay bars and venues from Atlanta's rich and colorful gay past.
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In Atlanta, we take pride in the number of gay bars around the city. More than 300 LGBTQ+ bars have played a memorable role in Atlanta’s gay community, past and present. During the pandemic, Art Smith, who describes himself as “a longtime card-holding member of the Atlanta gay community” decided to create an archive of all the gay bars throughout the U.S. and the world. The site is called “Gay Barchives.” Art Smith joined “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes via Zoom to talk about his monumental project.
Photo of Art Smith by Dick Woelfle of Channel125.com