The annual black-tie affair features the leading activists and entertainers advancing LGBTQ rights and honors local LGBTQ leaders and allies for their work to make Georgia more accepting. Raising well over a quarter-million dollars a year for the Human Rights Campaign, the Atlanta HRC dinner is a standard-bearer throughout the nation. King also always features an LGBTQ speaker. King’s birthday like the civil rights leader’s hometown of Atlanta, and the city’s black gay clubs enjoy their second-busiest weekend of the year during MLK weekend. Top Gay Atlanta events Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday From the entertaining and provocative selections in LGBTQ cinema showcased during the “Out on Film” festival to the Atlanta Pride Festival drawing thousands to Piedmont Park each year, some of the biggest and most popular Atlanta gay pride events in the country happen here.Ĭheck out Atlanta’s largest and most popular LGBTQ events or search the Atlanta events calendar for a complete lineup of both straight and gay Atlanta events and festivals. Our gay Atlanta events calendar spills over with social, philanthropic, political and sports events year-round.
Please check official event and venue websites to confirm the status.Ītlanta gay pride is alive and kicking, as you can see from our annual events. These events may have been changed due to COVID-19 outbreak precautions.