New exhibit at Atlanta Pride Festival will allow attendees to walk through queer history [Video]

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – A new exhibit documenting Georgia’s LGBTQ+ community will be on display at this year’s Atlanta Pride festival.

The exhibit is made possible thanks to a new partnership between Atlanta Pride and Georgia State University. Tucked away on the eighth floor of GSU’s Library South building in downtown Atlanta, the fight for equality is being preserved.

“The archive isn’t just for our organization, it’s for our community,” said Steven Igarashi-Ball, of Atlanta Pride.

The non-profit responsible for hosting the southeast’s biggest Pride festival recently turned over hundreds of the organization’s documents and keepsakes, more than 55 boxes. Some of them packed full with annual Pride t-shirts and logos dating back some 54 years.

“They’re reflective of the time, the culture we’re in, also the fashion. Something so simple like a t-shirt also says so much,” said Igarashi-Ball. Archivist Morna Gerrard heads up a small team …