South of Stonewall: The Atlanta Police Raid That Sparked Georgia Gay Liberation

Today marks 50 years since the Stonewall Uprising began in New York
City. In the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, police raided
The Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar in Greenwich Village. While
accounts vary of what exactly sparked the rebellion and violent
clash, what resulted was a series of protests and demonstrations —
which led to the first Pride Parade in 1970. But Stonewall, when it
happened, had little effect on gay life in the South. It was
another raid, a little more than a month later, that sparked
outrage and galvanized Atlanta's LGBT communities. On Aug. 5, 1969,
police raided a screening of Andy Warhol's Lonesome Cowboys at
Ansley Mall Mini-Cinema.