Meet the Atlanta Pride grand marshals

Last year to mark the 40th anniversary of the Atlanta Pride festival, the Atlanta Pride Committee selected 120 grand marshals to represent three categories of the LGBT rights movement: education, legislative and community. For 2011, Pride has taken a more scaled-back approach, naming six people as grand marshals for the Oct. 9 parade. Each of the six grand marshals was nominated by the public in an open-nomination process, according to the Atlanta Pride Committee. The group includes a straight ally, a transgender activist, a leather advocate, a voice from the frontlines of Georgia’s immigration battle, a gay actor and playwright, and… >>

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