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Backstreet Atlanta Discotheque (Ga.)

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Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Backstreet Atlanta Discotheque visual arts collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS225
Scope and Content

This collection contains snapshot photographs of staff and patrons inside the nightclub during special events and regular business hours. Included are professional publicity photographs of drag performers and entertainers that include Jimmy James, Cynthia Manley, Bubba McNeely, Jane Doe, and Gladys Knight. Also included are advertising flyers for special events.

Dates: 1982-2002, undated

Paul Stone Atlanta Pride scrapbooks

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1236
Scope and Contents This collection contains three scrapbooks about Atlanta Pride created by Paul Stone, a board member of Atlanta Pride. Each scrapbook contains newspaper articles, letters, photographs, programs, posters, and other ephemera related to the 1991, 1992, and 1993 festivals. Of particular note is Atlanta Pride 20th anniversary memorabilia, t-shirt designs, and letters to elected officials asking for endorsement in the 1991 scrapbook. In addition, the 1992 scrapbook includes newspaper clippings...
Dates: 1991-1993

Southern Voice photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS415
Scope and Contents This collection contains images used for stories published by Southern Voice newspaper. Images include businesses, individuals, organizations, demonstrations and events, and photographs related to political issues concerning the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender communities. Of particular note are demonstrations associated with ACT UP and the Cobb Citizens Coalition, as well as images of the Atlanta Pride Festival and Parade and Atlanta Black Pride....
Dates: approximately 1968-2010, bulk dates approximately 1990-2010

Southern Voice records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1016
Scope and Content This collection contains editorial planning records and subject files for stories published by Southern Voice. These files include editorial planning meeting notes, story assignments, camera-ready art, and subject files on national and regional issues of crime, health, lifestyle, and politics concerning the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender community. The camera-ready art consists of photographs and graphics used in conjunction with published...
Dates: 1982-2007 undated

Vicki Vara papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS730f
Scope and Content

This collection contains documents, correspondence, and advertisements relating to Vicki Vara's management of Backstreet Atlanta. There are also full length LGBTQ publications, most of which contain ads for Backstreet.

Dates: 1977-2005, undated

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Gay bars -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
Gay community -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
AIDS (Disease) -- Government policy -- United States 2
AIDS (Disease) -- Law and legislation -- United States 2
AIDS activists 2
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Atlanta (Ga.) -- Politics and government 2
Civil rights 2
Discrimination in employment 2
Gay activists 2
Gay couples -- Legal status, laws, etc. 2
HIV (Viruses) 2
HIV-positive persons 2
Homosexuality -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Journalism 2
Medical care -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Neighborhoods -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Nightclubs -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
AIDS (Disease) 1
AIDS (Disease) -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- Care -- United States -- Cost control 1
AIDS (Disease) -- Prevention 1
AIDS (Disease) -- Psychological aspects 1
AIDS (Disease) -- Research 1
AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects 1
AIDS (Disease) -- Statistics 1
AIDS (Disease) -- Treatment 1
AIDS awareness 1
AIDS vaccines 1
African American LGBTQ+ people 1
African American men -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
African Americans -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Anti-gay discrimination 1
Asian American LGBTQ+ people 1
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Religion 1
Black LGBTQ+ people 1
Business enterprises -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Civil rights demonstrations 1
Court records -- Georgia -- Fulton County 1
Crime -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Demonstrations -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Detention of LGBTQ+ people 1
Drag bars 1
Drag community 1
Drag performers 1
Entertainers -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Entertainment events -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Female impersonators -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Gay adoption -- Law and legislation 1
Gay artists -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Gay men -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Gay men -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History 1
Gay men -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Social conditions 1
Gay pride celebrations -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Gay pride parades -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Gays -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Gays and sports 1
Hate crimes 1
Hate crimes -- United States 1
Hate groups -- United States 1
Homophobia 1
Homosexuality 1
Homosexuality -- Law and Legislation 1
Homosexuality and employment -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Journalists -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
LGBTQ+ activism 1
LGBTQ+ bars 1
LGBTQ+ bookshops 1
LGBTQ+ civil rights 1
LGBTQ+ community centers 1
LGBTQ+ criminalization 1
LGBTQ+ demonstrations 1
LGBTQ+ discrimination 1
LGBTQ+ people of color 1
LGBTQ+-affirming religious groups 1
LGBTQ+-owned businesses 1
Lesbian activism 1
Lesbian activists 1
Lesbian bars 1
Lesbian bars -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Lesbian community -- Georgia 1
Lesbianism -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Lesbians -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Lesbians -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History 1
Lesbians -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Social conditions 1
Male homosexuality -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Minority business enterprises -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt 1
Pageants -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Parades -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Piedmont Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Police -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Political campaigns -- Georgia 1
Political parties -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Politicians 1
Politicians -- Georgia 1
Reproductive health 1
Same-sex marriage 1
Scrapbooks -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Sex shops 1
Sexual minorities -- Population 1
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