The journey of Atlanta towards gay rights and freedom
Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance (ALFA) served as a famous public repository of social, economic, political and cultural information for the women's and gay communities. Photographs and programs proved ALFA as a constant fixture in Atlanta's annual gay and lesbian pride marches. Its popular newsletter, "Atalanta," ran from 1973 until the organization ceased operations in 1994. "Atalanta" kept the community abreast of the latest local, regional, national and international news. It used to print activities calendars and meeting reports, gave action alerts for readers to get involved with various social justice causes, advertised the latest conferences and reviewed all the latest releases in feminist and lesbian literature. The run of "Atalanta" is invaluable not only to scholars of feminist and lesbian/gay studies but also to researchers examining how local activists work within national networks of cultural and political exchange. Atlanta had struggled hard for gay rights movement especially for gay marriage rights. Scholars are just beginning to synthesize the trends in women's and gay/lesbian histories since the early 1970s.