Episode 85: The Stonewall of the South // The Sleeping Prophet

Patrice, Marleah and Courtney drink Wills Creek Watermelon Sangria and talk Queer Power and how naps need to be incorporated into everyone’s workflow.

The Stonewall of the South //

It wasn’t Stonewall, but it got the ball rolling: The police raid on Ansley Mall Mini Cinema’s showing of Lonesome Cowboys was a galvanizing moment for the LGBTQ community in Atlanta.

‘It’s a Raid!’ Atlanta’s Stonewall moment 50 years ago today by Patrick Saunders at Project Q
Georgia Gay Liberation Front and Atlanta’s first Pride march by Patrick Saunders at the Georgia Voice
The Great Speckled Bird archives from Georgia State University Library
The Stonewall of the South that History Forgot by Michael Waters at The Smithsonian Magazine
Ru Paul at The Nitery

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Invisible Histories Project
Vintage LGBTQ photos from AL Invisible Histories
Brooks Fund Oral History Project
VOICES of Kentuckiana
Touching Up Our Roots
Gay A.F. – uncovering, preserving and sharing accurate info on Atlanta’s LGBTQ history

The Sleeping Prophet: Edgar Cayce, Part 1 //

In part 1 of Patrice covering Edgar Cayce, we learn about this strange boy from Kentucky and his origin story of how he became the grandfather for the New Age movement, napping, and the “other” Nostradamus.