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dir="ltr"><p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p><p>The <b>Atlanta Public Library perversion case</b> refers to a series of <a href="/wiki/Arrest" title="Arrest">arrests</a> made in September 1953 at the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta%E2%80%93Fulton_Public_Library_System#The_Carnegie_Library" title="Atlanta–Fulton Public Library System">Atlanta Public Library</a> in <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a> United States. The <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Police_Department" title="Atlanta Police Department">Atlanta Police Department</a>, at the request of library officials, had set up a <a href="/wiki/Stakeout" class="mw-redirect" title="Stakeout">stakeout</a> in the library's men's <a href="/wiki/Public_toilet" title="Public toilet">restroom</a> via a <a href="/wiki/One-way_mirror" title="One-way mirror">one-way mirror</a> and arrested 20 people on charges of <a href="/wiki/Sodomy" title="Sodomy">sodomy</a> over a period of 8 days. The incident was widely covered in the local <a href="/wiki/Newspaper" title="Newspaper">newspapers</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Atlanta_Public_Library_perversion_case&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In September 1953, members of the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Police_Department" title="Atlanta Police Department">Atlanta Police Department</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Vice_squad" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice squad">vice squad</a> set up a stakeout at the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta%E2%80%93Fulton_Public_Library_System#The_Carnegie_Library" title="Atlanta–Fulton Public Library System">Atlanta Public Library</a> in <a href="/wiki/Downtown_Atlanta" title="Downtown Atlanta">downtown Atlanta</a> at the request of library officials.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHoward1997109_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHoward1997109-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The library's restrooms were considered <a href="/wiki/Cottaging" title="Cottaging">"tea rooms"</a> in Atlanta's gay community, places where gay men met to have <a href="/wiki/Sexual_intercourse" title="Sexual intercourse">sexual intercourse</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHoward1997109–110_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHoward1997109–110-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 4, the police arrested two men for <a href="/wiki/Sodomy" title="Sodomy">sodomy</a> after witnessing them perform <a href="/wiki/Fellatio" title="Fellatio">fellatio</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHoward1997109_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHoward1997109-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In total, 20 men were arrested over the course of 8 days for similar charges.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHoward1997109_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHoward1997109-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChenaultBraukman200841_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChenaultBraukman200841-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The local newspapers, including <i><a href="/wiki/The_Atlanta_Journal" class="mw-redirect" title="The Atlanta Journal">The Atlanta Journal</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Atlanta_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="The Atlanta Constitution">The Atlanta Constitution</a></i>, both widely covered the incident, and the <a href="/wiki/Address" title="Address">addresses</a>, names, and <a href="/wiki/Workplace" title="Workplace">places of employment</a> of the 20 men were published.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESylvestre2018_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESylvestre2018-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 19 of the men lost their jobs following the incident.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHoward1997111_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHoward1997111-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESylvestre2018_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESylvestre2018-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name of the incident, "The Atlanta Public Library perversion case", was coined by <i>The Atlanta Constitution</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHoward1997109_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHoward1997109-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Charges against the 20 men were brought before a <a href="/wiki/Fulton_County,_Georgia" title="Fulton County, Georgia">Fulton County</a> <a href="/wiki/Grand_jury" title="Grand jury">grand jury</a> on September 15.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHoward1997109_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHoward1997109-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December, they appeared before the county's <a href="/wiki/Superior_court" title="Superior court">superior court</a>, with all pleading guilty.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHoward1997111_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHoward1997111-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/James_MacKay_(Georgia_politician)" title="James MacKay (Georgia politician)">James MacKay</a>, who would later serve as a <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">Representative</a> from Georgia, spoke on behalf of the accused.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHoward1997112_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHoward1997112-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The presiding judge accepted the guilty pleas, imposed fines of up to $200, and sentenced them to between 2 and 3 years in <a href="/wiki/Prison" title="Prison">prison</a>, though all sentences were eventually suspended or <a href="/wiki/Probation" title="Probation">probated</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHoward1997112_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHoward1997112-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, all men were barred from ever visiting the Atlanta Public Library again, several were required to leave Atlanta (with several of these men required to live with family members), and many had to report to church officials.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHoward1997112_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHoward1997112-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Overall, the sentencing was viewed as lenient.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHoward1997113_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHoward1997113-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This incident occurred during a larger movement within the Federal government targeting homosexual people in government, the <a href="/wiki/Lavender_scare" class="mw-redirect" title="Lavender scare">lavender scare</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChenaultBraukman200841_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChenaultBraukman200841-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the same time in Atlanta, similar police events occurred in <a href="/wiki/Piedmont_Park" title="Piedmont Park">Piedmont Park</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHoward1997114_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHoward1997114-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPugh2020264_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPugh2020264-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i>The Atlanta Constitution</i> editor <a href="/wiki/Ralph_McGill" title="Ralph McGill">Ralph McGill</a> called for "tougher sex crimes legislation."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPugh2020264_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPugh2020264-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Atlanta_Public_Library_perversion_case&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Park bombing</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otherside_Lounge_bombing" title="Otherside Lounge bombing">Otherside Lounge bombing</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Atlanta_day_trading_firm_shootings" title="1999 Atlanta day trading firm shootings">Day trading firm shootings</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shooting_of_Kathryn_Johnston" class="mw-redirect" title="Shooting of Kathryn Johnston">Shooting of Kathryn Johnston</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Public_Schools_cheating_scandal" title="Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal">Public schools cheating scandal</a> (2009–2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shooting_of_Scout_Schultz" class="mw-redirect" title="Shooting of Scout Schultz">Shooting of Scout Schultz</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_government_ransomware_attack" title="Atlanta government ransomware attack">Ransomware attack</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Rayshard_Brooks" title="Killing of Rayshard Brooks">Killing of Rayshard Brooks</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Atlanta_spa_shootings" title="2021 Atlanta spa shootings">Spa shootings</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Atlanta_shooting" title="2023 Atlanta shooting">Northside Hospital shooting</a> (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Opera_in_Atlanta" title="Opera in Atlanta">Opera in Atlanta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arts_in_Atlanta" title="Arts in Atlanta">Arts in Atlanta</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Disasters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Great_Atlanta_fire_of_1917" title="Great Atlanta fire of 1917">Great Atlanta Fire</a> (1917)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winecoff_Hotel_fire" title="Winecoff Hotel fire">Winecoff Hotel fire</a> (1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_France_Flight_007" title="Air France Flight 007">Air France Flight 007 crash</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bluffton_University_bus_crash" title="Bluffton University bus crash">Bluffton University bus crash</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Atlanta_tornado_outbreak" title="2008 Atlanta tornado outbreak">Tornado strikes downtown</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interstate_85_bridge_collapse" title="Interstate 85 bridge collapse">Interstate 85 bridge collapse</a> (2017)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Atlanta" title="Timeline of Atlanta">Timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Cotton_Exposition" title="International Cotton Exposition">International Cotton Exposition</a> (1881)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piedmont_Exposition" title="Piedmont Exposition">Piedmont Exposition</a> (1887)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cotton_States_and_International_Exposition" title="Cotton States and International Exposition">Cotton States and International Exposition</a> (1895)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gone_with_the_Wind_(film)" title="Gone with the Wind (film)"><i>Gone with the Wind</i> premiere</a> (1939)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Funeral_of_Martin_Luther_King_Jr." title="Funeral of Martin Luther King Jr.">Funeral of Martin Luther King Jr.</a> (1968)</li> <li>Atlanta International Pop Festival (<a href="/wiki/Atlanta_International_Pop_Festival_(1969)" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlanta International Pop Festival (1969)">1969</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_International_Pop_Festival_(1970)" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlanta International Pop Festival (1970)">1970</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Democratic_National_Convention" title="1988 Democratic National Convention">Democratic National Convention</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXVIII" title="Super Bowl XXVIII">Super Bowl XXVIII</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> (<a href="/wiki/1991_World_Series" title="1991 World Series">1991</a>, <a href="/wiki/1992_World_Series" title="1992 World Series">1992</a>, <a href="/wiki/1995_World_Series" title="1995 World Series">1995</a>, <a href="/wiki/1996_World_Series" title="1996 World Series">1996</a>, <a href="/wiki/1999_World_Series" title="1999 World Series">1999</a>, <a href="/wiki/2021_World_Series" title="2021 World Series">2021</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Summer_Olympics" title="1996 Summer Olympics">Summer Olympics</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_XXVII" title="WrestleMania XXVII">WrestleMania XXVII</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_LIII" title="Super Bowl LIII">Super Bowl LIII</a> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Labor</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1881_Atlanta_washerwomen_strike" title="1881 Atlanta washerwomen strike">Washerwomen strike</a> (1881)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914%E2%80%931915_Fulton_Bag_and_Cotton_Mills_strike" title="1914–1915 Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills strike">Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills strike</a> (1914–1915)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Atlanta_streetcar_strike" title="1916 Atlanta streetcar strike">Streetcar strike</a> (1916)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_Atlanta_transit_strike" title="1950 Atlanta transit strike">Transit strike</a> (1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964%E2%80%931965_Scripto_strike" title="1964–1965 Scripto strike">Scripto strike</a> (1964–1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Atlanta_sanitation_strike" title="1977 Atlanta sanitation strike">Sanitation strike</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Atlanta_sanitation_strike" title="2018 Atlanta sanitation strike">Sanitation strike</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_DeKalb_County_School_District_bus_drivers%27_strike" title="2018 DeKalb County School District bus drivers' strike">School bus drivers' strike</a> (2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">LGBT</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Library perversion case</a> (1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lonesome_Cowboys_police_raid" title="Lonesome Cowboys police raid"><i>Lonesome Cowboys</i> police raid</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Pride" title="Atlanta Pride">Atlanta Pride</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Eagle_police_raid" title="Atlanta Eagle police raid">Atlanta Eagle police raid</a> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Atlanta" title="List of people from Atlanta">People</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Atlanta" title="List of mayors of Atlanta">Mayors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pioneers_of_Atlanta" title="Category:Pioneers of Atlanta">Pioneers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_communities_in_Metro_Atlanta" title="Hispanic and Latino communities in Metro Atlanta">History of Hispanics in Atlanta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Atlanta" title="African Americans in Atlanta">History of African Americans in Atlanta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Atlanta" title="Demographics of Atlanta">Demographic history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gentrification_of_Atlanta" title="Gentrification of Atlanta">Gentrification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Racial_segregation_in_Atlanta" title="Racial segregation in Atlanta">Racial segregation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Atlanta" title="History of the Jews in Atlanta">History of the Jews in Atlanta</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Places</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neighborhoods_in_Atlanta" title="Neighborhoods in Atlanta">History by neighborhood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Former_neighborhoods_of_Atlanta" title="Category:Former neighborhoods of Atlanta">Former neighborhoods and settlements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_annexations_and_wards" title="Atlanta annexations and wards">Annexations and city wards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_Atlanta_street_names" title="List of former Atlanta street names">Street names</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Georgia_Institute_of_Technology" title="History of the Georgia Institute of Technology">History of Georgia Tech</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historic_mills_of_the_Atlanta_area" title="Historic mills of the Atlanta area">Historic mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Zero_Mile_Post" title="Atlanta Zero Mile Post">Zero Mile Post</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Protests</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_sit-ins" title="Atlanta sit-ins">Atlanta sit-ins</a> (1960-1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_freeway_revolts" title="Atlanta freeway revolts">Freeway revolts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Occupy_Atlanta" title="Occupy Atlanta">Occupy Atlanta</a> (2011–2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Floyd_protests_in_Atlanta" title="George Floyd protests in Atlanta">George Floyd protests</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stop_Cop_City" title="Stop Cop City">Stop Cop City</a> (2021–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_mass_transit_in_Atlanta" title="Timeline of mass transit in Atlanta">Transportation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Transit_Company" title="Atlanta Transit Company">Atlanta Transit Company</a> (1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historic_bridges_of_the_Atlanta_area" title="Historic bridges of the Atlanta area">Historic bridges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historic_ferries_of_the_Atlanta_area" title="Historic ferries of the Atlanta area">Historic ferries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Streetcars_in_Atlanta" title="Streetcars in Atlanta">Streetcars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MARTA" class="mw-redirect" title="MARTA">MARTA</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_and_Atlantic_Railroad" title="Western and Atlantic Railroad">Western and Atlantic Railroad</a> (1836)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trolleybuses_in_Atlanta" title="Trolleybuses in Atlanta">Trolleybuses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viaducts_of_Atlanta" title="Viaducts of Atlanta">Viaducts</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Atlanta" title="History of Atlanta">History of Atlanta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Atlanta_timeline" title="Template:Atlanta timeline">Timeline of Atlanta history</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Atlanta_Police_Department" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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Johnston">Shooting of Kathryn Johnston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stop_Cop_City" title="Stop Cop City">Stop Cop City</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Police_Foundation" title="Atlanta Police Foundation">Atlanta Police Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cop_City" title="Cop City">Cop City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Police_Chiefs_of_Atlanta" title="List of Police Chiefs of Atlanta">List of Police Chiefs of Atlanta</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="LGBT_in_Georgia_(U.S._state)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:LGBT_in_Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Template:LGBT in Georgia (U.S. state)"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:LGBT_in_Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Template talk:LGBT in Georgia (U.S. state)"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:LGBT_in_Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Special:EditPage/Template:LGBT in Georgia (U.S. state)"><abbr title="Edit this 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href="/wiki/MondoHomo" title="MondoHomo">MondoHomo</a> (inactive)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Out_on_Film" title="Out on Film">Out on Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southeast_Leatherfest" title="Southeast Leatherfest">Southeast Leatherfest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Comfort_Conference" title="Southern Comfort Conference">Southern Comfort Conference</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Places</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cheshire_Bridge_Road" title="Cheshire Bridge Road">Cheshire Bridge Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midtown_Atlanta" title="Midtown Atlanta">Midtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/My_Sister%27s_Room" title="My Sister's Room">My Sister's Room</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piedmont_Avenue_(Atlanta)" title="Piedmont Avenue (Atlanta)">Piedmont Avenue</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_American_Music_Show" title="The American Music Show">The American Music Show</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/David_Atlanta" title="David Atlanta">David Atlanta</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/FENUXE" title="FENUXE">FENUXE</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Georgia_Voice" title="The Georgia Voice">The Georgia Voice</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NAMES_Project_AIDS_Memorial_Quilt" title="NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt">NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Southern_Voice_(newspaper)" title="Southern Voice (newspaper)">Southern Voice</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wussy_Magazine" title="Wussy Magazine">Wussy Magazine</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/LGBT_history_in_Georgia_(U.S._state)" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT history in Georgia (U.S. state)">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Atlanta Public Library perversion case</a> (1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lonesome_Cowboys_police_raid" title="Lonesome Cowboys police raid"><i>Lonesome Cowboys</i> police raid</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otherside_Lounge_bombing" title="Otherside Lounge bombing">Otherside Lounge bombing</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Eagle_police_raid" title="Atlanta Eagle police raid">Atlanta Eagle police raid</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shooting_of_Scout_Schultz" class="mw-redirect" title="Shooting of Scout Schultz">Shooting of Scout Schultz</a> (2017)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Organizations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Gay_Center" title="Atlanta Gay Center">Atlanta Gay Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Gay_Men%27s_Chorus" title="Atlanta Gay Men's Chorus">Atlanta Gay Men's Chorus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Lesbian_Feminist_Alliance" title="Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance">Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FTM_Fitness_World" title="FTM Fitness World">FTM Fitness World</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Equality" title="Georgia Equality">Georgia Equality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lost-n-Found_Youth" title="Lost-n-Found Youth">Lost-n-Found Youth</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Georgia_(U.S._state)" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Georgia (U.S. state)">Rights</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="By_topic" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By topic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Same-sex marriage in Georgia (U.S. state)">Same-sex marriage</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Bowers_v._Hardwick" title="Bowers v. Hardwick">Bowers v. Hardwick</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Powell_v._State" title="Powell v. State">Powell v. 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