When
the
Atlanta
Pride
Committee
announced
its
theme
for
this
year’s
Pride
would
be
“Your
Rights,
Your
Vote,
Your
Future,”
Jeff
Gray
designed
a
logo
combining
patriotism
for
America
and
pride
in
the
gay
community.
“The
melding
of
the
American
flag
and
the
Rainbow
flag
illustrates
the
GLBT
community
is
a
vital
part
of
the
fabric
of
the
American
landscape
and
that
we
should
support
candidates
that
will
help
ensure
that
we
receive
all
the
rights
and
benefits
that
the
American
flag
represents,”
Gray
said
in
a
statement.
Gray
is
a
member
of
the
Human
Rights
Campaign’s
Federal
Club
and
lives
in
Morningside
with
his
partner,
Rodney
Rogers,
and
their
two
Corgis,
Bahji
and
Sam.
This
year’s
theme
is
an
extension
of
the
2007
theme,
“Our
Rights,
Your
Rights,
Human
Rights,”
and
is
intended
to
stress
the
importance
of
an
historical
election
year
and
to
focus
on
gay,
lesbian,
bisexual
and
transgender
rights
in
the
U.S.
“The
idea
is
to
motivate
folks
to
really
think
about
their
future,
and
how
they
can
work
toward
securing
a
future
that
ensures
they
attain
all
rights
provided
to
U.S.
citizens,”
said
APC
Executive
Director
Donna
Narducci
in
a
statement.
KNOW
YOUR
HISTORY
One
of
Atlanta’s
gay
history
projects,
Touching
Up
Our
Roots,
along
with
Congregation
Bet
Haverim
and
the
Rainbow
Center,
will
record
stories
of
Pride
participants
as
part
of
an
ongoing
“Living
Stories
Project”
inspired
by
National
Public
Radio’s
Story
Corps,
said
Rebecca
Stapel-Wax,
executive
director
of
the
Rainbow
Center.
Stories
will
be
collected
at
the
booth
of
Congregation
Bet
Haverim/Rainbow
Center
#Y-31
on
July
5
from
10
a.m.
to
4
p.m.
Interviews
will
last
10
to
15
minutes.
The
groups
plan
to
have
the
interviews
saved
at
the
planned
Center
for
Civil
&
Human
Rights
and
in
the
LGBT
Special
Collections
&
Archives
of
the
Atlanta-Fulton
County
Public
Library.
“Both
the
LGBT
and
the
larger
Jewish
community
have
already
contributed
greatly
to
this
effort,”
said
Stapel-Wax.
“Thanks
to
the
generosity
of
Abby
Drue
and
the
Ben
Marion
Institute
for
Social
Justice,
Touching
Up
Our
Roots
was
able
to
interview
Goldy
Criscuolo
on
Oct.
14,
2006,
before
she
passed
away
from
leukemia
on
Nov.
18,
2006.
As
a
straight
Jewish
woman,
Goldy
was
a
phenomenal
ally
for
all
LGBT
people
and
for
all
social
justice
activists.”
Touching
Up
Our
Roots
has
also
interviewed
Judy
Colbs,
who
headed
up
Atlanta’s
chapter
of
PFLAG
for
20
years.
Colbs,
a
straight
Jewish
woman,
has
a
lesbian
daughter.
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