“Uniquely identified sisters and brothers join hands with us in solidarity. Wrong on one is wrong on all!” Stefan wrote. As editor of The Great Speckled Bird newspaper, Abbott campaigned for LGBTQ rights and drew a cartoon for the first Gay Pride in Atlanta and Georgia in June 1971. Smithsonian Magazine calls the raid Atlanta’s own Stonewall, and five weeks after Stonewall, he sparked the formation of the Georgia Gay Liberation Front (GGLF).Įmory student Abbott was at the forefront of making GGLF a reality, brazen because he was married, the father of Alysia, and openly gay. On August 5, 1969, police raided the long-abandoned Ansley Mall Mini Cinema where a screening of Andy Warhol’s Lonesome Cowboys-a film deemed obscene because naked cowboys shared sleeping bags-was taking place. It is exciting to announce the release of the film Fairyland, based on Alysia Abbott’s best-selling memoir about growing up with her gay father Steve Abbott. It is a duty.” -Elie Wiesel, Holocaust concentration camp survivor.įairyland received 100 percent Rotten Tomatoes (that’s five stars) at the Sundance Film Festival in January and is produced by Oscar®-winning director Sofia Coppola (known for her film “Lost in Translation”) and stars an Oscar®-winner Geena Davis and American Idol finalist Adam Lambert, among other luminaries. “Anyone who survives any kind of test has to tell their story.
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