Hoʻokumu 'o SOJOURNʻo Robbie Medwed i kona mau punahele ma Atlanta
Ke hoʻi nei mākou me kā mākou papahana ma loko o Atlanta-i kēlā me kēia pule, noho mākou me nā poʻe o kaʻoihana koʻikoʻi e kamaʻilio e pili ana i keʻano o ka heluʻo Atlanta iā lākou. I kēia manawa e kamaʻilio nei mākou me Robbie Medwed, ka Luna Hoʻonaʻauao no ka Southern Jewish Resource Network no ka Gender and Sexual Diversity (SOJOURN). Ma kāna hana me SOJOURN, a ma kona "manawa kūʻokoʻa", hana ikaikaʻo Robbie no ka hoʻoikaika i ka kaiaulu LGBTQ ma Atlanta a me ka hema.
Inā paha e hoʻoneʻe ana i nā mea hanahana i ka wā o ka'aha'ōlelo a iʻole i ke kākauʻana i nā koluma no nā hoʻolaha kūloko,ʻaʻole makaʻuʻo Meded e loheʻia kona leo. Ke hana ikaika neiʻo ia, akā makemake kēia Atlanta i kona kūlanakauhale a hāʻawi i ka manawa eʻoliʻoli i ka maikaʻi o kāna mea e mōhai aku ai. I kēia lā, e kipa mākou i ka Big Peach alakaʻiʻia e Robbie pono'ī
Noho wau i ... " Piedmont Heights. ʻAʻole mākou he Morningside maoli,ʻaʻole mākouʻo Ansley Park, aʻaʻole mākou i Buckhead. Eʻike pahaʻoe i ka maikaʻi loa "ma waho o ke alanui mai nā Koko hou. ʻO kā mākou inoa kaulana loa,ʻo Gorilla Car Wash, no laila hiki iāʻoe ke'ōlelo he nani mākou i keʻano o ka pilina o ke kaiāulu. "
Makemake au i ka poʻe iʻike "" pehea ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻoikaikaʻana i ka moku'āina a me nā kālai'āina kūloko. Makemake mākou e noʻonoʻo e noho nei mākou i kekahi kūlanakauhale nui, akā, i ka wā i iho mai ai i laila, ua hana mākou e like me ke kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi, a ke'ōlelo nei au ma keʻano maikaʻi. ʻO ko mākou mauʻaha kūkā o kaʻaha kūkā, nā luna kānāwai āpau, a me nāʻelele ko mākou mau hoa noho.
Makemake lākou e hoʻolohe mai iā mākou a pau. Makemake lākou eʻike i ko kākouʻano a makemake lākou eʻike i ko kākou manaʻo. ʻO ka hapanui o lākou e hoʻokumu i nā manaʻo a lākou e hoʻopuka ai i nā manaʻo a lākou i lohe ai i kā lākou mau mea koho, a he mau leka uila a me nā leka uila i kākauʻia e hiki ai ke hoʻololi i ka hopena o kekahi mau pilikia koʻikoʻi. "
Hiki iāʻoe keʻimi ... " e hele ana i nā keʻena o ka Moku'āinaʻo Capitol i ka wā o ka'aha'ōlelo e ho'āʻo ana e hōʻoia i nā kānāwai e hana i nā mea maikaʻi. ʻO kekahi manawaʻo ia ka manaʻo kūkākūkā pilina, nā kāheaʻana o ka lehulehu, a me ka hōʻike pinepine i ka hālāwai hoʻolohe manaʻo o ke kōmike. I ka manawa o ka makahiki e holo nei wau i ka hema no ka hana aʻoʻana i ka LGBTQ mau hoʻolaha ola kino i nā kumu aʻo a me nā alakaʻi kaiaulu. ʻO wau hoʻi ma luna o ka hale hālāwai o ka Halepule (Hui Shearith Israel ma Morningside) a makemake wau e holo i koʻu kaʻa ma ke alanui Silver Comet a me nā alanui o ke kūlanakauhale ma mua o ka pukaʻana o ka lā i nā hebedoma pule. E holo wau ma BeltLine , akā inā wale nō i ke kakahiaka nui. "
ʻO kaʻaina ahiahi, ke hele nei wau i ... " koʻu hale kuke e kuke ai. Makemake wau i ka kuke aʻo ka manawa maʻamau kēia o kaʻu mau punahele e hoʻomaha ai. Ua aʻo wau i nā papa hana ma Hal Halkena ma Brookhaven a loaʻa iaʻu kaʻu hale hanaʻai e kūʻai aku ana i nā mea kūʻai a nā mea mahiʻai a me kekahi mau hale kūʻai e pili ana i ke kauhale. Ināʻaʻole au e kuke,ʻo kaʻu mau wahi punahele ma ke kūlanakauhale, he DestaʻO Ethiopian Kitchen, El Rey Del Taco ma Buford Highway, a ma kēlā me kēia hale kūʻai i Decatur. "
E kuhi ana ke kau ea 5ʻoclock, Ke inu wau ... " kahi mea ola,'ākena, a whiskey hoʻi i piha i ka Pinewood Tippling Room i Decatur.
ʻO wau kahi hele-no kahi hōʻailona, kekahi mea aloha nui-aloha aʻelua lā (ʻaʻole i ka lā mua,ʻaʻole makemake au i ka lā pōʻino eʻaihue i koʻu wahi punahele). Loaʻa wau i laila e kau lākou i ka meaʻona maikaʻi ma kahi papahana no koʻu lā hānau i ka hopena i hala. ʻOi,ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka inu i ka wā e loaʻa ai nā'āpana tots. ʻO ia ke kūpono, i hanaʻia me nā mele hoʻomalu. Mahaloʻoe, ma Atlanta. E haʻi iā lākou ua hoʻounaʻo Robbie iāʻoe. "
Inā makemake au e noho ma kahi hōkele,ʻike wau i loko o ... " He hike-puni ma Cloudland Canyon State Park ma Northwest Georgia. Ua hele wau i lawa no ka hana a noho i nā hokele e like me ia, akā,ʻaʻole wau e lawa i waho. ʻO Cloudland Canyon kahi kūlana hoʻolālā maikaʻi loa - he helehelena nui, manaʻo maikaʻi, aʻaʻole iʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka poʻeʻoihana ma Unicoi ma Helen. He mau hola wale no ma waho o ke kūlanakauhale, no laila ua kokoke loa e holo i ka hopena wikiwiki. "
ʻO "Atlanta's Best Kept Secret" . Loaʻa iā mākou he luana kaulana loa a me kahi kūponoʻole, akā nui nā poʻe liʻiliʻi e hoʻokū nei i nā hōʻike maiau o ke kūlanakauhale. Serenbe, Village Theatre, Eyedrum, Ke KeʻenaʻOihana-kahi nui nā wahi kūpono loa e kau ana i nā hōʻike kiʻekiʻe loa e pono ai ke nānā aku. Ua liloʻo Atlanta i ke kūlanakauhale kaulana maoli no kaʻoihana kiʻiʻoniʻoni hoʻoulu,ʻo ia hoʻi ka piʻiʻana o ka hōʻaia o nā poʻe keaka pāʻani. ʻO ka mea nui,ʻo nā kamaliʻi liʻiliʻi e pili mau ana i nā kumukūʻai kūpono maikaʻi. "
I ka wā e hele ai au i ka poʻe hoʻokūkū hele, hele wau i ... " ʻO ka National Center for Civil and Human Rights. ʻO ia, ka lima-iho, kahiʻoihana punaewele ma Atlanta, aʻo ia nō kekahi o nā meaʻoi loa ma ka'āina. Ua hiki iaʻu ma laila ma mua o nā manawa he nui a ua hoʻoneʻe wau a aʻo i kekahi mea hou i kēlā me kēia manawa aʻu e hele ai. Pono ka hale hōʻikeʻike maikaʻi e ho'āʻo a hoʻoulu, a ke hana nui nei ka Hale. ʻOiai, ma keʻanoʻo Atlanta,ʻo Centennial Park kekahi wahi kūikawā i loko o koʻu puʻuwai no ka mea, hoʻomanaʻo wau i ka mea i hoʻohanaʻia e ke kūlanakauhale e like me ka mea ma mua. "
Loaʻa iaʻu i koʻu hōʻailona ... " Ma ka Gravitee Fitness ma Cheshire Bridge Road. ʻAʻole ia e hopohopo nui, aia nā lako a pau āu e makemake ai me ka nuiʻole o nā mea ulu, aʻo kahiʻano kahi e hoʻomaha ai nā mea a pau a me ka hulaʻana i ka wā e hele mai aiʻo Britney Spears i ka pūnaeho kani. Ma keʻano nui, ua hanaʻia ma mua. Ināʻaʻohe kahi hoʻokani pila o kāu lumi hauʻoli, hikiʻoe i ka haʻuki maʻamau. "
Makemake wau e hoʻolālā i kaʻu kālā ma ... " kaʻoihana kūʻai a ka mea mahiʻai a iʻole nā meaʻoihana o ka'āina. ʻO kekahi o kā mākouʻoihanaʻoihanaʻoihanaʻoihana ma nāʻoihana kālepa. ʻO kaʻu punaheleʻo Tucker, kahi kūʻai o Freedom Center a me Grant Market. He kūleʻa lākou i nā kaiāulu a he nui nā mea mahi a me nā mea mahiʻai. Nui wau i ke aloha i kekahi o nā poʻe mea hanaʻike o ka'āina i hele mai nei mākou. Loaʻa iaʻu kahiʻoihana i loko o koʻu hale mai Alli Royce Soble, Grant Henry (Sister Louisa), a me Methane Studios. Ua hoʻolimalima nui au i kaʻu kālā ma Tower ma Piedmont. He poʻe nui lākou, a heʻoihana lawelawe kūʻokoʻa. Ke hana nei au i kahi waihona whiskey ma kēlā me kēia makahiki no koʻu lā hānau a ua hiki iā lākou ke lawe mai iaʻu i nā hue wai wīwīʻaʻole e kūʻai aku i kahi'ē aʻe. "