Your weekly peek inside David Atlanta

David Atlanta goes with big-name DJs for its cover story this week, offering up a preview of a night made for the gay boys who gotta dance.

DJ Ralphi Rosario and DJ Manny Lehman are in Atlanta today for a night of partying that starts at the Heretic and continues at the Body Shop. The piece includes a Q&A with Rosario, who says he enjoys his stops in Atlanta.

I’ve come to learn that Atlanta appreciates a DJ that is hard at work. Every time I’ve come to play, it’s been such a treat! I can usually tell that they’ve been WAITING for it! [Laughs]. It’s nice to be appreciated in Atlanta.

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Robert Sherer’s ‘Puppy Love’ at Outwrite

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Paulding cops cruising online for sex busts

"Blow and go" in Paulding County doesn't quite mean what the gay boys are used to.

The phrase -- a popular one on gay cruising sites such as Craigslist and Manhunt -- means what you think it does: Stop by for sex and then get out. Quickly, preferably without a lot of small talk.

In Paulding, a conservative suburb west of Atlanta, it now means this: Try to blow outdoors and you go to jail.    READ MORE »

Saturday: 27 gay things to do today

• There's football with the National Flag Football League of Atlanta (10 a.m.), learn the basics with Mini Rugby 101 from the Atlanta Bucks Rugby Football Club (11 a.m.) or enjoy some tennis with the Atlanta Team Tennis Association (1 p.m.).
• Learn a few tips with sex advice author Mike Alvear during his Attract Hotter Guys seminar. 2 p.m.
• Get your afternoon drunk on with a Beer Bust hosted by the Wet Demons of the Hotlanta Softball League. 12 p.m.
• The Women's Outdoor Network celebrates 20 years of outdoor adventures. 3 p.m.
• Watch gay youth work the runway during the 5th Annual Mr. & Miss YouthPride Pageant. 6 p.m.
• You probably haven't seen drag like they do at the 12th Annual East Point Possums Show. Proceeds benefit Atlanta Pride. 8 p.m.
• OurSong presents Bon Appétit, a concert they dub as one of "gastronomic proportions." 8 p.m.
• Enjoy the last night of the gay musical "Zanna, Don't" at Actor's Express. 8 p.m.
• DJ Chris Griswold spins the beats at Jungle. 10 p.m.

View the full list of gay things to do today on Project Q Atlanta's new interactive community calendar. You can also submit your events.    READ MORE »

Paulding cops now cruising Craigslist

"Blow and go" in Paulding County doesn't quite mean what the gay boys are used to.

The phrase -- a popular one on gay cruising sites such as Craigslist and Manhunt -- means what you think it does: Stop by for sex and then get out. Quickly, preferably without a lot of small talk.

In Paulding, a conservative suburb west of Atlanta, it now means this: Try to blow outdoors and you go to jail.

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Day Trip: Hidden Lake’s LGBT open house

The folks at Hidden Lake at Lookout Mountain are throwing open the gates of the LGBT community and inviting you to take a peek inside.

Better than just a peek, they've put together a day of activities on Saturday to experience the serene community being developed on Lookout Mountain in Alabama, about a two-hour drive from the ATL.

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Report: SoVo, David owner forced out by feds

While one gay publisher is getting divorced from his company, two other gay media juggernauts are consummating their new marriage. At least where gay marriage is legal.

In the continuing saga that is the ownership strife at the parent of Southern Voice and David Atlanta, reports are circulating that David Unger -- the guy in the crosshairs of the Small Business Administration -- was forced out by none other than the SBA. Unger owns Avalon Equity Fund, which in turn owns a majority stake in Window Media, which publishes SoVo and David, among a handful of others.

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Census, gay judge, mayoral dispute, merger

• New Georgia Supreme Court leaders split on gay issues.
• HRC tells Obama to ‘put your principles into action.'
• White House looks to include same-sex unions in Census count.
• California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (photo) names gay judge Ronald Albers to bigger post.
• California city bans outdoor screening of 'Milk' during gay pride event.
• Citing law, Seattle reluctantly argues for release of gay employees' names.
• Anti-gay church plans protest at Los Angeles high school.
• Gay mayor in Florida attacked in apparent domestic dispute in early-morning flap.
• Gay media companies PlanetOut, Here Networks complete merger.
• Gay group asks Bruno producers to add positive message to film.    READ MORE »

Friday: 17 gay things to do today

• Visual artist Robert Sherer (photo) celebrates his art opening at Outwrite. The event is a fundraiser for a scholarship for LGBT students Sherer created at Kennesaw State University. 7 p.m.
• Play with the Hotlanta Volleyball Association or join swim and water polo practice with the Atlanta Rainbow Trout. 7:30 p.m.
• Our Song presents its Bon Appétit concert at Emory. 8 p.m.
• "The Wild Party" opens at Onstage Atlanta. 8 p.m.
• Watch the Atlanta Dream in action and benefit the Hotlanta Softball League. 7:30 p.m.

View the full list of gay things to do today on Project Q Atlanta's new interactive community calendar. You can also submit your events.    READ MORE »

Friday: Soaking up the summer sun

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Dream double play: Cheap tics with benefits

The Atlanta Dream opens a four-game home stand on Friday against Washington and the team is offering a double bonus for fans: Purchase a reduced-price ticket and benefit the Hotlanta Softball League.

So if you're one of the few lesbians left in metro Atlanta who haven't seen the Dream in action -- the team is 2-2 this season -- here's the perfect chance. And if you're a gay sports fan, it's a chance to experience the WNBA on the cheap.

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Stud Disbelief: Rejecting signs of femininity

Alix B. Golden started her life as a Carolina Girl, but matured into a Georgia Peach. This freelancer dishes on sex, relationships and dating often revealing more than she should about her own life. Read more from her at A Brown Girl.

Let me set the scene. Imagine you are a femme. You are sitting woman approaching you. She’s wearing a ball cap, loose men’s jeans, sneakers and a polo. Your eyes have classified her as a stud. You make small talk and exchange numbers. You spend hours and hours talking. You find out that she:

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Atlanta Beat 2.0: Women’s soccer is back

Okay, ladies. You get another one.

City boosters and women's soccer officials joined together Thursday morning to offer you this: the Atlanta Beat. The team will hit the field in 2010 as the ninth franchise in Women's Professional Soccer, joining the WNBA's Atlanta Dream as the city's only women's pro teams.

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A gay with a gun stares down Atlanta’s crime

This is the story of a gay guy with a gun, a locked and loaded business owner hit five times by burglars without much more than a shrug from the Atlanta Police Department.

So Rad Slough, the owner of Urban Body Fitness on Ponce in Midtown, took matters into his own hands this week. He bought a shotgun and prepared to camp out in his fitness center to nab the burglar in the act.

Fortunately, police -- their headquarters in City Hall East visible from the gym's parking lot -- picked up the criminal first as they camped out on Slough's roof. Busted early Wednesday: Donald Rayfield, 41.

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Ricky Martin, benefits, sacked ref, GOP affair

• Obama grants partner benefits for gay federal employees.
• Gay activists, donors to boycott Democratic fundraiser over displeasure with White House.
• Federal gay marriage challenge is a Hollywood tale.
• U.S. Rep Barney Franks says to expect revised version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act to be introduced next week.
• Ricky Martin (photo): I'm open to a gay relationship.
• Maine gay marriage foes to use Calif. Prop 8 firm.
• Sacked gay soccer referee fights to get his job back.
• Anti-gay marriage senator, who is married, admits to affair, resigns Senate leadership post.
• Former state senator from Massachusetts to head gay rights group GLAAD.
• Anti-bullying bill in jeopardy in North Carolina.    READ MORE »

Thursday: 19 gay things to do today

• Transgender activist, HRC official and software executive Megan Stabler (photo) headlines the Atlanta Executive Network. 6 p.m.
• Learn more about becoming a foster parent with MEGA Family Project's Foster Parenting Workshop. 7 p.m.
• Author Marcel Emerson talks about his literary debut at Outwrite. 7:30 p.m.
• Hydrate Thursdays brings the boys to the W Atlanta-Midtown. 9 p.m.
• Old School Underwear Night is back at the Eagle. 10 p.m.

View the full list of gay things to do today on Project Q Atlanta's new interactive community calendar. You can also submit your events.    READ MORE »

Thursday: Ryan Reynolds and his new fuzz

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City: No fine for My Sisters Room deck

The East Atlanta lesbian bar My Sisters Room won't face a fine from city building inspectors for a deck that collapsed June 12, despite the city having no record that the structure ever was inspected and permitted.

But if the bar decided to rebuild the deck, which has since been removed, it would have to pay double the usual fee for a permit, a city spokesperson said Wednesday.

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Sunday fun and sun with Hotlanta Softball

The Hotlanta Softball League hit the fields again Sunday as its summer season unfolds. The Open Division plays June 21 before the league takes a two-week break. Check out our photos.    READ MORE »

Talking salary can be tough in a recession

Contributing blogger John Long is a career coach in Atlanta who founded Two Roads Resources. He answers: "In the current job market, is there any point in trying to negotiate the salary level?"    READ MORE »