LGBTQ+ community leaders, city employees, and entrepreneurs came together at Atlanta City Hall on Aug. 8 for an LGBTQ+ Town Hall led by the new Director of LGBTQ+ Affairs, Dewayne Queen.

The event served as an opportunity for the community to voice their concerns about LGBTQ+ issues in Atlanta and inform the Mayor’s Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion’s (MOEDI) future programming.

Queen kicked off the interactive town hall by introducing himself and the other members of MOEDI before turning the discussion over to the event’s attendees, who were asked to discuss issues related to community well-being, youth and elders, economic equity, civic engagement, and safety in small groups before broadly sharing their thoughts. Among those in attendance were Andi Monroe, the Southern Regiona

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