I made time to get reliable stories about two such spaces from two individuals whose contributions deserve far wider recognition: Phillip Boone, former owner and co-founder of TRAXX/Warehouse Atlanta, and Jocelyn Lyles, co-founder of Hospitality Atlanta, which ran the women’s parties at Texas.īoone left a declining Detroit in the winter of 1982 for Atlanta at the suggestion of his cousin David Hampton, who was attending Morehouse College. It should never be forgotten that these venues were indispensable for Black queer community formation in Atlanta and chocolate cities across the land. They provided communal joy, pleasure, and relative safety. These were spaces intentionally carved out for people who were Black and queer like me. There were plentiful watering holes that made for a lush social landscape. Soon after my arrival in Atlanta in July 1992, I came upon a surging Black gay nightlife, which helped convince me that relocating from New York City was worth the risk.
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