“For me, there is this sense of shared belonging and shared responsibility for one another,” she said. She said the organization is like a family. Over the course of about 16 years, Fergerson went from being a Pride volunteer in 2002 to serving as executive director for APC, a nonprofit that was formed in 1991 as the Atlanta Lesbian and Gay Pride Committee. Instead of a couple hundred people, there’s a couple hundred thousand people.”
“We have certainly changed quite a bit over the last 48 years,” Fergerson said. This weekend will be the 48th Annual Atlanta Pride Festival and Parade. Since then, Atlanta Pride has evolved into a multifaceted festival and parade that features events that empower the LGBTQ community, such as The Annual Trans March and The Annual Dyke March that started in 1983.
