ATLANTA
First Aired: March 25, 2002
Atlanta is known as the Gay Mecca of the South. Thousands of gays and lesbians have taken flight from hometowns all over the southern United States and made the pilgrimage to Atlanta. With a population of just over 4 million, this capital city is home to a vibrant gay community brimming with Southern hospitality. Get out your lifejackets as we go river rafting at Hotlanta - one of the wettest (and steamiest) party weekends in the south. Explore the new headquarters of the Names Project Foundation, custodians of the Nobel award nominated AIDS Memorial Quilt. Bump! surveys Georgia's political landscape with Karla Drenner - the first out lesbian elected to the state's House of Representatives. Throw in some queer Southern Belles and Bump! shows you how Atlanta's wily charms keeps 'em coming back again and again….
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