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The Documentary: The gay activists who won an Olympic-sized battle

The gay activists who won an Olympic-sized battle

25/07/2024 GMT

BBC World Service - The Documentary, The gay activists who won an Olympic-sized battle

The power of peaceful protest and how to affect change

In 1993 the legislators in Cobb County, Georgia passed a resolution stating that “lifestyles advocated by the gay community are incompatible with the standards to which this community subscribes". 

The County was due to welcome the Olympics in 1996 as host of the volleyball competition as part of the Atlanta Games. 

This is the inspiring story of a small campaign group who forced change. After months of high-profile protests the Atlanta organising committee finally stripped Cobb County as a host venue and diverted the torch relay away from its streets.

Photo Credit: Carole Brown/Georgia State University Library

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