GaVo: Atlanta Gay Bar Raises Money For Suicide Prevention
Tom Dempsey
Atlanta Gay Bar Raises Money For Suicide Prevention
Midtown Moon has partnered with the Georgia chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention to host one of the only weekly charity events in Atlanta – Birdcage Bingo Night with drag queen Ruby Redd.
Every Wednesday night in May and July, Midtown Moon hosted this event to benefit AFSP Georgia, with 100 percent of tips generated by the drag show entertainers going to the Georgia chapter of this nationwide organization. Combination themed bingo night and drag show, Birdcage Bingo Night isn’t the kind of bingo your grandma plays.
“It’s very adult content; the event is 21 and up,” Ray Matheson, the mind behind the drag persona Ruby Redd, told the Georgia Voice. “It’s all tongue-in-cheek and we get a huge crowd of both gay and straight people. It’s a different take on bingo than anything else going on in Atlanta.”
So far, Midtown Moon has raised more than $3,600 for AFSP Georgia, which Roland Behm, a member of the AFSP Georgia board of directors, told the Georgia Voice will help the organization address their four areas of expertise: education, support, research, and advocacy. Their current advocacy effort is working to secure passage of legislation prohibiting mental health professionals from performing conversion therapy.
To both Midtown Moon and AFSP Georgia, this partnership and raising both money and awareness on the sensitive topic of suicide is of immense importance.
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