Joy Green is 30, queer, Black and proud of every one of the attributes that make up who she is.
Born in New York, her family moved to Atlanta when she was 11 and she went to school in Midtown. Identifying as pansexual, Green said she was able to navigate being part of the LGBTQ+ community because of the strong support she received from her family and a city that didn’t make her sexuality alien.
“Being in the family that I was in, with the mother I had, I had the freedom to identify the way I wanted to and didn’t have to battle shame,” said Green, who acknowledged that her New York roots and growing up in a urban bubble like Atlanta may not reflect the reality of others.
