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This category concerns the make up of the local community: its people, its history, and resources and institutions that serve the people. Subjects include religion, clubs and lodges, reunions, women, men, seniors, kids, teens, activism, alternative sexuality, genealogy, and personal home pages.

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Make sure your site title matches the name of your organization or entity. In your site description, stick to the facts and avoid hype or promotional language. Avoid Excessive Capitalization. Describe site features as well as the subject of your site.

Includes sites that reflect the make up the community: its people, its history, and the resources and institutions that serve the people of this locality.

Activism

Tips for Faster Acceptance:

  1. Make sure your site title matches the name of your organization or entity.
  2. In your site description, stick to the facts and avoid hype or promotional language. Avoid Excessive Capitalization. Describe site features as well as the subject of your site.
  3. Make certain your site is in this locality and contains an address or other contact information.
This category is for sites about local activist organizations, groups, activities, issues, and resources.

Animal Welfare

Please submit only sites for animal welfare and rescue groups. Submit sites for kennels, pet food and supply businesses, veterinary services, and other pet-related businesses under Business and Economy.

Tips for Faster Acceptance:

  1. Location must be shown, preferably by address or local phone number.
  2. For title, submit the name of the group sponsoring the site, the subject as it appears as a banner on the main page, or both, separated by a colon.
  3. Make description factual, avoiding promotional language and Unnecessary Capitalization.
  4. Compare existing listings for best results.
For sites concerning the well-being of domestic animals.

Clubs and Lodges

Tips for Faster Acceptance:

  1. Make sure your site title matches the name of your organization or entity.
  2. In your site description, stick to the facts and avoid hype or promotional language. Avoid Excessive Capitalization. Describe site features as well as the subject of your site.
  3. Make certain your site is in this locality and contains an address or other contact information.
This category includes membership-based clubs, lodges, and similar groups in which the members explore and further their common interests in this locality. It also contains guides and directories of local clubs and lodges.

Disability Resources

For sites specifically geared towards this community. Submitting a site based in another locality may prevent listing in the directory. Thank you for your cooperation.

Tips for Faster Acceptance:

  1. Make sure your site's title matches the name of your organization or entity.
  2. In your site's description, stick to the facts and avoid hype or promotional language. Avoid Excessive Capitalization. Describe site features as well as the subject of your site.
Sites which provide disability information, resources and/or services.

Ethnicity

Tips for Faster Acceptance:

  1. Make sure your site title matches the name of your organization or entity.
  2. In your site description, stick to the facts and avoid hype or promotional language. Avoid Excessive Capitalization. Describe site features as well as the subject of your site.
  3. Make certain your site is in this locality and contains an address or other contact information.
This category deals with ethnic, multicultural, and cultural identity issues associated in this locality.

Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual

Please do NOT submit GLB related sites that may be deemed Adult in nature.

Tips for Faster Acceptance:

  1. Make sure your site title matches the name of your organization or entity.
  2. In your site description, stick to the facts and avoid hype or promotional language. Avoid Excessive Capitalization. Describe site features as well as the subject of your site.
  3. Make certain your site is in this locality and contains an address or other contact information.
This category contains links to resources for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual people in this locality. A separate category exists for sites focused on the Transgendered community.

Sites that do not distinguish between and/or serve both the GLB and Transgendered communities will be listed here.

Non-profit organizations, businesses, events, recreational and sporting activities and groups in this locality providing an accepting social environment are included in this directory.

Genealogy

Tips for Faster Acceptance:

  1. Make sure your site title matches the name of your organization or entity.
  2. In your site description, stick to the facts and avoid hype or promotional language. Avoid Excessive Capitalization. Describe site features as well as the subject of your site.
  3. Make certain your site is in this locality and contains an address or other contact information.
This category contains sites concerning genealogy and the study of family histories, including specific family surnames and genealogy related to this locality.

History

Submit only sites based in this locality. Submitting a site based in another locality may prevent listing in the directory.

This category is for sites concerned with local history.

Tips for Faster Acceptance:

  1. Make sure your site's title matches the name of your organization or entity.
  2. In your site's description, stick to the facts and avoid hype or promotional language. Avoid Excessive Capitalization. Describe site features as well as the subject of your site.
Includes sites focused on the history of this locality.

Sites may include but not limited to:

  • Local historical societies, groups and organizations
  • Famous persons: former mayors, government officials and figures.
  • News and media coverage of distinct events that have occurred in the city's history.
  • Historical foundations

    • Labor

    Tips for Faster Acceptance:

    1. Make sure your site title matches the name of your organization or entity.
    2. In your site description, stick to the facts and avoid hype or promotional language. Avoid Excessive Capitalization. Describe site features as well as the subject of your site.
    3. Make certain your site is in this locality and contains an address or other contact information.
    This category is for the listing of unions or sites pertaining to labor issues found within this locality.

    Military

    This category is for listing sites that concern the make up of the United States military community: its people, and resources and institutions that serve military and former-military personnel and family.

    This category contains links to sites related to military interest groups, organizations, and personal pages.

    Sites may include but are not limited to:

    Personal Pages

    Tips for Faster Acceptance:

    1. Location must be shown, preferably by address or local phone number.
    2. Make description factual, avoiding promotional language and Unnecessary Capitalization.
    3. Compare existing listings for best results.
    Personal sites for those from this locality.

    Politics

    For sites related to 'Candidates and Campaigns': in the title include "[First Last Name] for [Office Name] [Year]". For the description, include site content features, such as: "Includes candidate profile, donation and volunteer information, newsletters, press releases, and stance on issues."

    For sites related to 'Political Parties': in the title include "[Political Party Name]". For the description, include site content features, such as: "Includes news and features, candidate listings, donation and volunteer information, district maps, press releases, links, contacts, and stance on issues."

    Includes sites related to this locality's political parties, candidates and campaigns and issues.

    Sites may include, but not limited to:

  • Political action committees
  • Candidates for city office
  • Sites focused on political reform, referendums, ballot issues (for and against)
  • local electoral and legislative activities

    • Relationships

    If your site is not specifically geared towards this community, please submit to the proper category.

    Submitting to the wrong category will delay and/or prevent your site from being listed in the directory.

    Submission Tips:

    1. When writing your site's title please ensure it is the same as your organization.
    2. When writing your site's description, please tell what your site offers in a clear and concise statement without hype or promotional language.
     Thank-you for your cooperation.
    This category lists sites offering information on dating, dating organizations, and singles groups in Atlanta.

    Religion

    Tips for Faster Acceptance:

    1. Location must be shown, preferably by address or local phone number.
    2. For title, submit actual name of the house of worship, congregation, or social group.
    3. Make description factual, avoiding promotional language and Unnecessary Capitalization. Mention affiliation with established faiths, sects and denominations if not shown in title.
    4. Compare existing listings for best results.
    This category concerns the religious societies and institutions of the local community including houses of worship and affiliated social groups.

    Reunions

    Tips for Faster Acceptance:

    1. Make sure your site title matches the name of your organization or entity.
    2. In your site description, stick to the facts and avoid hype or promotional language. Avoid Excessive Capitalization. Describe site features as well as the subject of your site.
    3. Make certain your site is in this locality and contains an address or other contact information.
    This category contains links to local categories for reunions, except for high school or college reunions which should be placed under the Education category.

    Seniors

    Please submit sites that offer unique and useful information for seniors in this locality. Examples of sites may include (but not limited to) local organizations for retired workers, grandparents' rights associations, and support communities.

    Please include details of what can be found on the site itself, such as mailing list, events calendar, and/or a photo gallery.

    This category includes links to sites related to senior citizens and people over the age of 50 years old.

    Transgendered

    Tips for Faster Acceptance:

    1. Make sure your site title matches the name of your organization or entity.
    2. In your site description, stick to the facts and avoid hype or promotional language. Avoid Excessive Capitalization. Describe site features as well as the subject of your site.
    3. Make certain your site is in this locality and contains an address or other contact information.
    Transgendered individuals are those who have a gender (a mental measure of masculinity, femininity, or something else entirely) which does not match their sex (being physically male or female). Only sites which are on this topic and about this locality are accepted here.

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