Now you wonder who's going to cover these stories.'īut others wondered if the Voice hadn't lost its voice, or at least its platform, because many of the gay rights matters it has reported on and advocated in the past two decades are increasingly being covered by a mainstream media that once ignored them. 'Frankly, it all came down to economics, and what happened to Southern Voice has happened to a lot of other minority publications. 'They had professional reporters who dug deep,' said former SoVo columnist Cindy Abel, a board member with the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund. 'Hopefully Project Q Atlanta will step up to fill the void.' 'I worry whether we'll get that kind of in-depth reporting again on stories of interest to our community,' said Jeff Graham, executive director of Georgia Equality. It was the only publication to print full text of the anonymous complaints which prompted the controversial raid, providing much-needed context. Though it struggled to turn a profit, SoVo, with a circulation of about 25,000 remained relevant to the end, doggedly reporting on the late summer raid of the Atlanta Eagle leather bar.
