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The gay activists who won an Olympic-sized battle

The power of peaceful protest and how to affect change on an Olympic level.

In 1993 the legislators in Cobb County Atlanta passed a resolution stating that 鈥渓ifestyles advocated by the gay community are incompatible with the standards to which this community describes鈥�. The northern suburb was due to welcome the Olympics in 1996 as host of the volleyball competition. This is the inspiring story of a small campaign group who forced a change. After months of high-profile protests the organising committee stripped Cobb County as a host venue and diverted the torch relay away from its streets.

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