For over three decades, Nashville Pride has been celebrating, honoring, and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ community throughout Middle Tennessee. After dramatic growth in 2019, the organization started making plans to increase its footprint for the annual celebration.
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I have been speaking with a wonderful woman named Marge, a fellow animal lover like myself. She and her wife started Home Run Pet Care as a pet sitting service in 2010.
The Tennessee Diamond Diva is a pageant for femme LGBT+ women who are looking to express their individuality and self-expression. This year’s winner was Ms. Chocolate Dior, Pernisha Ailworth.
The first thing Carla Lewis will tell you about herself is that she’s perpetually late. On July 27, 2008, the fact that she and her wife Jamie Combs were a little late may have saved their lives as much as it changed it.
Gov. Bill Haslam signed the “natural, ordinary meaning” bill into law on Friday, May 5. By Monday, May 8, Murfreesboro attorney Julia Tate-Keith had filed a lawsuit on behalf of six same-sex couples challenging the law.
When Christian Grantham returned to Middle Tennessee from Washington D.C. with his husband Vince Oropesa, he wasn’t sure what to expect.
While navigating the challenges of transitioning during her senior year at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU), Morgan Hunlen helped create a safe place for future students to land.
“We are so excited about finding love and want the focus not to be on sexuality but intellectuality. We have never liked being labeled different. We are children of God and look forward to having more conversations and dialogue about love.”
Attendance was estimated at more than 20,000 for Nashville Pride 2017 on Saturday, June 24 at Public Square Park.
Focus Middle Tennessee launched with a coming out party at The Lipstick Lounge in Nashville for its “Coming Out” issue on Friday, June 23.
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