MengCheng 梦城团 Collective: An Invitation to Be
How MengCheng 梦城团 Collective builds community around art, friendship, and food.
Kelly Seagraves
May 21, 2024
Profiles
Read the true life stories of our LGBT+ advocates, youth, seniors, allies, and trans community in Middle Tennessee.
Nashville Cosplay Collective
by GK Gurley | photos courtesy Dee Volpe & Nancy Arch Nerd culture is inherently queer. Fantasy, science fiction, and
GK Gurley
September 26, 2022
Odessa Kelly Running to be the First Openly Gay Black Woman in Congress
The Supreme Court decision in June highlighted a harsh reality: there are major discrepancies between federal and state governments, and
GK Gurley
August 3, 2022
Building Queer Community with Nashville GSA
(Above: GSA co-founders Michelle Sciarappa and Lauren Horbal. Photo by Emily April Allen) Queer people need queer communities. We need
GK Gurley
May 9, 2022
Creativity Thrives at Music City Creative
(Above: The Music City Creative Staff poses for a group photo in a few of their tees. From left to
Ray Rico
March 29, 2022
Q + A with photographer Emily April Allen
(Above photo by Steph Beasley) Emily April Allen is a portrait photographer exploring and documenting queer identity in Tennessee. I
Ray Rico
March 17, 2022
Therapist Moe Ari Brown on Coping with Seasonal Affective Disorder
by Chris Reeder Young Tell me a little about yourself and your clinical background. I am a Licensed Marriage and
Chris Reeder-Young, M.A.
January 14, 2022
Rescuing Six-Legged Animals
photo above & story by Maureen Truax Holland, Esq. Full disclosure: I was asked to write this article when the
Maureen Holland
December 6, 2021
Meet Chiquita Laquita Bonita: The Longest Neck
story by Moth Moth Moth | illustrations by Fergus Harmon Fergus and Angel are the doting fathers of Chiquita Laquita
Moth Moth Moth
November 22, 2021
Marsha’s Closet: A Clothes Charity for the Trans Community
Athens, TN isn’t known for many things outside of Mayfield Dairy products. It’s a sleepy place of less than 13,000 people. In
Michael Coffey
November 18, 2021
Rescue Me: Adoptable Pets!
With so many animals in local shelters, it would be impossible to feature all of them. Here, we present to
Focus
November 12, 2021
Happy & Home—For Life
by Chris Reeder Young (she/her) | photos from Shutterstock At least 7 million aging seniors are LGBTQ+ and almost half
Chris Reeder-Young, M.A.
April 11, 2021
