A transgender woman won election to a seat on Nashville‘s city council, becoming the first openly transgender person to be voted into political office in Tennessee. Olivia Hill secured one of the four open at-large
A former Memphis police officer of the year has filed a discrimination lawsuit against the Nashville Police Department, claiming it violated federal law by rescinding a job offer after learning he has HIV. The lawsuit,
Hayley Kiyoko protested Tennessee’s anti-drag legislation by taking the stage at a Nashville concert with drag performers despite threats of being shut down by undercover cops. Kiyoko is a singer and actor and icon for the LGBTQ+ community, even earning the nickname “Lesbian Jesus” from some of her fans.
For the past two years, thousands of people have descended on a public park in Franklin, Tennessee for an LGBTQ+ pride festival featuring live music, food trucks, and crafts vendors. Clayton Klutts, the president of the Franklin Pride organization, viewed the event as a glowing symbol of how far a small, conservative community had come in terms of LGBTQ+ acceptance.
The Department of Justice filed a criminal complaint Monday against Adam Michael Nettina, 34, of West Friendship, Md. He is accused of making the threat by phone to HRC’s Washington, D.C., headquarters on the night of March 28. A transcription of his voicemail says, “You guys going to shoot up our schools now? … We’re waiting, we’re waiting. And if you want a war, we’ll have a war. And we’ll fucking slaughter you back. We’ll cut your throats.”
The video targeted Anheuser-Busch, the beer company that owns Bud Light, for partnering with social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney, who is a trans woman. Mulvaney’s video promoting a sports-related contest with Bud Light was fun and light-hearted, but Kid Rock’s response was anything but.
Ballerini was joined by four Drag Race fan favorites — Season 3’s Manila Luzon, Season 7’s Kennedy Davenport, Season 12’s Jan, and Season 13’s Olivia Lux — for a fun, campy, picket-fenced performance of her recent hit single “If You Go Down (I’m Goin’ Down Too),” complete with the queens dressed in retro desperate-housewives eleganza.
The Nashville shooter, Audrey Hale, who was killed by responding officers, has been identified as transgender. This marks more than 350 children killed by gun violence and more than 130 mass shootings in 2023 through International Transgender Day of Visibility.
Nashville police have identified a trans person as the shooter behind America’s latest school shooting attack that killed three children and three adults at a Nashville-based educational institution.
Madonna has added a Tennessee date to her upcoming Celebration Tour, with proceeds from the show benefiting trans rights organizations. The concert will take place on Friday, December 22nd at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena.
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