The future of Nashville Pride

Not long ago, everybody seemed to want to get in on Pride month festivities. Then the political winds shifted.

Companies that were proudly flying the rainbow flag decided to fold up their colors this year, or at least drop their financial support — including Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nissan, Cracker Barrel, Dollar General and Jack Daniel’s. So Nashville Pride has been scrambling to fill the gap with a symbolic deadline of Saturday 10/11, which is National Coming Out Day. In this episode, we get an update from Pride organizers and explore the history of gay pride in our town.

This episode was produced by Josh Deepan.

Guests

• Tina Tousignant, Nashville Pride President
• Jef Ellis, co-founder of Dare Newspaper (later renamed Query)
• Dwayne Jenkins, Nashville Black Pride Board President

Further reading: 

Nashville Pride raises alarm as longtime sponsors pull funding