A new film called “Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story” captures Shane as a powerhouse R&B performer and a Black, trans woman who got her start in Nashville, then took the Toronto scene by storm in the 1960s. She eventually stopped performing, and no one knew where she was.
Tennessee families and physicians urge SCOTUS to allow gender-affirming care
Transgender teens and their parents are urging the nation’s highest court to block a Tennessee law that bans gender-affirming care for the state’s youth.
As classes resume, a new Tennessee law requires schools to out transgender students
It’s the first new school year since Tennessee passed a law requiring schools to out transgender students to their parents. Gov. Bill Lee signed the measure into law in May.
Tennessee will remove HIV-positive people convicted of sex work from violent sex offender list
HIV-positive people who were convicted in Tennessee of sex work under a decades-old aggravated prostitution law will no longer be required to face a lifetime registration as a “violent sex offender” under a lawsuit settlement finalized last week.
Tennessee’s drag ban is back after appeals court ruling
A federal appeals court has re-instated Tennessee’s restrictions on drag performances. Thursday’s order reverses a district court ruling last year, which had prevented the ban from taking effect.
Women’s sports bars are on the rise. Nashville’s will be a first for the South.
Nashville’s Chapstick is poised to become the first in the South to join a growing trend of sports bars dedicated to women’s leagues.
Tractor Supply is ending DEI and climate efforts after conservative backlash online
The Brentwood-based retailer, which sells products ranging from farming equipment to pet supplies, also said in a statement Thursday that it would withdraw from its carbon emission goals to instead “focus on our land and water conservation efforts.”
U.S. Supreme Court to hear gender-affirming care case from Tennessee
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case about whether restrictions limiting gender-affirming care for minors are constitutional.
How this Nashville LGBTQ choir celebrates 20 years of harmony
When Nashville in Harmony was founded in 2004, many of its members had to be discreet. 20 years later, it is known both locally and nationally.
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