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Pride

TN’s ‘drag ban’ is here to stay. Here’s why LGBTQ advocates don’t mind.

Marianna Bacallao

February 27, 2025

Tennessee lawmakers are celebrating as the state’s so-called drag ban remains in place indefinitely. LGBTQ advocates also see the decision as a win.

Filed Under: Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: anti-lgbt legislaton, drag, drag show, Jonathan Skrmetti, lgbt, lgbtq, Pride, Tennessee Attorney General, tnleg, tnpol

Tennessee drag ban to stay as SCOTUS refuses to hear the case

Marianna Bacallao

February 25, 2025

Tennessee’s ban on drag in public spaces will remain in effect, as the U.S. Supreme Court refuses to take up a legal challenge to the law. Another suit could give LGTBQ advocates another shot at challenging the ban.

Filed Under: Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: anti-lgbt legislaton, drag, drag show, Jonathan Skrmetti, lgbt, lgbtq, Pride, Tennessee Attorney General, tnleg, tnpol

Tennessee’s drag ban is back after appeals court ruling

Marianna Bacallao

July 18, 2024

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.

Filed Under: Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: anti-lgbt legislaton, drag, drag show, Jonathan Skrmetti, lgbt, lgbtq, Pride, Tennessee Attorney General

A ballroom scene has been quietly growing in Nashville. And it’s about to have its coming out party.

jewly hight

June 20, 2024

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The Legendary Iconic House of Ebony has put on several smaller balls in the city in recent years, but the one they’re bringing to the National Museum of African American Music tomorrow night will be their most visible display to date.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: ballroom culture, lgbt, lgbtq, music, Pride

WPLN’s 2024 Pride Guide: 50+ LGBTQ events in Middle Tennessee this June

Rachel Iacovone

June 5, 2024

Pride Month is just ramping up, but with more than 50 events in Middle Tennessee this year, there are more gatherings than days in June. WPLN News has compiled a “Pride Guide” for events in the region.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: lgbt, lgbtq, Nashville Pride, Pride

Murfreesboro to pay $500,000 in settlement over its anti-LGBTQ ordinance

Marianna Bacallao

February 7, 2024

The City of Murfreesboro has settled in a lawsuit over its controversial policy on LGBTQ events.

Filed Under: Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: anti-lgbt, BoroPride, lgbt, lgbtq, Murfreesboro, Pride, Rutherford County

A legal challenge to the state’s drag restrictions in East Tennessee is on pause, pending a federal court’s ruling

Marianna Bacallao

September 7, 2023

The fate of Tennessee’s drag restrictions is now in the hands of a federal appeals court. A federal district judge in East Tennessee has put a legal challenge to the state law on hold until the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issues a final ruling on whether the restrictions are unconstitutional.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: anti-lgbt legislaton, drag, drag show, Jonathan Skrmetti, lgbt, lgbtq, Pride, Tennessee Attorney General

Tennessee’s drag restrictions have been temporarily blocked — again

Marianna Bacallao

September 1, 2023

A second federal judge in Tennessee has temporarily blocked a state law restricting drag performances in public spaces. The order from an East Tennessee judge comes three months after a West Tennessee judge ruled the law unconstitutional.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: anti-lgbt legislaton, drag, drag show, Jonathan Skrmetti, lgbt, lgbtq, Pride, Tennessee Attorney General

Tennessee’s drag restrictions are back in court

Marianna Bacallao

August 31, 2023

A Tennessee law restricting drag performances in public spaces is back in court, nearly three months after a federal judge ruled it unconstitutional.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: anti-lgbt legislaton, drag, drag show, Jonathan Skrmetti, lgbt, lgbtq, Pride, Tennessee Attorney General

WPLN’s 2023 Pride Guide: Dozens of LGBTQ events are planned in Middle Tennessee this month

Rachel Iacovone

June 2, 2023

Pride Month has just begun, but this first weekend alone there are three cities’ Pride festivals — in Franklin, Cookeville and Columbia — and several other events around the region.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: lgbt, lgbtq, Nashville Pride, Pride

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