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Life
Jack Knoxville started the Trans Empowerment Project & he’s an LGBTQ Nation 2022 Hometown Hero
He says trans people of color “face every boundary you can imagine. People don’t want us to exist.” And he’s doing something about it.
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News (USA)
Vandal arrested for spray-painting Target’s Pride display. He could get locked up for years.
Jonathan Burns caused thousands of dollars in damage to the LGBTQ Pride display.
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News (USA)
Viral video shows teen who stood up for trans student in tears after administrator calls the cops
A TikTok video has gone viral after a tearful Black teen talks about standing up for a trans student being bullied and shows police standing outside the door to escort them off school grounds.
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News (USA)
Black wedding guest punched cop unconscious for making racist remarks
The cop claimed to be Black and told the guest he “didn’t know they let Black people in the reception hall.”
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LGBTQ Pride
Pride in Pictures: Still in love in Knoxville
This couple has gone 30 years strong, and still find ways to liven up the Pride experience.
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News (USA)
Teen with lesbian moms forced to listen to anti-LGBTQ “sermons” before school basketball practice
The moms say their son had to attend 30-minute “Teens for Christ” sermons to participate in school sports.
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News (USA)
Neo-Nazi arrested at Tennessee pride festival after protest turns violent
He said the Knoxville Pridefest should not be allowed because it is a historically “pro-white, pro-traditional family” town.
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News (USA)
Gay Men’s Chorus drowns out pride protest the best way possible: by singing
“We Shall Overcome,” they sang. And they did.
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News (USA)
Man arrested in Tenn. in shooting death of renowned gay equestrian
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — An arrest was made Wednesday by the U.S. Marshals Service in connection with the shooting death of renowned, openly gay Long Island equestrian riding instructor Ross Reisner.
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News (USA)
Tennessee lawmaker booted from local restaurant over anti-gay remarks
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee State Sen. Stacey Campfield — the Knoxville lawmaker who is behind the controversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill making its way in the Tennessee state legislature — was ejected from Knoxville bistro on Sunday because of his anti-gay views.
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News (USA)
Tennessee Senate committee advances ‘Don’t Say Gay’ education bill
A Tennessee Senate committee on Wednesday approved a bill that will prohibit teachers from discussing homosexuality in kindergarten through 8th grade classrooms.
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News (USA)
Tennessee GOP lawmakers: ‘Don’t Say Gay’ in elementary school
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Two Republican lawmakers have introduced bills in the Tennessee state legislature that would prohibit use of the words “gay” and “homosexual” in elementary schools, and ban discussion of all LGBT topics whatsoever.