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Flamy Grant
Law

Tennessee Anti-Drag Law Can't Be Used Against Pride Event, Judge Rules

Blount County's prosecutor had threatened to enforce the unconstitutional law against a local Pride festival.

Ryan Desmond and letter
Drag

Tennessee DA Threatens Pride With Unconstitutional Anti-Drag Law, Gets Sued

Blount County prosecutor Ryan Desmond says the law is enforceable in his jurisdiction. Now Pride organizers and drag performer Flamy Grant are suing him.

Blount County TN Government
Politics

Wrath of God Put to a Vote Tonight in Tennessee

Commissioners in Blount County, Tennessee will vote tonight to ask God to "not destroy our County as He did Sodom and Gomorrah."

Blount County Commissioner Karen Miller
Marriage Equality

Tenn. County Snubs 'Sodom and Gomorrah' Resolution

The county meeting was adjourned before the resolution could be put to a vote. Now the resolution's sponsor says she will 'most likely' rescind the antigay tirade. 

Jacob Brashier
News

Tennessee Man Says He Was Subjected to Slurs, Fired for Being Gay

Jacob Brashier says he suffered antigay harassment while working at a nursing home and was ultimately fired.

Pastor Grayson Fritts
Religion

Tennessee Cop Turned Pastor Urges Execution of Gays

Grayson Fritts, a Knox County, Tenn., sheriff's detective, called LGBTQ people "filthy" and "freaks," and said the Bible calls for their execution.

Y'All White Queers Better Quiet Down in North Carolina
Voices

Y'All White Queers Better Quiet Down in North Carolina

A self-described black trans troublemaker from North Carolina sets the record straight on their state's hateful new law, HB 2.