Live Free: Olivia Hill Shares Her Story
We all know, deep down, when we are different from what society deems "normal." There can be an internal struggle, external battles with loved ones and oftentimes loneliness.
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Connecting the Distance with the T-Vals
In the Middle Tennessee area, there’s a group that has been around for quite some time and is showing no signs of slowing down. To keep up and to keep going, the group has switched from in-person meetings to online meetings and activities. They call themselves Tennessee VALS (T-VALS) and they are a transgender support and community group.
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Mother & Son’s Journey Leads to Memoir
Saving lives...that’s something that both Damien Connor and his mother Candace Winters Johnson agree is of great importance.
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Melisse Tokic’s First Film Makes way for Gender Non-Conforming People in #MeToo Movement
Much of what is in the media does not represent our experience of being queer in the South. Now, there’s a new award-winning short film made by various Southern and queer people, about Southern queer people, called “Queer and Southern God”.
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Kesley Page: A Passion for the Community
Life is a journey to empower your true self. All the answers you seek are in your grasp. Nothing is random. You are light, you are loved, and you are not alone. These are the words of Kesley Page, a well-known member of Middle Tennessee’s transgender community and the current board president...
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Love, faith and a journey
On the surface, the LGBT+ community and Pentecostal Church don’t seem like communities with a natural affinity for each other, but Elliott and Phildora Prigmore-Lewis have found their spiritual home at Mt. Pisgah Fellowship, an Affirming Apostolic Pentecostal Church. Located in Goodlettsville...
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‘Know That There is Someone out There who Will Help you Through It’
Shaun Arroyo talks about his transition, living in Nashville versus New York City and the local support group TVALS for transgender individuals that helped him through.
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Transfocus: ‘Just be Yourself’
Matthew Navarre Moore and his mom, Joydianne Damiani, share his story of transitioning — and about how he's working toward his future.
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Transgender Day of Remembrance: MT Lambda Hopes to Keep the Memories of Victims Alive
Middle Tennessee State University’s (MTSU) LGBT+ student organization, MT Lambda, will observe Transgender Day Of Remembrance (TDOR) on Nov. 18 with an evening vigil and guest speaker in front of the Student Union. They will have an open meeting on Nov. 8 for TDOR preparations for anyone wanting to participate.
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Trans Veteran Fights to Give a Voice to the Voiceless
The first thing Carla Lewis will tell you about herself is that she’s perpetually late. On July 27, 2008, the fact that she and her wife Jamie Combs were a little late may have saved their lives as much as it changed it.
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