Nashville's Queer History Goes Back Farther Than You Think
Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility, and who better to share Nashville’s untold queer history than historian and founder of Nashville Queer History, Sarah Calise? Joined by host Marie Cecile Anderson, they celebrate the lives of trans and queer Nashvillians who lived authentically and the ways their courage and joy paved the way for others.
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