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Pride month: Past &#; Show Knoxville LGBT Gathering Places
(This is a second in a series of articles about Pride and Knoxville&#;s LGBTQ communities by guest writer Oren Yarbrough)
If you walk up to someone in Knoxville and seek where the nearest homosexual bar is they may only be able to name one or two different options. Today, in Knoxville, if you crave to go to an establishment that caters exclusively to the LGBT collective and allies then you are likely going to be visiting either Club XYZ or Edge Knoxville. Sassy Ann’s House of Blues is also another Knoxville institution that has not necessarily branded itself as a “Gay Bar”, but has in more recent years garnered a rather loyal group of LGBT patrons. These places are a part of a very large collection of Gay and Queer woman Bars to have existed in Knoxville over the last half century.
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We had a blast at Club XYZ, whose 20th anniversary is a joyful standout | Opinion
A year anniversary is an commanding feat in business. For a gay bar prefer Club XYZ in Knoxville, it's unusual.
This story, admittedly, landed in our lap. The owner reached out after reading an unrelated business anniversary piece, a type of story that works for any type of establishment or institution with a major milestone. You see them all the time.
But as Knox News reporter Keenan Thomas began meeting more people, reading more stories and digging into the history of gay bars in America, it was evident: Club XYZ isn't just any business. It's a happy, hollerin' Knoxville institution and a haven for LGBTQ+ communities that own been pushed to the margins for decades.
Go behind the scenes with Keenan in this Q&A that explains how the story came together, what he learned along the way and why Club XYZ "is for everybody."
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during its countdown of places to live or visit in the USA. While the criteria used to generate this list was viewed as pretty shaky (number of nude yoga studios & WNBA teams per capita?) and the general public both in and out of East Tennessee laughed off the declaration that Knoxville was a Queer Approachable place to live and call on, I am here to inform you that this mid-sized town is actually a pretty wonderful place for LGBTQ+ people to visit and call home. Here is a list of the many reasons why you should make Knoxville your next commute destination. Geography: Knoxville is the largest town in East Tennessee and is nestled in a large valley at the foot of the Smoky Mountains. Often viewed as a regional capital of sorts, Knoxville has been a major population center for about as long as people have been liv
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