It’s Pride Week!
All week the LGBTQ+ community in Chattanooga has celebrated Pride with events ranging from a paddle across the Tennessee River and a night of LGBTQ+ trivia at Mellow Mushroom.
The week concludes Sunday with a Pride parade and festival to follow.
Though the LGBTQ+ scene and history here don’t match up to a city like Philadelphia, this is an exciting time to be a part of the community.
There are spaces being created all of the time to foster a sense of belonging and acceptance. For instance, the Seed Theatre is a performing arts center that focuses on offering a safe space for Chattanooga’s queer community. And just last year, the city honored Chattanooga native and beloved actor Leslie Allen Jordan by renaming a segment of Tremont Street “Leslie Allen Jordan Way.” The queer actor, well-known for his role in the hit TV show “Will and Grace,” tragically died last October in a car crash.