The following LGBTQ+ historical documents have been digitized and made accessible for educational purposes only as described under the fair use doctrine of Section 107 of the Copyright Act. For questions or takedown requests please contact Andrew.McMahan@mtsu.edu.
Gay Cable Network Guides, 1989-1990. GCN was founded in 1982 by Louis P. Maletta in New York City, and it was the premier channel for LGBTQ+ programming for nearly two decades. It operated in NYC and major cities across the United States. GCN/Nashville started in 1988 by Krzysztof Krakoviak and Diane Easter.
Nashville Pride Guide, 2001.This publication features Pride event info and advertisements for LGBT-friendly businesses and organizations in Nashville, Tennessee. This publication is part of the OutCentral Collection. View a pdf scan of the 2001 Nashville Pride Guide here.
The Pink Pageswas a resource guide published by Kitsch*In*Sync, Inc. for the LGBTQ+ community in Nashville, Tennessee. It is filled with over 40 pages of advertisements and information about gay friendly businesses in the Nashville metropolitan area. We have one copy from 1995 that is housed in the OutCentral Collection. View a pdf scan of The Pink Pages here.
Dare/Query was a weekly newspaper published by Pyramid Light & Power in Nashville, Tennessee beginning in 1988. After a settlement with D.A.R.E., the paper changed its name to Query in 1991. Below are pdf scans of the issues we have housed in the OutCentral Collection. We believe some issues are also available at Vanderbilt University, University of Louisville, and the Lesbian Herstory Archives.
Xenogeny News was a weekly newspaper published by Kitsch*In*Sync, Inc. in Nashville, Tennessee starting in 1994. At different times, it called itself a “Les*Bi*Gay” newspaper, “Middle Tennessee’s only Lesbigay newspaper,” and “your Mid-South Lesbigay newsweekly.” Below are pdf scans of the issues we have housed in the OutCentral Collection. Vanderbilt University and University of Louisville have some copies, too.
