User:Aletipp/LGBT Culture In Nashville/Bibliography

Each year, since 2012, The Human Rights Campaign rates cities based on five attributes that a city may or may not have, non-discrimination laws, the municipality as an employer, municipal services, law enforcement, and the city leadership's public position on LGBTQ equality. In 2019, they rated 506 cities, Nashville being one of them. Nashville scored higher than average (60 points out of 100), with 70 points out of 100. The city ranked the highest out of the eight cities that were ranked in Tennessee, which included Chattanooga, Clarksville, Franklin, Johnson City, Knoxville, Memphis, Murfreesboro, and Nashville. The Human Rights Campaign is a good source because they are a reliable publisher, and their study was founded on concrete facts. I think that this will be a good source for me to use because it ranked highly on the Municipality Equality Index (MEI), and shows that Nashville is a good city for LGBTQ people to live, especially in the South.^[1]

I assume you mean this is the highest out of the Tennessee cities that were ranked? Other than clarifying that, those first three sentences look like they could be copy-pasted pretty much as-is into your article, in a section about the LGBTQ-friendliness of the city. Elizabeth.f.chamberlain (talk) 19:59, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

This New York Times article lists six LGBTQ friendly places to consider visiting, one of which is Nashville. A gay travel blogger by the name of Jim Werner recommends Nashville and tells people to not completely write off the South "as a stretch of homophobic red states that simply must be tolerated." The article then gives two examples of LGBTQ friendly businesses in Nashville, Lipstick Lounge and Suzy Wong's House of Yum. The former is a lesbian bar, while the latter is known for hosting brunches with drag queens. This article would be considered credible because the New York Times is considered a notable and credible source. I would like to possibly use this article because it shows Nashville as being one of six viable destinations for queer people to go. I think Nashville's LGBTQ scene being shown in the New York Times is an important thing to consider, especially since my article is about the LGBTQ culture in Nashville.^[2]

Yeah, I think that quote from Jim Werner is especially powerful, and you're right that its featuring in a NYTimes article absolutely bodes well. Certainly something to feature in that section on friendliness. Elizabeth.f.chamberlain (talk) 19:59, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

In this article The Tennessean, a local Nashville newspaper, outlines the historic order that "recognizes LGBTQ-owned businesses in contracting" in the city of Nashville. This order is a part of a larger order that also recognizes racial minority groups and women. The new order will be the first of its kind in the South, and the people of Nashville seem pleased to be a part of a progression toward equal opportunities for everyone, everywhere. This article is credible because it is a local newspaper reporting the facts of a new order in the city. I would like to use this article because I want to be able to provide some laws and ordinances that show that Nashville is a progressive city in a very much unprogressive state/region. I think it is also important to show other marginalized communities being supported alongside the LGBTQ community, because it is important to take into account that everyone has an intersectional identity.^[3]

You make a great point about intersectional identity; I wonder if there are other ways marginalized people are supported in Nashville, either via organizations or laws. That's another search string you could try, to help flesh out a section about this - "nashville marginalized support" Elizabeth.f.chamberlain (talk) 19:59, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

Vanderbilt college has an LGBTQ health program at their medical center. The medical center has received "a 100% rating on the Human Rights Campaign's Equality Index for the past 6 years" and dedicates itself to being an inclusive health center for everyone. Their LGBTQ health services include HIV care, intersex health, mental health, and a Trans Buddy Program. The Trans Buddy Program offers transgender people the opportunity to have someone help them make important medical decisions and be there for them before,during, and/or after their transition. The website claims that the program is "the first of its kind in the US." The end of the page includes a list of the medical center's "LGBTQ-competent providers." This is a reliable source because the information is from a college health provider's website. I would want to use this source because I want to include a "health" or "healthcare" section in my article, and having a source like this would be a perfect start to this section.^[4]

Yet another way your research could point to a new search term to help flesh out this section - "vanderbilt lgbt" brings up a bunch of information about LGBT programs at Vanderbilt and beyond, including this cool-looking project called the LGBT policy lab: https://news.vanderbilt.edu/tag/lgbt-policy-lab/

Looking great so far. Elizabeth.f.chamberlain (talk) 19:59, 16 March 2020 (UTC)