Dare
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Crazy Cowboy II
Category: Places Dates: 1980s Address: 2311 Franklin Road Also known as Bob’s Crazy Cowboy II, it was owned by Bob L. Simrell and operated for a time by his daughter Marjorie Jean Simrell. Advertisements for Crazy Cowboy II appeared as early as 1988 in Dare.… Read More »Crazy Cowboy II
The Connection
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Conductors
Category: Organizations Dates: 1982-Present A group of friends formed Conductors in 1982 to serve Nashville’s leather scene. From its earliest years, Conductors established themselves as an important service organization that often raised money for charities like Second Harvest Food Bank and Nashville CARES, which focused… Read More »Conductors
Compton House
Category: Places Dates: 1970s Address: 1504 Compton Avenue, Nashville, TN Compton House was an early LGBTQ+ community center, if not the first. Located a few blocks from Belmont University, the property was known as the Gay Community Services Center, which was open seven days a… Read More »Compton House
Club 701
Category: Places Dates: 1990s? Address: 701 4th Avenue South, Nashville, TN We need more information about this place. Use the comment box below to submit your knowledge!
Chez Collette
Category: Places Dates: 1980-2001 Address: 407 1st Avenue South First opening in 1980, Chez Colette was operated by Colette Gibbs, a French immigrant from Bordeaux. Gibbs got her start in Nashville tending bar at the Black Poodle on Printer’s Alley in the 1960s. Gibbs’ establishment… Read More »Chez Collette
Penny Campbell
Category: People Dates: 1953-2014 Vanderbilt divinity student and activist. Source(s): Page last updated: 11/3/21 by SEC
The Cabaret
Category: Place Dates: Feb. 1975-1990s Address: 1711 Hayes St., Nashville, TN Sources: Tennessean, May 4, 1975 Page last updated: 11/6/21 by SEC
Aleshia Brevard
Category: Persons Dates: 1937-2017 Aleshia Brevard was an actress, teacher, and writer born in Erwin, Tennessee, although she spent much of her childhood on a farm in Hartsville. As a teenager, she would visit Nashville and encounter queens at bus stations or find men cruising… Read More »Aleshia Brevard
