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With an eye on accessibility and inclusivity, Chattanooga nonprofit Soft Animal is hosting the city’s first music festival designed specifically to put queer artists front and center. “Sounds Gay, Y’all Music & Arts Festival is an expression of Soft Animal’s love for the local queer community and our desire to promote queer artists,” Soft Animal co-founder Charity Painter said. “Our core values are about making events safer, inclusive, accessible and fun.

Anna Safley Houston has one of those stories so uncommon and bewitching, it’s almost hard to believe. And, sometimes, separating fact from folktale is essentially impossible, but — as with most amazing adventures — that’s part of the allure. By some accounts, Houston was a passionate, generous, independent, tough woman with a good sense of humor + kindness toward children. By others, she was an eccentric con-artist who didn’t like children and often failed to pay her debts.

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