Ọ bụ ezie na ọ dị obere karịa Nashville na Memphis , obodo Knoxville bụ mba nke atọ kasị ukwuu na Tennessee, nke nwere ihe dị ka 180,000, ọ bụkwa n'ụlọ ụlọ akwụkwọ klas nke Mahadum Tennessee, ọ bụkwa otu n'ime obodo kachasị nso. (na Asheville, NC bụ onye nke ọzọ) na ụlọ ndị a kasị eleta n'etiti ogige ntụrụndụ mba US, Nnukwu Ugwu National Smoky Mountains . O nwere nnukwu ndi mmadu ndi mmadu nwere otutu onu ogugu n'ime afo ole na ole gara aga, obodo a na-akwado nnukwu oriri nke nwoke na nwanyi, Knoxville Pridefest, nke ọ bụla n'ọnwa June nke bụ World Park Fair - ụbọchị nke afọ a bụ June 18, 2016.
Ihe ndị mere Knoxville Pride gụnyere ọtụtụ ndị ọzọ, ndị na-akwụ ụgwọ, na ihe omume ndị ọzọ na-ewere ọnọdụ n'ime izu ole na ole n'ihu - ebe a bụ mmemme zuru ezu nke nnọkọ na nnọkọ, nke gụnyere ọtụtụ "Nwee Nganga" ụlọ nri na-akwado nri gburugburu obodo, gụnyere Cocoa Moon, Big Fatty, Abuelo's, Boyd's Jig & Reel, Oodles, na Melting Pot. Ihe ndị na-eme na-agụnye ihe omume Art Out na City na Thursday, June 2; arụ ọrụ na Saturday, June 4, na Bijou site n'aka Knoxville Gay Men Chorus ; na Knoxville PrideFest Picnic mere na Sunday, June 5, site n'elekere 1 ruo elekere ise, na Tyson Park. Mgbe ahụ na izu ụka tupu, e nwere afọ nke abụọ 2 Ọ dịghị ihe Swimwear na uwe kpughere na Friday na Saturday, June 10 na 11.
Na-agbakwụnye n'ememe a n'afọ a bụ onye ọbụ abụ na-ewu ewu na nke nwere nkà, Chely Wright , bụ onye ga-eme ọhụụ site na ntọhapụ nke ọpụpụ ọhụrụ ya na-agbawa obi, Lifted Off Ground .
Ụbọchị buru ibu nke Knoxville Pride bụ Saturday, June 18. Enwere Knoxville Pridefest Parade, nke dị n'elekere 11 nke ụtụtụ na Gay Street (ee, nke ahụ bụ aha n'ezie n'okporo ámá, ọ bụ nnukwu ụzọ na Knoxville) na ịga n'ihu Worlds Fair Park, nke bụ saịtị nke Ememme Knoxville Pridefest, nke a na-eme site n'ehihie ruo elekere 8 nke ehihie ma gosipụta ihe karịrị otu narị ndị na-ere ahịa, ụdị nri dị iche iche dị iche iche, na ịgba chaa chaa.
A na-atụ anya ihe karịrị mmadụ 20,000 bịara na afọ a.
Knoxville Gay Resources
Maka ndụmọdụ maka ebe ị ga-eri ma ṅụọ ihe ọṅụṅụ na Knoxville mgbe ị nọ n'obodo, lelee Knoxville Gay Nightlife na Nri nri , nke nwere ọnụọgụ aro ma maka nri dị ukwuu na mmekọrịta. Azu akwukwo LGBT zuru oke na ihe omuma di iche iche di na steeti bu & Ihe, nke obu ezie na obu na Nashville nwere ufodu ihe na ihe omuma banyere Knoxville. Knoxville anaghị enwe ụlọ ọrụ LGBT, mana na Mahadum Tennessee, OUTReach: LGBT & Ally Resource Center nwere ebe nrụọrụ weebụ na-enye aka na njikọ ndị ọzọ bara uru mpaghara. Maka ndụmọdụ njem-atụmatụ na echiche ndị ọzọ banyere ihe ịhụ na ime n'obodo, na ebe ị ga-anọ, lee anya na ebe nrụọrụ weebụ kachasị mma nke ụlọ ọrụ njem nleta obodo ahụ na-eme, Gaa na Knoxville.
Ọ bụrụ na ị na-eleta ebe a maka oge mbụ, ma ọ bụ na-abịa site n'ebe dị anya, buru n'uche na otu n'ime ogige ntụrụndụ kitschy na fun ihe dị na mba dị nso, Dollywood - na-agba ọsọ site akụkọ na enyi nke obodo LGBT Dolly Parton . Ogige ahụ dị na Pigeon Forge, nke dị kilomita 35 n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ nke Knoxville, na-aga n'okporo ámá National Ukwu Smoky Mountains.