ʻOiaiʻo ia ma lalo o Nashville a me Memphis ,ʻo ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Knoxville ka'āina nui loa ia ma Tennessee, me ka heluna kanaka he 180,000, a he hale nō hoʻi ia i ke kahua nui o ke Kulanuiʻo Tennessee, aʻo ia kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale kokoke loa. (me Asheville, NC ka mea'ē aʻe) i ka waiwai iʻike muaʻia ma waena o nā moku'āina oʻAmelika, kahi nuiʻo National Park Smoky Mountains . He nui ka nui o nā lāhui iʻikeʻia i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, a ke hoʻolauleʻa nei ke kūlanakauhale i kahi hoʻokipa nuiʻo Gay Pride, Knoxville Pridefest, i kēlā me kēia Iune i kahi o ka World Fair Fair -ʻo ka lā o kēia makahikiʻo Iune 18, 2016.
ʻO nā hanana i hana iā Knoxville Pride,ʻo ia kekahi mahele o nā poʻe, nā uku kālā, a me nā hanana'ē aʻe i mālamaʻia i loko o nā hebedoma i hala mua aku nei - eia ka papa piha piha o nā hui a me nā huiʻana, e komo ana i loko o kahi'āpana o ka "Eat Out with Pride" nā haleʻai kaiʻai e pili ana i ke kūlanakauhale,ʻo ia hoʻiʻo Cocoa Moon, Big Fatty's, Abuelo's, Boyd's Jig & Reel,'Oodles, a me Melting Pot. ʻO nā hanana pū kekahi me kahi Art Art i loko o ka City i ka Pōʻalima, Iune 2; i ka hana ma ka Poaono, Iune 4, ma ka Bijou e ka mea hoʻohanohano Knoxville Gay Men ; aʻo kahi Knoxville PrideFest Picnic i hanaʻia i ka Lune, 5 o Iune, mai ka hola 1 a hiki i ka 5 pm, ma Tyson Park. A laila ma ka hopena o ka pule ma mua, aia ka Hōʻaia Pūnaewele 2ʻAʻohe Mea Swimwear a me nā Mea Hōʻailona Hōʻike ma ka Pōʻalima a me Pōʻalima, Iune 10 a me 11.
ʻO ka hoʻouluʻana i nāʻahaʻaina i kēia makahiki,ʻo ia ka mea mele kaulana a kaulana loa o ka'āina,ʻo Chely Wright , ka mea e hana hou ana mai ka hoʻokuʻuʻana mai i kāna mele hōʻailona hou, Lifted Off the Ground .
ʻO ka lā nui o Knoxville Pride ka Pōʻakolu, Iune 18. Aia kahiʻo Knoxville Pridefest Parade, i ka 11 am ma ke alanuiʻo Gay Street (ʻoe,ʻo ia ka inoa maoli o ke alanui, a he ala nui ma Knoxville) a hele i ka Worlds Fair Park, kahi kahi o ka Hui Hoʻohanohano Knoxville Pridefest, e mālamaʻia ana mai ke awakea a hiki i ka 8 pm aʻikeʻia aku i mua o 100 mau mea kūʻai, nāʻano meaʻai nui a pau, a me ka pāʻani o nā mea hoʻokele.
ʻO ka mea iʻoi aku ma mua o 20,000 mau mea i manaʻoʻia i kēia makahiki.
Knoxville mau punawai punahele
No ka'ōlelo aʻo i kahi eʻai ai a inu ai iā Knoxville i kou wā e noho nei, e nānā i kahi Knoxville Gay Dining and Guide Guide , kahi e waiho ai i nā'ōlelo aʻo no kaʻai nui a me ka pilina. ʻO kahi punahele LGBT nui maikaʻi loa o ka nohona gay i loko o ka moku'āinaʻo waho & About, no ka mea,ʻoiaiʻo ka nui o nā mea i loaʻa ma Nashville, aia kekahi mau kumuwaiwai a me nāʻike ma Knoxville. ʻAʻoleʻo Knoxville i kahi kikowaena kaiaulu LGBT, akā aia ma ke Kulanui o Tennessee,ʻo ka OUTReach: LGBT & Ally Resource Center kahi kahua kōkua pūnaewele me nā loulou i nā kumuwaiwai kūpono. No ka'ōlelo aʻo hoʻolālāʻana a me nā manaʻo'ē aʻe e pili ana i nā mea eʻike a hana ai i ke kūlanakauhale, a me kahi e noho ai, e nānā i kahi pūnaewele maikaʻi i hanaʻia e ka hui kaiaulu o ke kūlanakauhale, e kipa iā Knoxville.
Inā e hele anaʻoe i kēia wahi no ka manawa mua, aiʻole e hele mai paha mai kahi mamao aku, e hoʻomanaʻo i kahi o nā papa hoʻokipa nui a me ka hauʻoli i ka'āina e kokoke ana, Dollywood - holo ma ka moʻolelo a me ka hoaaloha o ke kaiāulu LGBTʻo Dolly Parton . Aia ka papa i Pigeon Forge, he 35 mile mai ka hema hikina o Knoxville, e hele ana i ke kahawai nui nui o Smoky Mountains.