2020 Resolutions
Where Do We Want to Go This Year? Jaime Combs & Carla Lewis
For the upcoming year, as co-chair of the Community Task for the newly forming Middle Tennessee Pride Council, it’s my hope and resolution to compile a comprehensive and inclusive list of all resources that can be utilized by our queer community. I also know that there are new threats on the legislative horizon that will threaten access to medical care for parents and their transgender children. I intend to be visible and outspoken against any such effort to threaten my transgender family in this way. ...and speaking of family, I really hope I get to spend more time with my own children and grandchildren in the coming year. As the years pass, time moves more rapidly for me, and opportunities to fellowship with those I care about seem more fleeting than before. In short, I resolve to serve, defend, and love in 2020.
JAIME COMBS
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My New Year’s goals are to be more creative, continue on a path of profitability and stop killing the plants my mom brings to my bakery.
BRANDON THOMAS
My resolution for the new year is to make a difference, share my story and live my truth. I hope to make a difference for my transgender family by being part of a lawsuit against the state of Tennessee that will allow transgender people that were born in this state the right to change their birth certificate. I will be sharing my story—the story of the experience of being a woman who is transgender—along with two other women, in a performance of The Vagina Monologues. Carla Lewis
world around him as he grows and learns. I want him to know how important it is to stand up for what’s right, and to help people whenever you can. That’s why I’ve decided to run for State House again in 2020. I want to show Ezra what it looks like to fight hard for what you believe in. I plan on winning my election next November, and look forward to making a resolution for 2021 to do everything I can as a state representative to improve my community, and the lives of my neighbors.
DAVID ANDREWS. D’ANDREWS BAKERY
It’s January, and so far many of our resolutions still stand. In preparation for the New Year, Out & About Nashville asked community members and leaders, as well as individuals who have been featured in, or on the cover of, this magazine, what their resolutions were for this turbulent year. We got responses from the mundane to the idealistic, the whimsical to the serious, and everything in between. What did you resolve? And who’s helping you stay accountable? Email editor@outandaboutnashville.com to share your own journey with our community!
My New Year’s resolution is to make sure I’m setting a good example for my son, Ezra, about how we should treat others. He’ll be two in March, and I can see him taking in the
JANUARY 2020
I have so many New Year Resolutions! But these are my top two. 1. To Bet On Myself. I’m going to take the big risks and double down on myself. As successful as I have been, negative self-talk and anxiety about unknowns still sometimes take hold. I’ve proven time and again that I am talented, driven, dynamic and capable of making magic happen. This year I will choose to believe in the proof instead of the fear.
