Soft Animal

06/05/2025

🌈HAPPY PRIDE, let’s eat!! For QFD this month, we’re gonna cook out! We’ll bring the dogs, y’all bring the fixins! Text us get more info! If you’re interested in sponsoring this month’s QFD, send us a message 💖💖💖 see you at dinner! 🌭🌭

06/03/2025

📢 We’re looking for some volunteers, vendors & sponsors for our upcoming events! If that’s you, send us a message 💖💖💖 Oh, and - HAPPY PRIDE!! 🌈🌈🌈

05/19/2025

📣We’re thrilled and honored to announce our second annual Leather Pride event in collaboration with ChAPTER, this year with a special exhibit of materials from the Carter Johnson Leather Library Atlanta Annex!

🌈Join us Sunday, June 29 at ClearStory Arts from 2-8pm during Pride month for “We Have Always Been Here: A Celebration of Diversity in Leather”. More info & RSVP at the link in our bio ❤️💙🖤🤍 Schedule of events and details coming soon…

05/16/2025

Who’s YOUR Daddy??? Come out and celebrate Pride Month & Father’s Day, Sunday June 15th, with an amateur drag king brunch you do not want to miss!!

👑We have .spike.leon hosting the show & is looking for a crew of drag kings ready to show out! If you’d like to sign up, there is a link in our bio!

👑Tickets are available now for $8, at the door they’ll be $10. Link to the Eventbrite is also in our bio!

👑 will be serving up delicious breakfast tacos & some amazing brunch bevs.

In the mean time, practice your favorite dad jokes & find some fresh New Balances! We’ll see you there!

05/06/2025

QFD time again!! This month’s theme is anything Asian-inspired 🍛 If you haven’t been to QFD, now’s the perfect time. It’s a zero-pressure monthly potluck gathering for qu**rs only! 🌈🌈🌈Text us to RSVP, get the location and more info! See y’all at dinner!

04/09/2025

🌈✨ OUTChatt’s first LGBTQ+ Networking Night of 2025 is HERE! ✨🌈

Join us on April 28 at ClearStory Arts from 6–7 PM for an evening of connection, community, and collaboration 🎉

🤝 Meet fellow LGBTQ+ professionals
🏳️‍🌈 Discover inspiring q***r-led businesses and organizations
💬 Hear from local LGBTQ+ leaders making waves in Chatt

Whether you’re building your network, growing your biz, or just want to plug into q***r community—we’d love to see you there! 💖

🌱 Food will be provided!

📍 ClearStory Arts
🗓️ Monday, April 28
🕕 6–7 PM

04/07/2025

It’s time for QFD!! For April, the theme is “sides and sandwiches”, keeping it real light and spring-y! 🥪🥙 Text us to RSVP & get more info/location. See y’all there! 💓💓💓

01/16/2025

Woop! Flamy Grant will be here with Jennifer Knapp on February 7! 🔥

"I am from that world," stresses drag queen Flamy Grant, who served as a worship leader for over 22 years before finding her true calling. "It's funny when people say I'm invading their space, or I don't belong. I'm like, 'Baby… y'all raised me.' This is not criticism that's coming from outside th...

12/23/2024

One year of QFD down, many more to go! Join us for a zero-pressure potluck with your q***r family 🌈🌈 Text for info & RSVP.

12/22/2024

Chattanooga Pride/Tennessee Valley Pride Elections today at 4 PM! ✨✨✨

12/17/2024

✨ OUTChatt LGBTQ+ Networking Group: A Year of Connection & Growth ✨

🌈In 2024, we launched OUTChatt with the goal of building community and fostering conversations about LGBTQ+ employment in Chattanooga & the Tennessee Valley. We met 4 times this year — from informal networking at Tacqueria Jalisco and the Chattery, to deep conversation at Barking Legs with Sleephead snacks to speed networking at Broads cocktail bar and a branding workshop with Wild& at ArtsBuild.

🌈Each event brought new connections, conversations about inclusion, and ideas for future initiatives. We're so grateful for everyone who joined us this year!

🌈Looking ahead to 2025, we’re expanding and building a committee to help shape future programming. Interested in being part of the team? Reach out!

🌈Let’s continue building community in the new year! 🌈💼

12/12/2024

Soft Animal & Barking Legs Theater present:

Jennifer Knapp with Special Guest Flamy Grant 🤩

💟 Jennifer Knapp is a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, author, speaker, and advocate, known for her musical talents and commitment to social causes. With a rich history spanning over two decades, Knapp has left an indelible mark on the music industry.

🎀 Shame-slaying, hip-swaying, singing-songwriting drag queen Flamy Grant is a powerhouse vocalist and award-winning songwriter based in Asheville, NC. Blending folk, gospel, and roots, Flamy immerses audiences in a theatrical, therapeutic, and wholly original experience of intrepid storytelling and song, all delivered through the evocative art of drag.
We are over the moon to welcome Flamy Grant back to the Barking Legs Stage!

Tickets on sale now: www.barkinglegs.org/ourevents