It’s been a year of tests — tests of our patience, our fortitude and our capacity to care for others. Our annual Love Issue, a paean to matters of the heart, celebrates love in its many forms. This year, we reflect on love in the time of coronavirus. We talk with a sex therapist about how the pandemic is impacting relationships, check in with the local kink club, get dating advice from a Nashville comedian, and share some of our own love stories.
The Love Doctor
Talking with sex therapist Renée Burwell about how the pandemic is impacting relationships
By Erica Ciccarone
Best-Laid Plans
Our pandemic wedding wasn’t the one we’d hoped for, but ultimately it was just right for us
By Brittney McKenna
Better Together
Missing the simple joy of loving friendships during the pandemic
By Amanda Haggard
Black Magic
Talking to local comic Josh Black about maintaining your love life during a pandemic
By D. Patrick Rodgers
Kink Takes a Hit
Nashville’s kink-positive community grapples with safety protocol
By Laura Hutson Hunter
Finding Love in a Pandemic
On the once-in-a-lifetime circumstances that led me to my partner
By Jonathan Sims
