Dollywood: The “Gay Mecca” in Tennessee’s Backyard
by Melinda Lejman | photos courtesy Dollywood I think everybody should be allowed to be who they are, and to love who they love. I don’t think we should be
April 8, 2019
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Rock Steady: Fitness Class Has Parkinson’s Disease on the Ropes
by Melinda Lejman | photos courtesy Memphis Jewish Community Center Each year, approximately 60,000 people are diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease (PD), a long-term, degenerative neurological disorder that mainly affects a
February 3, 2019
Edward Bogard: Bringing Charitable Giving to the Table
by Melinda Lejman | photos courtesy of Edward Bogard Memphis knows how to feed its people, and you would be hard pressed not to find at least a few restaurants
January 28, 2019
Tina Alexis Allen’s Hiding Out: A Memoir of Drugs, Deception, and Double Lives
by Melinda Lejman | photos courtesy of Tina Allen “To me, there is no shame in telling the truth, but ironically, I think shame is usually the reason people don’t.”
November 5, 2018
Act Justly, Love Mercy, Walk Humbly: How Memphis’ Faith Community is Organizing for a Better 901
by Melinda Lejman | photos courtesy of MICAH Memphis is home to an eclectic mix of social justice groups, nonprofits, and ad hoc initiatives working to make our city a
October 22, 2018
Thistle & Bee: Changing the Narrative for Sex Slaves in Memphis
by Melinda Lejman | photos courtesy of Thistle & Bee In 2014, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation launched a public awareness campaign to inform the state about Human Trafficking and
October 10, 2018
Rock the Vote: Resist!
by Melinda Lejman | photo courtesy of Emily Fulmer Indivisible Memphis is just one of more than a dozen Indivisible chapters across Tennessee that spent the months leading up
September 24, 2018
LGBT Advocate: John Michael Alderson
story by Melinda Lejman | photos by Greg Campbell John-Michael Alderson isn’t from Memphis, but that’s a good thing. A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Alderson moved to Memphis from
July 19, 2018
Gay Men: Self Image, Tanning, and Skin Cancer
by Melinda Lejman …sexual minority (homosexual) men were as much as twice as likely than heterosexual men to develop skin cancer. In fact, sexual minority men were found to
July 12, 2018
Protecting LGBT+ Students: In Memory of Middle-School Student Andy Leach
by Melinda Lejman Andy Leach has been described by friends and family as a sweet and loving boy. The 12-year-old, who recently came out to classmates at Southaven Middle
June 18, 2018
A Place in the Sun: Pensacola Beach
story by Melinda Lejman Pensacola has a decades-long history of being an LGBT destination. Starting in the 1960s with beach parties coordinated by local members of the gay community,
June 7, 2018
Q & A with Jonathan M. Ealy
by Melinda Lejman | photo by Stephen Dillon You were recently elected to serve as Chairman of the board of directors at OUTMemphis, and you are the first African
May 21, 2018
