The Prism Pages: No. 3
One More Time BY: TYLER MCGEE Now that I say I’m over youBut deep down I know I’m not I go through my days wondering why I am the way
July 18, 2022
Focus Mid-South
Ray Rico, a Latinx advocate, owns a digital marketing agency and publishes Focus LGBT magazine, amplifying LGBTQ+ voices in Tennessee and the Mid-South. He champions HIV advocacy, fighting stigma and discrimination. Through his work, Ray strives for a more inclusive society.
Focus Center Foundation Taps Local Artist, Moth, to Build LGBT-focused Programs
The Focus Center Foundation, a Memphis non-profit foundation that provides programming for Focus LGBT magazine and the Mid-South community has recently hired Moth Moth Moth as its new Program Director.
May 26, 2022
The Prism Pages: No. 2
This is the second installment of our new literary project which features original works of poetry and prose from up-and-coming LGBTQ writers in our community. It was published in our
April 29, 2022
Urban Earth Presents the 2022 Cooper-Young Garden Walk
May 21-22, 2022, 9am-4pm Join us for our 7th annual Cooper-Young Garden Walk hosted by the Cooper-Young Garden Club to raise funding to maintain and beautify our CY community, one
April 15, 2022
The Prism Pages: No. 1
We are excited to introduce The Prism Pages, a literary project that we have been enthusiastically planning for some time now, which features original works of poetry and prose from
March 3, 2022
Musical Takes Flight on Theatre Memphis Stage
Memphis, TN – Feathers will be flying when La Cage aux Folles opens at Theatre Memphis in the Lohrey Theatre for a run March 4 – 27, 2022. Flamboyant and affirming, this light-hearted
March 1, 2022
LGBTQ+ Couples Provide Loving, Supportive Homes to Memphis-area Foster Children
by Youth Villages (Above photo: Richard, Alvin, Robert & Jaz Lewis) It’s Baby Steps Richard and Alvin Lewis had been married for five years before Richard began looking into fostering
February 24, 2022
Afro-Latino Week 2022
Cazateatro Bilingual Theater Group was established in 2010 as a nonprofit corporation. Cazateatro’s objective is to transmit Hispanic-American culture via the scenic arts in order to build a unifying bridge
February 8, 2022
Arresting, Relevant Drama Storms Theatre Memphis’ Next Stage
Memphis, TN – The Next Stage at Theatre Memphis presents American Son by Christopher Demos-Brown, February 4 -20, 2022, as part of its 100th anniversary season. As a summer storm rages outside a Miami
January 28, 2022
What the HELL is happening with abortion?!
Special to Focus Magazine If you have or had a uterus, love someone with a uterus, or just give a sh*t about sexual and reproductive freedom, you’ve probably been confused
January 19, 2022
Becoming an Abortion Doula
by CHOICES. Photo by Sara Jane Goodman Since joining as a board member of the Memphis Center for Reproductive Health, known today as CHOICES, Sara Jane Goodman has gone above
January 19, 2022
Lichterman Nature Center Announces the Return of The Birds & The Seeds Event for 2022
There will be something to delight all birdwatchers and gardeners at the event, plus a plant sale. Memphis, TN – December 28, 2021 – The Museum of Science & History (MoSH) has announced the
January 4, 2022
