Q + A with Designer Shelda Edwards
Tell us about the Legend of Shelda studio. What does this space help cultivate? How does it define you? When did you start it? When it comes to marketing yourself
September 22, 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.
Queer-Friendly Video Game Roundup
Games are not always a welcoming place for LGBTQ+ players. Major studios are historically run by and cater to cis, straight men. Online interactions and user-generated content can be toxic.
September 14, 2022
Prism Pages No. 4
Below is the 4th installment of The Prism Pages that was featured in the September + October Nerds! Issue. Enjoy 🙂 Not Being Queerbaited BY: ELAINA NICHOLAS Did that really
September 13, 2022
Theatre Memphis Bests Local Theatre Awards
Memphis, TN – The 38th annual Ostrander Awards, spotlighting excellence in theater in Memphis, was a night that Theatre Memphis could truly celebrate. Throughout the evening, Theatre Memphis was presented with
August 30, 2022
ON LOVE: Perspectives from The Haven
story and photos courtesy of The Haven In today’s world where I am working with Prevention and Wellness, the LGBT community (and those who are perceived as heterosexual) are really
August 11, 2022
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 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
