Musings by Lady A: Do It Yourself
For as long as I have been out, there have been troubles in some relationships about where, and with whom, one is to be buried (or anything alternate). Families intervene.
September 9, 2022
Vincent Astor
When asked how he became Memphis’ unofficial gay historian, Vincent Astor responds, “I’m the original queen who remembers too much.”
The OUTMemphis Roll of Honor
story and images by Vincent Astor As the years pass people, quite naturally, are occupied with their own time and place. Particularly for those in our community today, for whom
May 28, 2021
Cross Gender in the Gay Old Days
by Vincent Astor In her early days, Memphis was anything but a sleepy river town. I’ve lived part of the LGBT history of the city, and thanks to the work
December 13, 2020
Original Memphis: Gay River Cruises of the 80s
by Vincent Astor | images courtesy of Vincent Astor 1980 was a very busy year for activism in Memphis. The Tennessee Gay Coalition for Human Rights had a Memphis chapter
October 14, 2020
Bill Kendall: The Man Who Brought Gay Films to Memphis
by Vincent Astor | photos from the Memphis Public Library Collection edited by Joan Allison and Chris Reeder-Young The late William ‘Bill’ Kendall was no stranger to controversy. In the
May 18, 2020
Celebrating Stonewall 50
story and photos by Vincent Astor I’ve been to two of the big anniversaries of the Stonewall Uprising, the 25th in 1994 and the 50th in June. Just as I’ve
September 23, 2019
Journey to Pride with Vincent Astor
Vincent Astor, who’s been an out gay man in Memphis for many years, is reporting from New York City this weekend for the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots and
June 29, 2019
Original Memphis: Enchanted Forest
story by Vincent Astor (above photo an elf from the 1980s, courtesy of the Pink Palace Museum) Goldsmith’s downtown was a wonderful store with numerous departments on several floors. It
November 14, 2018
Hoist and the Memphis Leather Community
by Vincent Astor | photos courtesy of Hoist (Above photo, left to right: Jim Pickens, Vice President; Ken Briggs, Road Captain; Jake Tanner, Sgt. at Arms; Mark Keidaish, President;
June 15, 2018
A PRETTY LITTLE ROOM: Alice Mitchell at Bolivar Asylum: An Opera Scene
story by Vincent Astor This story is an epilogue to the one previously published in Focus Mid-South magazine, Alice & Freda, by Vincent Astor In a city rich with history
March 30, 2018
Alice & Freda: In 1892, Memphis girls’ young love ends tragically, creates national headlines
by Vincent Astor It was one of the saddest days in the history of Grace Episcopal Church. A very young parishioner, 17-year old Frederica Ward, was being laid to rest.
February 4, 2018
Heart Strings: How a 1989 Musical United Memphis & Raised Critical Funds for HIV/AIDS
by Vincent Astor | photos courtesy OUTMemphis, and David Sheppard ©2017 DIFFA According to a Chicago Tribune article from September 7, 1989, Heart Strings was ‘an upbeat musical production
June 2, 2017
