Dionne & Millie: Coming Out and Coming Together
When we don’t have a shared lived experience with others, it can cause us to develop a blind spot. When
KeOnte Criswell
May 27, 2022
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Celebrating our LGBT+ community and our allies by bringing you stories of our life, music, food+entertainment, health+wellness, and advocacy in the Mid-South.
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
Focus Mid-South
May 26, 2022
Ask Allie: Am I Still Bisexual if I’m Married to a Man?
Dear Allie, I am a 34-year-old woman in a happy hetero marriage who has only ever dated men. After going
Star McGill Goudey
May 23, 2022
Discover T.O. Fuller State Park
T.O. Fuller State Park, the only state park within Memphis city limits, is tucked into a corner of South Memphis
Tricia Dewey
May 23, 2022
Kitten Season: Fostering Saves Hundreds of Lives
Last year at Memphis Animal Services, the city of Memphis’s municipal animal shelter, everyday people volunteering as foster parents saved
Katie Pemberton
May 20, 2022
Life, Liberty, & the Pursuit of One’s Own Name
For Tess Shelton, the battle to win easier name changing systems for trans people is personal. Tess’s girlfriend is trans,
Moth Moth Moth
May 16, 2022
Bans Off Our Bodies Rallies Set Statewide
Thousands expected to march for abortion rights as Roe hangs in the balance NASHVILLE — Thousands of Tennesseans are expected
Focus
May 12, 2022
Q + A with Queer Skate Memphis
Focus writer Chris Reeder Young had a few questions for Emily Ward, Vicky Fong, and Alexa Zabella of Queer Skate
Chris Reeder-Young, M.A.
May 2, 2022
Feeding the Hungry for Hope: Community Organizations Respond to Food Insecurity in Memphis During the Pandemic
Many Bible stories, including Jesus twice feeding the thousands, lend a spiritual reference to any story about feeding the hungry.
Tricia Dewey
April 20, 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
Focus Mid-South
April 15, 2022
Angela Russell & Cristofir Bradley: Committed to Inclusivity, Authenticity, and Each Other
story by Chris Reeder Young | photos by Marcus Menefee Memphis is blessed with two business creatives who form one
Chris Reeder-Young, M.A.
April 4, 2022
Dear Allie: Is Social Media a Relationship Killer?
Dear Allie, Last year, my boyfriend lost his restaurant job, and since my career can support us both, I encouraged
Sarah Rutledge Fischer
April 1, 2022
