
HOIST Continues a Legacy of Leather Culture with Safe, Consenting Practices
(Photos courtesy of Sir Den) HOIST has been around for seven years. Focus had the pleasure of speaking with Boy
A fresh look at the LGBT+ Culture and Communities in Memphis and the Mid-South.

(Photos courtesy of Sir Den) HOIST has been around for seven years. Focus had the pleasure of speaking with Boy

(photos courtesy of Crystal Jo) July 1st 1994. Crystal Jo Casino steps into a spot on a club floor. The

One More Time BY: TYLER MCGEE Now that I say I’m over youBut deep down I know I’m not I

(above photo by Drew Parker) Meet Hunny Blunt, a drag entertainer and true lady of wisdom! Hunny directs drag shows

Share a little bit about yourselves. Brenda: My name is Brenda Newport, and I’m nonbinary, gender fluid. I’m not trans

(above photo by Rosie Schmitz) With summer right around the corner and Pride month upon us, what better way to

Religious deconversion, succinctly defined, is the loss of one’s faith in a given religion. What is left out of the

I have the most wonderful friend to introduce you to. She comes with a universe of musical experience. If you

When we don’t have a shared lived experience with others, it can cause us to develop a blind spot. When

The Focus Center Foundation, a Memphis non-profit foundation that provides programming for Focus LGBT magazine and the Mid-South community has

Dear Allie, I am a 34-year-old woman in a happy hetero marriage who has only ever dated men. After going

T.O. Fuller State Park, the only state park within Memphis city limits, is tucked into a corner of South Memphis