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The Focus Center Foundation, a Memphis non-profit foundation that provides programming for Focus LGBT magazine and the Mid-South community has
For Tess Shelton, the battle to win easier name changing systems for trans people is personal. Tess’s girlfriend is trans,
I first met Jasmine Settles years ago, facilitating a youth poetry program at Hattiloo Theater called Write On, Speak Out.
by Devinn Schwarzman | photo by Jonathan Postal I started working for Karen Blockman Carrier, or KBC, in 2015 when
by KeOnte Criswell | photos by Jeremie Serrano Fast Facts about Jeremie: • Recommends drinking something warm, like hot chocolate,
story by Chris Reeder Young | photos by Marcus Menefee Memphis is blessed with two business creatives who form one
You simply have to meet this friend of mine! There are people you meet in life who have a certain
(Above: Brantley poses in front of his artwork. The piece commemorates the Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare Centennial. It is hung at
Pink Williams is not an artist one forgets. The musician sports bright pink hair and substantial sideburns, large engaging eyes,
by Moth Moth Moth | photo by Marcus Menefee There is a marvelous person staring back at me from my
Andrea Morales is a photojournalist based in Memphis and the Visuals Director at MLK50, a Black woman-led non-profit newsroom. Having
by Youth Villages (Above photo: Richard, Alvin, Robert & Jaz Lewis) It’s Baby Steps Richard and Alvin Lewis had been
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