Flaming Out, Flaming Over
By Chris Azzopardi (above photo by James Anthony) For Angelica Ross, her short time on “Pose” wasn’t an end —
Chris Azzopardi
March 10, 2021
Transfocus
Featuring the area’s most interesting LGBTQ+ trans folk whom we profile.
Remembering Lisa Michaels
by Robin Beaudoin Ownby | scrapbook photos from Facebook At 6’3” and always with a head of bright violet hair,
Robin Beaudoin Ownby
December 28, 2020
Q & A with Lucas Crow
by Sarah Rushakoff Age: 20Hometown: Memphis Current City: St Andrew’s, ScotlandSchool: University of St Andrew’s When did you realize you
Sarah Rushakoff
October 9, 2020
Someone Has to Throw the First Brick
by Joy Doss Don’t lose this month in rainbow capitalism and unabashed racism because of the privilege of being white
Joy Doss
August 25, 2020
LGBTQ+ Revolution 2.0
by Sarah Rutledge Fischer | images courtesy of Jill Fredenburg Jill Fredenburg thinks there is a lot left to be
Sarah Rutledge Fischer
August 19, 2020
Trans Awareness Week: Celebrate in Memphis Nov. 14-20
by Kayla Gore, OUTMemphis Transgender Services Specialist | photo by Focus staff Statistics from studies by the National Center for
Focus Mid-South
November 12, 2018
Finding Refuge: Luca Tucker is an Artist & Transgender Man
by Nick Lingerfelt | photo by Joan Allison Luca Tucker, a Memphis- based transgender graphic design artist who goes
Nick Lingerfelt
August 9, 2018
African-American Trans Celebrity Laverne Cox: “Ain’t I a Woman?”
story by Dana Cooper | photos by Addie James Laverne Cox, an African-American, trans woman who stars as Sophia
Dana Cooper
March 28, 2018
It’s Just who I am: Transgender
Dispelling transgender myths, misconceptions, and stereotypes. Note: This series is not meant to place labels. The purpose is to educate
Lauren Means
February 26, 2018
After Years of Enduring Hateful Assaults, Jasmine Tasaki is the Heroine of Her Own Life
story and photos by Andrea Fenise Nine people molested me, I was raped 12 times, shot seven times. It
Focus Mid-South
January 1, 2018
Transgender Awareness Week 2017
OUTMemphis Commemorates 2017 Transgender Awareness Week and Transgender Day of Remembrance Memphis, TN, November, 7, 2017: The observance of Transgender
Focus Mid-South
November 10, 2017
Transgender Awareness Week: November 14-19
[Rita Hester (above) was murdered because she was a transgender person. Gwendolyn Ann Smith launched the Transgender Day of Remembrance
Focus Mid-South
November 9, 2017
