Profiles
Krystal Actis: Enjoying a Happy, True-Love Marriage to a Man Who Happens to Enjoy Drag
by Robin Beaudoin | photos courtesy of Krystal Actis (Above photo: Actis says that her husband Marcelo, shown here in drag as his alter, Katie Amor, is her best friend and life partner. Actis bought him his first set of cosmetics about five years ago after he showed...
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LGBT Ally: Robin Beaudoin
by Sarah Rutledge Fischer | photo by Greg Campbell If you are a loyal reader of Focus Mid-South Magazine, you already know her name. Robin Beaudoin has been a contributing writer for Focus since day one, penning articles about some of the Memphis LGBT+ community’s...
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Community
Congressman Cohen Condemns Trump Declaration of Emergency
Will sign on to resolution to terminate the President’s emergency declaration WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), the Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, today condemned President Trump’s...
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TEP Praises AG Opinion on Transgender Inclusion in State Hate Crimes Law
Nashville, TN–Tennessee Equality Project (TEP), a statewide LGBTQ rights and public policy organization, praises the recent opinion of the Tennessee Attorney General determining that transgender people are covered in existing state hate crimes law. In a February...
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Soccer City 901: Connecting Communities
story by Nick Lingerfelt | photo and illustrations courtesy of Roberto Cantu & Sylvia Leon Casa Leon, an event venue near the Summer Avenue and Sycamore View Road intersection, will be renovated and is set to open in the spring of 2019 and become Soccer City 901,...
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Art & Culture
Honest Reflections
story by Robert Moler | photos by Greg Campbell (Above photo: With my partner Cecil in the studio) For as long as I can remember, visual art has been a part of my life. I was the kid who brought drawings for Show & Tell, preferred to paint inside rather than play...
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Global Cafe
by Tim Sampson Few topics hit the hot button in the United States these days more than immigration and refugees entering the country. With heated rhetoric about dangerous caravans, potential terrorists, and building walls, it was the stuff many political campaigns...
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Travel
Pride Journey: Houston, TX
by Joey Amato Houston is home to a great mix of art, music and LGBT culture. Its skyline is quite recognizable, with towering high rises which can be viewed from miles away, but instead of staying downtown like I do on most visits, I opted instead to first settle in a...
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Travel: Palm Springs
by Joan Allison | photo courtesy of Barberstock I recently got an opportunity to travel to Palm Springs for the National Gay and Lesbian Journalist Association conference. Aside from the excellent information I got there, it was a chance to be a tourist in Palm...
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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 was also in many ways a labyrinth, the original building having taken over several...
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