Vincent Astor

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Bill Kendall: The Man Who Brought Gay Films to Memphis

by Vincent Astor | photos from the Memphis Public Library Collection edited by Joan Allison and Chris Reeder-Young The late William ‘Bill’ Kendall was no stranger to controversy. In the…

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Celebrating Stonewall 50

story and photos by Vincent Astor I’ve been to two of the big anniversaries of the Stonewall Uprising, the 25th in 1994 and the 50th in June. Just as I’ve…

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Journey to Pride with Vincent Astor

Vincent Astor, who’s been an out gay man in Memphis for many years, is reporting from New York City this weekend for the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots and…

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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…

Hoist and the Memphis Leather Community

by Vincent Astor | photos courtesy of Hoist (Above photo, left to right: Jim Pickens, Vice President; Ken Briggs, Road Captain; Jake Tanner, Sgt. at Arms; Mark Keidaish, President;…

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A PRETTY LITTLE ROOM: Alice Mitchell at Bolivar Asylum: An Opera Scene

story by Vincent Astor This story is an epilogue to the one previously published in Focus Mid-South magazine, Alice & Freda, by Vincent Astor In a city rich with history…

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Alice & Freda: In 1892, Memphis girls’ young love ends tragically, creates national headlines

by Vincent Astor It was one of the saddest days in the history of Grace Episcopal Church. A very young parishioner, 17-year old Frederica Ward, was being laid to rest.…

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Vincent Astor

Bill Kendall: The Man Who Brought Gay Films to Memphis

Celebrating Stonewall 50

Journey to Pride with Vincent Astor

Original Memphis: Enchanted Forest

Hoist and the Memphis Leather Community

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A PRETTY LITTLE ROOM: Alice Mitchell at Bolivar Asylum: An Opera Scene

Alice & Freda: In 1892, Memphis girls’ young love ends tragically, creates national headlines

Heart Strings: How a 1989 Musical United Memphis & Raised Critical Funds for HIV/AIDS

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