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The Memphis Bevy’s Upcoming Events + Pride Announcement!

Upcoming Dates:The Bevy’s L-Word Trivia: Season 1Sunday, August 4th at Midtown Crossing Grill, 3:00pm The Bevy’s August Happy HourThursday, August 29th at Bar DKDC, 6:00pm-8:00pm The Bevy’s L-Word Trivia: Season…

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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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LGBT Ally: Tamara Goldstein

story by Robin Beaudoin | photos by Andrew Stanford If it’s not the party itself, it’s the afterparty. Zebra Lounge has won the hearts of Memphians over the past five…

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Queer Fest is Back! June 27-30

Queer Fest is back again this summer—bigger and better than ever! Local performers Brando Little and Lisa Michaels have been working tirelessly to bring together talented queer musicians and comics…

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Hairspray is Big and Beautiful

by Kevin Shaw | photos by Carla McDonald I am disgusted! I started out annoyed and now I’m just outright pissed! As I sat through Hairspray last night at Theatre…

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FedEx Grants $25,000 to OUTMemphis’s Services for LGBTQ+ Youth

OUTMemphis: The LGBTQ+ Center for the Mid-South announced today that it is the recipient of a $25,000 grant from FedEx Corp. to support services and programming for LGBTQ+ youth in…

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Love Sessions

by Nick Lingerfelt Back in 2011, Phillis Lewis started her research for what would become Love Doesn’t Hurt, an organization that aims to bring more awareness to domestic violence within…

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Louise Page

story by Chellie Bowman (above photo by Kaitlyn Flint) I met Louise Page on a sunny porch at Otherlands Coffee shop to interview her. Originally from a small Pennsylvania college…

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LGBT Ally: Kym Clark

story & photos by Tricia Dewey Local News Anchor’s Smile is Her Superpower Yes, she’s as effervescent off camera as she is on camera and, of course, she is also…