Maddie Waters: Taking on Life’s Challenges with Style
story and photo by Dana Cooper Maddie Waters is not your average 18-year-old. Her sunny disposition belies the world of adversity she has overcome to get to where she is…
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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 Transgender Equality show a high rate of anti-LGBT+ violence, and…
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Puberty Blockers: Stopping the Clock on Puberty Creates Time for Decisions About Transgender Children
by Joan Allison TERMINOLOGY PRIMER Gender nonconformity The extent to which a person’s gender identity, role, or expression differs from the cultural norms prescribed for people of a particular sex…
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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 by “Barthaz” professionally, did not think he was transgender while…
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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 is a dangerous life to live…I’ve learned to use EVERYTHING…
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Cait Brennan: Trans Musician is Ardent About Her Memphis ‘Family’
by John Paul Keith | photos by Michael Ging of Michael Ging Photography Cait Brennan’s story is an inspiring one. A musical prodigy from a very young age, she…
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OUTMemphis’ Transgender Services
by Melinda Lejman According to Injustice at Every Turn: A Report of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey, 41% of transgender and gender- nonconforming respondents reported attempting suicide. That number…
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Cameron Rogers: Trans Teen Finds Equity Assisting Legal Case
by Robin Freeman Beaudoin | photo by Chellie Bowman Rick Mula is an Equal Justice Works Fellow (sponsored by the Mansfield Family Foundation) with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)…
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