‘Whoever somebody wants to be, that’s fine with me’
Thousands attend the Memphis Pride Fest and Parade in Downtown Memphis, including both members of the LGBTQ+ community as well as their straight allies.
Topic: LGBTQ+
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June 2026
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August 2025
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My Sistah’s House to begin construction on its first mixed-use development
For the past year, My Sistah’s House’s team has filed and refiled plans to build a 2,400-square-foot commercial and residential building as part of the nonprofit’s Tiny House Project.
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June 2025
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Dine with Pride: Drag brunch celebrates parade’s Grand Marshals
Chef Eli Townsend said he always looks forward to the Grand Marshal brunch: “It’s the bittersweet closing of Pride Fest and our last opportunity to celebrate ourselves in this way until next year.”
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March 2025
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New anti-transgender bathroom bill heading to Gov. Lee’s desk
A proposal in Tennessee that would require educational institutions that house students overnight to separate bathrooms “by immutable biological sex” is headed to Republican Gov. Bill Lee’s desk for his approval.
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January 2025
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Judge scraps Biden’s Title IX rules protecting LGBTQ+ students
The Biden administration’s Title IX rules expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students have been struck down nationwide after a federal judge in Kentucky found they overstepped the president’s authority.
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December 2024
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What medical care for transgender minors is at stake in Supreme Court case?
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a case involving Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender people under age 18. Both sides in the case claim they are acting to protect minors from harm.
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September 2024
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Tennessee’s drag ban allowed to stand
In July, the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the Friends group did not have standing to sue because of the law because its performances were not “harmful to minors.”
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July 2024
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‘Apologize, resign or be fired': Millington alderman calls out chamber director
Alderman Don Lowry is asking the Millington Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors to take action against Chamber Executive Director Terry Roland because of a dispute with USA Stadium Directing Manager Kevin Kennedy.
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June 2024
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Supreme Court to tackle Tennessee law on gender-affirming health care
The nation’s highest court has agreed to review a lawsuit that argues a Tennessee law blocking anyone under 18 from receiving transgender-related health care is discriminatory.
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April 2024
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Proposed LGBTQ+ pride ‘flag bill’ likely dead in Tennessee Legislature
Although the Tennessee House of Representatives passed a similar bill in March, both houses would have to approve such a bill before it could head to the governor for his signature.
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Alive? Dead? Delayed? Status of bill banning pride flags in schools uncertain
The bill would prevent public and charter schools from flying any flags except those permitted under the measure. The bill’s sponsor said the measure is meant to prevent schools from flying the LGBTQ+ pride flag.
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March 2024
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Pride flag ban bill moves ahead
“We kind of have a volume problem,” OUTMemphis executive director Molly Quinn said of the at least 18 anti-LGBTQ bills introduced in the Tennessee General Assembly this year.
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June 2023
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Tennessee’s ongoing trans rights lawsuits, explained
Three lawsuits in Tennessee are testing the extent to which courts will protect transgender rights against a state legislature and executive branch that have aggressively sought to roll those rights back.
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February 2023
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Lawmakers debate bills to ban drag shows and health care for trans youth
“I wish you could understand what these kids go through, what it’s like to be forced to live in the wrong body,” one Memphis physician told lawmakers.
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October 2022
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MoSH’s drag show, protests against it part of national clash
Cancellation of MoSH’s family-friendly drag show falls in line with national trend of far-right fringe groups reacting to broader LGBTQ acceptance in society.
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June 2022
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TN Attorney General asks to reverse order aimed at LGBTQ discrimination
The USDA announced last month it could stop funding food aid organizations that discriminate on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation.
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Memphis Pride Festival returns to Downtown, in-person celebration
Events began Thursday night and continue through Sunday.
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April 2022
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Ghana’s criminalization of gay people has some questioning MIM
This is not the first time Memphis in May has chosen to honor a country with a questionable record on human rights.
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Tennessee lawmakers consider range of bills targeting gay, transgender communities
“I’ve heard a lot that Tennessee just isn’t the place for us,” said state Rep. Torrey Harris, one of two openly gay members of the General Assembly. “And I’m trying not to get to the place where I believe the same thing.”
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March 2022
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The To-Do List: Farmers markets, ‘Remembering MLK’ and a party in the park
This week, Opera Memphis kicks off 30 Days of Opera, animatronic dinos stomp into the Renasant Convention Center and an art show at Tone explores gender and gender variation.
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November 2021
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Ready to embrace a lifetime of hidden love
“I’m coming out,” 74-year-old Herschel Gilbreath says of his decision to come out as a gay man during a celebration Saturday at OUTMemphis.
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September 2019
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‘Party with a cause’
Members of the LGBTQ community in the Mid-South gathered for Pride Fest in Robert Church Park. Along with a parade down Beale Street, the festival paired entertainment with information pertinent to participants.
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March 2019
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A Methodist pastor protests the church’s stand on LGBTQ+ ordination and marriage
The global governing body of the United Methodist Church reaffirmed its position on traditional marriage, including prohibition on ordaining LGBTQ+ people as pastors and prohibiting LGBTQ+ people from being married in the church. "This decision has caused much despair among people I love and respect," a pastor writes.
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