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Looking for updates about our programs, services, announcements, and news? This is our official OUTMemphis blog which we keep up to date with all of the information you need to know about the work we’re doing here in Memphis.

Weekly What’s Happening (1/18-1/24)

Weekly What’s Happening (1/18-1/24)

This week at OUTMemphis! Here is a succinct breakdown of what’s happening at the center for the coming week. If you’d like to stay current on the going’s on at OUTMemphis, consider signing up for our Weekly What’s Happening Newsletter, and check out our calendars for...

OUTMemphis is Closed for MLK Day (1/21)

OUTMemphis is Closed for MLK Day (1/21)

OUTMemphis will be closed Monday, January 21st in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. All programming and activities will return the following Monday, January 28th. To learn more about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and why we celebrate this day, check...

Remembering LGBTQ Leaders of the Civil Rights Movement

Remembering LGBTQ Leaders of the Civil Rights Movement

"You have to join every other movement for the freedom of people.”  ― Bayard Rustin This coming Monday, January 21st, is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This is a day to commemorate a groundbreaking man who led the fight for Civil Rights in a time when doing...

Seniors OUT for Coffee (1/13)

Seniors OUT for Coffee (1/13)

Seniors OUT for Coffee (1/13) This Sunday, January 13th, make sure to swing by Seniors OUT for Coffee!Seniors OUT for Coffee is a community social group for LBTQ community members 55 years-of-age or older.  The group meets over coffee and light snacks for...

Outflix Committee Wants You!

Outflix Committee Wants You!

 Do you love films? Are you looking for a volunteer opportunity that brings new LGBTQ films to Memphis? Join us for an open meeting to see how you can help us prepare for Outflix 2019, an OUTMemphis annual film festival celebrating its 22nd consecutive...

Weekly What’s Happening (1/18-1/24)

Weekly What’s Happening (1/14-1/20)

This week at OUTMemphis! Here is a succinct breakdown of what’s happening at the center for the coming week. If you’d like to stay current on the going’s on at OUTMemphis, consider signing up for our Weekly What’s Happening Newsletter, and check out our calendars for...

Time For A New Stove…

Time For A New Stove…

Our stove here at the Center has officially given out!  After years of use preparing meals for group meetings, potlucks, community events, and countless other meals, our poor stove is unfortunately on the way out.  We have had this stove since it was...

LGBTQ Professional Development with OUTMemphis

LGBTQ Professional Development with OUTMemphis

Are you a local Non-Profit, School, Church, Business, or Community Organization?   If you answered yes, then you have LGBTQ clients or customers, even if you don't know it. One of the many ways OUTMemphis works to transform the Mid-South...

A Brief Look at LGBTQ History

A Brief Look at LGBTQ History

The LGBTQ history of the United States of America is vast and varied, full of struggle and triumph.  In light of the New Year, we thought we'd put together a list of notable moments in American LGBTQ history to capture a snapshot of just how far we as a...

Program Spotlight: Senior Services

Program Spotlight: Senior Services

  Senior Services At OUTMemphis, we recognize the special place in our community that LGBTQ 55+ members hold.  Our LGBTQ elders face barriers in their daily lives that even people their own age do not experience, simply because the people in medical,...