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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.
Connecting Seniors at OUTMemphis
Thank you to everyone who took our Senior Services Needs Assessment! We have heard your wishes loud and clear, and now we want to make sure you are connected to events at OUTMemphis for LGBTQ seniors that are of interest to you! Maybe you love meeting up...
An 125 Year Old Sapphic Scandal: A Memphis Opera
In 1892, 125 years ago last January, Alice Mitchell murdered the woman she loved, Freda Ward, on the railroad tracks just north of the post office downtown. The murder and resulting trial produced a scandal covered by newspapers both local and outside of...
Finding Faith: LGBTQ Spirituality Group at OUTMemphis
While it sometimes seems like Memphis is a city with a church on every corner, there are many barriers between LGBTQ people and spiritual satisfaction. Choosing a church or a faith community can seem like an impossible task. Leaving a home church because...
Now Hiring: Youth Services Manager, Business Manager
Want a chance to join the OUTMemphis staff team? Want to help meet the critical needs of LGBTQ people in the Mid-South? Now's your chance! OUTMemphis currently has two openings for talented professionals who want to actively be engaged in serving the LGBTQ community...
Join us for Opening Day with Bluff City Sports Association (4/8)
Opening Day for softball is this Sunday, 4/8! Join us at Willow Road Park, fields 2 and 3, starting at 1:00p. Bluff City Sports Association (BCSA) is gearing up to make sure players and teams are ready to go. Fuel Cafe will have their food truck on-hand and Freak...
OUTMemphis Welcomes Sarah Hairston and Celebrates Stephanie Reyes
OUTMemphis is proud to announce that Sarah Hairston will join the staff as Executive Assistant and Stephanie Reyes will transition from her current position as Youth Services Director into her new role as Director of Development. Sarah Hairston is no...
OUTMemphis Partners with The Haven for a Major! Event
Transgender Day of Visibility is celebrated on March 31st, and this year OUTMemphis and The Haven are partnering to screen Major! a documentary film about the life of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a transgender woman and lifelong advocate for LGBTQ...
Women’s History Month Spotlight: Margaret Cho
At OUTMemphis, we are celebrating Women's History Month with a focus on LGBTQ women who have made radical change in the United States. Every week we will be highlighting an LGBTQ woman whose work has impacted the lives of LGBTQ people nationwide....
Women’s History Month Spotlight: Sister Rosetta Tharpe
At OUTMemphis, we are celebrating Women's History Month with a focus on LGBTQ women who have made radical change in the United States. Every week we will be highlighting an LGBTQ woman whose work has impacted the lives of LGBTQ people nationwide....
Thank You Bartlett High School Students
OUTMemphis is grateful to the awesome students at Bartlett High School who made a collective donation of food, hygiene supplies, grocery gift cards, and clothing for the LGBTQ young adults served by the Metamorphosis Project. We are thankful for your...