Next Week at the Center
- Monday, 9/10:
- We Care Call Volunteer Training, 10:00a-12:00p: This a volunteer training for the We Care Call program. If you are an LGBTQ adult 55+ and you want to volunteer this program, email Senior Services for more information.
- Perpetual Transition, 6:00p-7:30p: Perpetual Transition is a support and social group for transgender people in the Memphis metropolitan area that has been meeting since 2005. Perpetual Transition is safe and confidential, and is open to transgender people of any variety. For more information email Kayla Gore, Transgender Services Specialist.
- HIV testing, 6:00p-9:00p: Need an HIV test? Come to OUTMemphis and get a free, rapid, oral swab HIV test. No blood and your results will be ready in 20 minutes. For more information, email Martavius Hampton, Sexual Health Program Director.
- Outflix Film Festival: Cherry Grove Stories, 6:30p, Malco Ridgeway Cinema Grill (5853 Ridgeway Center Pkwy, Memphis, TN 38120): Michael Fisher’s documentary chronicles the evolution of Cherry Grove, a pristine beachfront hamlet on Fire Island, N.Y., that’s been called a “gay Shangri-La.” Click here to read more about the film, watch the trailer, and buy tickets.
- Outflix Film Festival: Mario, 8:15p, Malco Ridgeway Cinema Grill (5853 Ridgeway Center Pkwy, Memphis, TN 38120): Two young men find love on the soccer field, but then battle the macho culture of futbol. Click here to read more about the film, watch the trailer, and buy tickets.
- Tuesday, 9/11:
- Volunteer Orientation, 5:00p-6:00p: Want to volunteer with OUTMemphis? To get started, register here and then join us for Volunteer Orientation. For more information email Elokin CaPece, Director of Programs.
- Outflix Film Festival, Latinx Night, Latinx Shorts Block, 6:30p, Malco Ridgeway Cinema Grill (5853 Ridgeway Center Pkwy, Memphis, TN 38120): We’re kicking Latinx Night off with LGBTQ shorts from Mexico, Central, and South America. Click here to read more about the films, watch the trailers, and buy tickets. (Tu Ppl will be meeting up at Outflix for this film.)
- Outflix Film Festival: Latinx Night, Eva and Candela, 8:00p, Malco Ridgeway Cinema Grill (5853 Ridgeway Center Pkwy, Memphis, TN 38120): Latinx Night at Outflix continues with Eva and Candela, the story of two women at the end of a relationship. As they pull apart, each one remembers what first brought them together. Click here to read more about the film, watch the trailer, and buy tickets.
- Wednesday, 9/12:
- HIV testing, 6:00p-9:00p: Need an HIV test? Come to OUTMemphis and get a free, rapid, oral swab HIV test. No blood and your results will be ready in 20 minutes. For more information, email Martavius Hampton, Sexual Health Program Director
- Outflix Film Festival: Trans Night, Transmilitary, 6:00p, Malco Ridgeway Cinema Grill (5853 Ridgeway Center Pkwy, Memphis, TN 38120): We’re kicking off Trans Night at Outflix with Transmilitary. This documentary follows Senior Airman Logan Ireland, Corporal Laila Villanueva, Captain Jennifer Peace & First Lieutenant El Cook as they defend their country’s freedom while fighting for their own. Click here to read more about the film, watch the trailer, and buy tickets.
- Outflix Film Festival: Trans Night, Man Made, 8:30p, Malco Ridgeway Cinema Grill (5853 Ridgeway Center Pkwy, Memphis, TN 38120): Trans Night at Outflix continues with Man Made, a documentary that reveals the inner workings of the world’s only transgender body building competition. Click here to read more about the film, watch the trailer, and buy tickets.
- Thursday, 9/13:
- Outflix Film Festival: Sodom, 4:00p, Malco Ridgeway Cinema Grill (5853 Ridgeway Center Pkwy, Memphis, TN 38120): Sodom is the story of a twenty-something young man in Europe on the night when he comes face-to-face with his sexuality. Click here to read more about the film, watch the trailer, and buy tickets.
- Seeking Serenity, 5:30p-6:30p: Seeking Serenity is an LGBT-affirming support group for the family, friends, and partners of addicts. For more information contact the organizer.
- Outflix Film Festival: Shakedown, 6:30p, Malco Ridgeway Cinema Grill (5853 Ridgeway Center Pkwy, Memphis, TN 38120): Shakedown is a documentary exploring the African American lesbian party scene in Los Angeles. These parties were more than gogo dancing, drag, and dark corners—they were the stage for unconventional sexual revolution. Click here to read more about the film, watch the trailer, and buy tickets.
- Bold and Beautiful 7:30p-9:30p: This is a weekly social supportive group for Transgender women of color. For more information contact Kayla Gore, Transgender Services Specialist.
- Outflix Film Festival: 1985, 8:30p, Malco Ridgeway Cinema Grill (5853 Ridgeway Center Pkwy, Memphis, TN 38120): 1985 follows Adrian, a young gay man who comes home to rural Texas for Christmas, and brings with him AIDS-related loss that his family and friends struggle to understand. Click here to read more about the film, watch the trailer, and buy tickets.
- Friday, 9/14:
- Delta TransMasculine 5:30p-6:30p: DTM is a group for trans men and transmasculine individuals. For more information, contact Kayla Gore, Transgender Services Specialist.
- GenQ, 7:00p-9:00p: Generation Queer, or GenQ, is a social group for 18-25 year old LGBTQ and Allied young adults. For more info, contact Emerson Kirkpatrick, Youth Services Specialist.
