Here is a breakdown of what’s happening at the center this week.
If you’d like to stay current on the goings-on at OUTMemphis, sign up for our Weekly What’s Happening Newsletter and check out our Calendars for a schedule of upcoming events.
MONDAY 7/15
HIV Testing
6:00p-9:00p:
Knowing your status is the first step in reclaiming your sexual health, which is why OUTMemphis offers free HIV testing every Monday and Wednesday evening from 6:00p-9:00p, no appointment needed!
The test is free, quick, and confidential. The test takes around 20 minutes and includes a confidential sexual health counseling session with one of our highly trained testing staff.
For more information visit our website, Facebook event page, or email us.
Perpetual Transition
6:00p-8:00p:
Perpetual Transition is our core Transgender Services peer-led community group, meeting continuously since 2005. PT is a safe and welcoming space for transgender folks of any flavor, identity, expression, or gender to meet and socialize with other like-minded individuals.
PT is open to anyone who identifies as transgender or is questioning, and is a safe and confidential space to ask questions, meet other people, and form bonds with the Memphis transgender community.
For more information, email us or visit the Facebook event page.
Trans ID Workshop
7:45p-8:45p:
The Trans ID Workshop is designed to help transgender individuals navigate the legal documentation and processes of transitioning, including name change, gender markers, and other such paperwork. Where applicable, blank documents and applications will be provided as part of the workshop. See the web page for Frequently Asked Questions.
TUESDAY 7/16
Nothing Scheduled
WEDNESDAY 7/17
HIV Testing
6:00p-9:00p:
Knowing your status is the first step in reclaiming your sexual health, which is why OUTMemphis offers free HIV testing every Monday and Wednesday evening from 6:00p-9:00p, no appointment needed!
The test is free, quick, and confidential. The test takes around 20 minutes and includes a confidential sexual health counseling session with one of our highly trained testing staff.
For more information visit our website, Facebook event page, or email us.
Sexual Health Committee
6:00p-7:00p:
This peer-led committee meets twice-monthly to decide Sexual Health Services decisions, create and plan events, and to curate the Sexual Health programs at OUTMemphis to fit the needs of the community.
This committee meeting is closed to members only, but if you are interested in joining this committee, send an email to Martavius Hampton, Senior Director of Health and Evaluation.
THURSDAY 7/18
Seeking Serenity
5:30p-6:30p:
Seeking Serenity is a peer-led community support group for LGBTQ friends and family of people in recovery for alcohol.
Seeking Serenity provides a weekly session for LGBTQ community members who support are associated with problem drinkers to convene for community, discussion, and social support from like-minded people in similar situations. While allies are welcome, Seeking Serenity is centered and gives precedent to the lives and experience of LGBTQ people.
Join us for this weekly, confidential group. For more information, check out our website, Facebook event page, or email us.
Royal-T
6:30p-8:30p:
Royal-T is a newly Memphis-based social and support group for all transgender people of color. Royal-T is a group for Kings and Queens to come and be themselves. We have to support and motivate each other through the good and bad times.
For more information, please email us or visit the Facebook event page.
FRIDAY 7/19
Delta Trans Masculine
5:30p-6:30p:
Delta Trans Masculine is a peer-led community social group for trans and gender non-conforming folks who identify more on the masculine side of the spectrum. This is a safe place for transmasculine folks to be authentically themselves around like-minded people who share similar identities. This group is open to friends, family, partners, spouses, and supportive allies as well.
For more information, visit our website, email us, or visit the Facebook event page.
GenQ
7:00p-9:00p:
GenQ is our group for LGBTQ and Allied folks ages 18-25. This group meets once per week, and is a safe, closed environment for connection, discussion, and most importantly fun!
Each week, this group meets at OUTMemphis (892 S Cooper), during which time they engage in snacks and drinks, fun planned activities, and discussion, all with peers who understand their experience. This group is peer-led (like most groups at OUTMemphis), meaning that the facilitators of GenQ are also LGBTQ or Allied and 18-25.
This group, being a more mature age group than our other youth services, has a lot more freedom of activity, and will occasionally plan to do non-traditional things such as off-site meetings and activities. These will be discussed beforehand and approved by the group. This group also participates in our Life Hack program, a series of classes aimed at building skills and learning things necessary to being a productive member of society. This includes things like cooking classes, financial planning, anger management, interviewing skills, and many others.
To see Frequently Asked Questions about GenQ, click here.
For more information, visit our website, Facebook event page, or email us.
SATURDAY 7/20
30th Anniversary Celebration: OUTBid 2019
6:30p-10:30p
Please join OUTMemphis for OUTBid 2019, a special benefit evening to honor our community and our three decades in pursuit of a more affirming Memphis. A live and silent auction will be accompanied by dinner, drinks, dancing, and the announcement of our new Roll of Honor, fourteen individuals (to be announced) who we are recognizing for their contributions to LGBTQ causes. The evening will feature the unveiling of our new OUTMemphis video from Forever Ready Productions; remarks from Executive Director Molly Rose Quinn and Chairman of the Board of Directors Jonathan Ealy; DJ Cashmere; and Phillis Lewis, founder of Love Doesn’t Hurt, as emcee. Brand new 30th anniversary swag will be on hand.
In our 30th year, OUTMemphis has a lot to celebrate: Construction is happening now on our Youth Emergency Center, our 22nd year-running queer film festival, OUTFlix, will be moving to Midtown this October, and our programs and direct services have tripled in size over the last ten years… including our sexual health services and wellness programs; our outreach and social support for the trans community; our education and advocacy for young people; our community building for LGBTQ+ seniors; and our broad efforts to engage LGBTQ+ individuals in aspects of civic life.
We hope we’ll see you there. Why? Because we need your support for the next 30 years.
SUNDAY 7/21
TransParent
2:00p-3:00p:
TransParent is a group for parents and caregivers of transgender individuals of any age. This group is meant to be a place for people in this situation to meet others facing similar issues, to learn and grow together, and to ask questions in a safe and affirming environment.
TransParent is facilitated by Dr. KT Hiestand, a certified and licensed psychologist. Please email Dr. Hiestand to RSVP for this group before attending.
To RSVP or for more information, email us.
FU;BU (For Us; By Us)
4:00p-6:00p:
FU;BU is a peer-led community social group for same-gender loving (SGL) men of color. The primary goal of FU;BU is to foster a safe, creative, and positive space for SGL men of color.
FU;BU aims to build positive relationships with self and community through great conversation, while providing a forum for community building and socializing.
For more information, visit our web page, Facebook event page, or email us.
MONDAY 7/22
HIV Testing
6:00p-9:00p:
Knowing your status is the first step in reclaiming your sexual health, which is why OUTMemphis offers free HIV testing every Monday and Wednesday evening from 6:00p-9:00p, no appointment needed!
The test is free, quick, and confidential. The test takes around 20 minutes and includes a confidential sexual health counseling session with one of our highly trained testing staff.
For more information visit our website, Facebook event page, or email us.
Perpetual Transition
6:00p-8:00p:
Perpetual Transition is our core Transgender Services peer-led community group, meeting continuously since 2005. PT is a safe and welcoming space for transgender folks of any flavor, identity, expression, or gender to meet and socialize with other like-minded individuals.
PT is open to anyone who identifies as transgender or is questioning, and is a safe and confidential space to ask questions, meet other people, and form bonds with the Memphis transgender community.
For more information, email us or visit the Facebook event page.