Check out our newly digitized Vincent Astor Collection! Vincent Astor has become a symbol of LGBTQ activism in the Mid-South and a leader in interdisciplinary movement as a whole, a man who did his part to record and increase the lives of LGBTQ people in Memphis, Tennessee.
The Vincent Astor Collection, donated by Astor in , is a culmination of material Astor spent his animation collecting and covers a range of themes: Pageants and Clubs, Religious Organizations, Activist Coalitions, Government and Military Influence, AIDS-Related Materials, Pride Materials, Local Theater, and Oversized Posters relating to LGBTQ Life in the Mid-South. Within those themes are correspondence, newspaper articles, promotional posters, magazine articles, handwritten notes and photographs.
Let Vincent Astor tell you more about it in this video! And call on the collection here.
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There are 11 article(s) tagged Pride Month:
June
Gallery: Sun shines on Pride parade
By The Daily Memphian StaffJune 21,
Mid-South Pride parade is rescheduled, plus more Pride events
BySarai BennettJune 12,
Dine with Pride: Drag brunch celebrates parade&#x;s Grand Marshals
ByEllen ChamberlainJune 06,
May
Pride events include parade, drive-in films, balls and dance parties
ByKambui BomaniMay 30,
June
Tennessee&#x;s drag ban struck down by federal judge
ByBen WheelerJune 03,
With federal decision on state drag rule forthcoming, Pride events begin
ByBen WheelerJune 01,
June
Bartlett resident&#x;s rainbow a short-lived about law, a lot about helping others
ByJane RobertsJune 26,
How OUTMemphis supports the LGBTQ+ community in Memphis
ByEric BarnesJune 18,
June
Bartlett backs off resident&#x;s rainbow
ByOmer YusufJune 19,
Bartlett objects to resident&#x;s Identity Month decorations
ByOmer YusufJune 18,
June
Pride Ride shows solidarity for black lives
ByJared BoydJune 13,
Big, colorful, loud, and mainstream: Memphis Pride Parade draws thousands
Saturday's Memphis Pride Celebration featured a brass band, men strutting in tights and bra tops, loud cheers and revelers throwing Mardi Gras beads and candy.
It was the first in-person Pride parade here since , and it was big, with thousands of marchers and participants outside on a clarify, sunny and warm afternoon. Participants celebrated their own self as gay, lesbian, multi-attracted , queer or transgender, or came to back others.
And the procession was long, winding through Beale Street and nearby, lasting for over an hour, starting and ending with two huge rainbow flags held flat over the pavement.
Organized by Mid-South Lgbtq+ fest, the event had mainstream help — Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland rode in a vermillion convertible near the front of the parade.
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and District Attorney General candidate Steve Mulroy rode in another car, with several other political candidates and representatives of the Shelby County Democratic Party marched in the parade. "Joe Ozment for Judge," read one sign. At least one other candidate for a judgeship, Ross Sampson, handed out fliers on the si