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Mid South Pride is celebrating 50 years since Gay Day in the Park 1976 brought the LBGTQ rights fight to Memphis. But this anniversary comes at a fraught time, when those rights are under fresh assault at both the state and federal levels. Chris McCoy talks with Mid South Pride Foundation director Vanessa Rodley, board member Elijah Townsend, Focus Magazine founder Ray Rico, and Krista Wright Thayer of the LBGTQ Chamber of Commerce about the meaning of Pride weekend and the future of the movement. Read "Pride at 50" in the Memphis Flyer
By Memphis FlyerMid South Pride is celebrating 50 years since Gay Day in the Park 1976 brought the LBGTQ rights fight to Memphis. But this anniversary comes at a fraught time, when those rights are under fresh assault at both the state and federal levels. Chris McCoy talks with Mid South Pride Foundation director Vanessa Rodley, board member Elijah Townsend, Focus Magazine founder Ray Rico, and Krista Wright Thayer of the LBGTQ Chamber of Commerce about the meaning of Pride weekend and the future of the movement. Read "Pride at 50" in the Memphis Flyer

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