2022 Issue 5 Sept/Oct Focus - Mid-South magazine
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CONTENTS | SEPT+OCT <strong>2022</strong><br />
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MEET OUR CONTRIBUTORS<br />
THEME: NERDS!<br />
ASK ALLIE<br />
Queer-friendly gaming spaces<br />
12 LIFE<br />
A subversive meditation on rethinking and<br />
transforming queer identity<br />
14<br />
LGBT ADVOCATE<br />
Q + A with Josh Horton, founder of the<br />
Creative Works Conference<br />
16 COMMUNITY<br />
A personal journey through navigating childhood &<br />
disability with the help of pixelated little monsters<br />
18 LIFE<br />
A reflection on individuality and the divine energy<br />
of the moon by a unique and powerful new voice<br />
20 MUSIC<br />
Queer pop diva Jenna DeVries has a helluva<br />
story to tell<br />
32 COMMUNITY<br />
Our favorite queer-friendly video games!<br />
36<br />
LGBT ADVOCATE<br />
Illustrator Shelda Edwards talks to us about her<br />
craft, her nerdy influences, and how everyone<br />
deserves good design<br />
38 COMMUNITY<br />
Star Trek brings local Memphians–and LGBTQ+<br />
folk everywhere–together<br />
41 HOROSCOPES<br />
What do the stars have in store for us this<br />
fall?<br />
42 FAITH+SPIRITUALITY<br />
What is a “third place” and why are they so<br />
integral to our lives?<br />
44<br />
LGBT ADVOCATE<br />
Interview with photographer and 3D maker,<br />
Andrew Stanford<br />
24 LIFE<br />
Plastic Barbie fantasy and WILD online<br />
creation with Jackson McMinn<br />
28 ARTS+ENTERTAINMENT<br />
The Prism Pages No. 4<br />
ON THE COVER<br />
Jackson McMinn<br />
photo by Marcus Menefee<br />
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