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No ‘Safe Harbor’: LGBT Rights Group May Challenge HB 1523 After Bostock Ruling

After the Bostock ruling, the Campaign for Southern Equality wants to once aga challenge the Mississippi Religious Liberty Accommodations Act, also known as HB 1523, which grants individuals who cite certain religious beliefs about marriage or gender identity the right to discriminate against LGBT people in adoptions, hiring practices, housing, health-care coverage and certain medical services.

Ashton Pittman June 19, 2020

Culture

Stay Home and Fest on: Oxford Film Festival Pivots into Virtual Screening, Live Drive-In Theater

“It’s sort of on-demand … basically like a DVR. It lets people have a live experience, but if they don’t have time, they don’t have to miss it.”

Sherry Lucas June 19, 2020

Culture

Presbyterian Rev. Robert Lowry: Proud to Be Gay and Leading a Loving Congregation

Ordained minister Robert Lowry, the pastor and head of staff at Fondren Presbyterian in Jackson, Miss., is gay, and he certainly doesn’t think it’s a

Clay B. Morris June 17, 2020

Culture

A Lesbian Belle’s Out and Proud Path from Mississippi to the Stage and Page

A purple boa curls into a feathery collar on the cover of Elizabeth McCain’s new book—a whimsical nod to her knowing half-smile, her extrovert nature and a pivotal moment that preceded her life as a lesbian. The boa shows up early in her just-published memoir, “A Lesbian Belle Tells: OUTrageous Southern Stories of Family, Loss, and Love,” as a prop in a ploy that goes maddeningly sideways.

Sherry Lucas June 9, 2020

MFP Voices

Love In The Time of Corona

“Social distancing,” the term used to describe proximity restrictions to prevent transmission of viruses, is a disruption of our cultural and social norms, and many people are still struggling with that. My family, friends, and hula brothers normally greet each other with hugs and kisses. We join hands in prayer.

Kevin John Fong March 15, 2020