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Fergus Tuohy

An Inheritance of Pride

I decided not to hang our Pride flag this year. The level of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric, legislation and violence going around this country right…

9 min readJun 17, 2023

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An Inheritance of Pride

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Fergus Tuohy
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The Penny Pub

A Chameleon Blends Into Alabama

Growing up gay, Irish, and liberal in the Heart of Dixie

5 min readMay 10, 2024

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People standing in a park holding signs at an anti-nuclear weapons protest

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Fergus Tuohy
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The Penny Pub

The Root of All Evil

How to spend a billion dollars without losing your soul

5 min readMay 5, 2024

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Docked yachts and sailboats at sunset

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Fergus Tuohy
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Human Parts

Cycles of Persecution

An encounter during a routine bloodletting forced me to confront a suddenly darker world

10 min readApr 19, 2024

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A medical professional putting a needle in a patient’s arm

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Fergus Tuohy
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The Penny Pub

Gay and Famous, but That’s Far From All

It was the vulnerability and strength of its icons that made me finally fall in love with queer culture

4 min readApr 15, 2024

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Framed Human Rights Campaign postcard signed, “Niamh — Stay Awesome! XOX Carson Kressley”

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Fergus Tuohy

A Eulogy for My Mother

(Delivered April 5, 2024 at Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Birmingham, Alabama)

14 min readApr 9, 2024

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A Eulogy for My Mother

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Fergus Tuohy

My Mother’s Obituary

Elizabeth Mary “Elma” Hannon Tuohy, a beloved teacher, wife, mother, grandmother, award-winning jig-dancer, legendary party-thrower, former…

6 min readApr 3, 2024

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My Mother’s Obituary

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Fergus Tuohy
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The Penny Pub

Running to Be Still

My spiritual practice reveals to me a magical world of boundless creativity

4 min readMar 28, 2024

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Man running on a mountain trail

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Fergus Tuohy
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The Penny Pub

A Reconciliation

We fought each other, and each felt we’d lost, but my mother’s persistence paid off for us both in the end

4 min readFeb 26, 2024

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Sheet music set above a piano keyboard

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Fergus Tuohy

Obituary

Bella Barnett Tuohy

4 min readJan 31, 2024

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Obituary

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Fergus Tuohy

Fergus Tuohy

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Writer, retired financial planner, erstwhile rascal, whitewater kayaker, Columbia J-School alum “We’re all born naked and the rest is drag.”-RuPaul Charles

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