Hundreds gathered in Monroe Park this afternoon for a Labor Day rally organized by 50501 Movement and 50501 Virginia, demanding “Workers Over Billionaires.” The event, which kicked off at 4:30 PM, brought together community members, activists, and labor advocates to...
Pride Month is over for another year, and that's a bummer especially in 2022, when the forces of hate are on the march and the Supreme Court has all of us running scared. Scared that in another year or two our marriages, maybe even our rights to be in loving relationships, will disappear. It's rough, and honestly, I can't think about it for long...
We're only halfway through 2022, and already it's been a rough year for the LGBTQ community. While overt attacks on transgender people in particular have been happening for a while now, legal actions by states like Texas and Alabama have outright made it unsafe for trans youth and their families to even live in those states. Then, on Friday, June...
The Supreme Court voted 6-3 that it’s unconstitutional for a state government to withhold taxpayer funds from religious schools. The case, Carson v. Makin, involved two Maine families who were denied state tuition assistance because they wanted to enroll their kids at a private Christian school that provides religious teaching. The state’s...
Christopher Rufo, the far right activist who intentionally turned a college-level school of thought to examine social structures for systemic racism into a fear-mongering right-wing nationwide panic, is now focusing his attacks on LGBTQ people, by effectively weaponizing transgender identity. Rufo, a senior fellow at the right-wing Manhattan...
President Joe Biden has declared it is the policy of the United States Government to defend the “rights and safety” of LGBTQI+ individuals in a historic executive order that encompasses several executive branch agencies and extends that policy into international areas. It effectively directs the federal government to use its...
Hello reader! It’s Pride month and Sandman Comedy Club has a show for and by the local LGBTQ community. Punchline Pride is this Sunday, and will feature a lineup representing different faces of the community’s funniest comedians in Richmond. I’ve seen most of the lineup at different shows around town, and they all kill. I got to talk with...
Two prominent Virginia Republicans are trying to have Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer declared obscene and prohibited to be sold or lended to minors. Is it really obscene, though, or is it the graphic memoir's open and unapologetic depiction of nonbinary identities and experiences that's the issue? We decided to see for ourselves. Last week, the...
Mary Jane French knows a thing or two about making someone laugh. Whether you have seen her stand up at open mics or showcases, or have seen one of her recent shows around town with her comedy production team, Traverse Comedy, I’m sure you've laughed at at least a few of her jokes. And by a few, I mean all of them. Comedy itself is a very...
In a time where abortion rights are seemingly coming to an end here in the United States, and the repressive forces taking them down are making clear that marriage equality and the right to privacy are next on the chopping block, wouldn't it be nice to get at least a little bit of good news? Luckily for all of us here in Virginia who are trying...
