Richmond lost more than a business owner this week. On September 2, 2025, Vicky Hester, the longtime owner of Babe’s of Carytown, passed away at age 71. For many, her death marks the end of an era. For nearly five decades, Hester kept the doors of one of the nation’s...
A lot of shrill voices on the right can't handle the fact that Donald Trump lost the presidential election; if you ask anti-LGBTQ preacher Franklin Graham, Trump's loss should be blamed on the LGBTQ community. Franklin Graham unleashed a vitriolic attack against “sinful,” and “extremely dangerous” LGBTQ Democratic voters over the weekend,...
The deciding votes in the 2-1 decision invalidating the city of Miami Beach's ban on conversion therapy for minors were made by Trump-appointed judges, because of course they were. A federal appeals court on Friday, November 18 struck down two local Florida ordinances that ban dangerous and harmful conversion therapy by licensed medical...
Richmond-based musician Benét’s latest project, Stan Account, features tunes exploring their love and appreciation of some iconic TV shows. We have no choice but to stan. Richmond musician Benét has been stanning for a long time now. It only made sense for their love of various musicians and television shows to spill over into their songs. That's...
The surge reported by the FBI, a 21 percent increase in the first three years of Donald Trump's presidency, was predictable, but that doesn't make it any less terrible. An FBI report released Monday reveals hate crimes under President Donald Trump are surging. For all of 2019, the latest results available, hate-motivated murders more...
In this month's installment of The Amazon Trail: as the vermin is slowly shooed from the halls of power, Lee Lynch finds her own house suddenly overrun by literal rodents. I've heard the idiom “like rats fleeing a sinking ship” often lately, and while the metaphor is apt for what’s going on in the United States, at our house it's even more...
He dissented on the Supreme Court's landmark ruling in favor of marriage equality, and now he's furious that anti-marriage equality activists are being called out on their prejudiced views. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Thursday night in the company of his Federalist Society friends unleashed years of pent-up anger in a speech at the...
Richmond Triangle Players' Christmas show is happening in a different context this year, one that requires limited seating. Nonetheless, with The Santa Closet, RTP's usual LGBTQ twist on the holidays remains intact. Richmond Triangle Players’ 2020 holiday production, The Santa Closet, is a Christmas play with a few unconventional twists. One is...
Since 1999, Diversity Richmond has given out more than $1 million in grants to local LGBTQ nonprofits. This year, the organization is giving $25,000 -- and they're currently taking applications. Up to $25,000 in grant funds are available for LGBTQ and LGBTQ-friendly nonprofit organizations this year as part of Diversity Richmond’s annual grant...
On his latest project, Dangerous, Richmond-based artist and performer Trapcry explores his identity through experiments in genre and sampling, as well as his artistic predecessors and inspirations. On “Break the Ice,” the sixth track from his new album, Dangerous, Richmond-based artist Trapcry sings, “I’m black, queer, and upset / there’s blood...
