Feeling warmer today, not the weather, just the shows. Got a lot of calming stuff on the doc, but even the harsher stuff can be calming if you’re into all that. Got a show coming up? New single? Simply want someone to talk music? I am your guy...
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Drive Up For Groceries At The Viva! RVA Food Drive
Coordinating public events during a pandemic is a challenge, but Diversity Richmond's Raul Cantu is up for it. This Tuesday, he's bringing back Diversity's Viva! RVA as a food drive to benefit Hispanic families in the Richmond area. You may remember Diversity Richmond’s Viva! RVA celebration, a food truck-filled festival which took place last...
Socially Distanced, But Still Side By Side
Side By Side's Springtime In The Summer fundraiser, originally scheduled to take place in May, will now take place August 1, with a combination of online events and socially distanced catering. You can't keep a good support group down, and Side By Side is proving that by finding ingenious ways to hold their annual springtime fundraiser regardless...
Clocking For Beginners
In a rather over-the-top display of transphobia, the Trump administration has released a memo telling homeless shelters how to spot transgender women in order to more easily discriminate against them. Nearly four years into his presidency, Donald Trump's administration continues to come up with new ways to harm transgender Americans by rolling...
The Pentagon Has Banned the Flying of Rainbow Pride Flags at All Military Sites
The Defense Department wanted to ban Confederate flags from being flown at military bases without being specific about it, so they banned almost all non-US flags -- including the rainbow flag. While attempting to make all branches of the U.S. military consistent in their banning of Confederate flags, Defense Secretary Mark Esper has banned all...
‘Propaganda Machine’ Kayleigh McEnany Blasted for False Claim Trump Has ‘Great Record’ on LGBTQ Issues
Trump's press secretary attempted to deflect a question about the ongoing ban on transgender troops by attempting to inflate the president's extremely thin record on LGBTQ issues. The move didn't fool anyone. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany is under fire for claiming President Donald Trump has a “great record” on LGBTQ issues. Trump,...
Velma of the Scooby-Doo Gang Is Finally Out
A decade after producers and directors of the Scooby-Doo franchise tried to make our brainy, bespectacled favorite's sexual orientation clear, producer Tony Cervone has officially confirmed it: Velma is gay. Like many of us, I grew up being a big fan of the Scooby-Doo cartoons. And while I don't know about anyone else, the character that always...
J. K. Rowling Compares ‘Transgender Hormone Therapy to Gay Conversion Therapy’
The Harry Potter author has been on the TERF train for a while now, but these days it's feeling more and more like she's driving it herself. Through a series of 11 tweets, critics now say Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling is comparing “transgender hormone therapy to gay conversion therapy.” “I’ve ignored fake tweets attributed to me and RTed...
Trump Is Making a Move To Endanger LGBTQ and Civil Rights Activists Around The World
US-funded nonprofit The Open Technology Fund is being pressured by Trump appointee Michael Pack to fund repressive surveillance tech that will put human rights activists around the world in danger. The Open Technology Fund (OTF), “a U.S. government-funded nonprofit that provides encryption technologies to journalists and activists living under...
Pride Of Place
Virginia nonprofits Side By Side and Virginia Home for Boys and Girls team up to tackle LGBTQ youth homelessness with Pride Place. Virginia nonprofit organizations Side By Side and the Virginia Home for Boys and Girls have teamed up to create new housing spaces for LGBTQ youth facing homelessness. These new spaces are called Pride Place; they are...
