The best Fourth of July celebration in Richmond probably isn't the one with the biggest fireworks. It's the one where someone forgot the hot dog buns, the cooler is running low on ice, kids are chasing each other through sprinklers, and somebody insists they know a...
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...
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...
Due to concerns over COVID-19, VA Pride has announced that the 2020 edition of their annual PrideFest, originally scheduled for September 26, will not occur. Considering everything that's been going on over the past several months with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, it's doubtful that it came as a surprise to very many people on Tuesday, when...
As Virginia slowly reopens in time for the summer, the pandemic is still a reality. Richmond’s Health Brigade is providing free testing for Spanish-speaking and uninsured patients every Saturday all summer long. As states across the country continue to reopen and life (more or less) returns to normal, COVID-19 remains in the back of everyone’s...
Last weekend's Stonewall Rising march was an act of solidarity by Richmond's LGBTQ community, which took this opportunity during Pride Month to march in support of Black lives. On Saturday, June 27, Richmond's LGBTQ community commemorated the last weekend of Pride Month with a march demonstrating solidarity with the Black community of Richmond...
Equality Virginia's Vee Lamneck talks to GayRVA about Title VII, The Virginia Values Act, and the connections between LGBTQ and BLM. On June 15th, the U.S. Supreme Court reviewed three historic cases and came to one monumental decision: that Title VII of The Civil Rights Act of 1964 protected LGBTQ people from discrimination in the workplace...
Trump definitely views the Supreme Court ruling in favor of LGBTQ employment rights to be a loss for him and his agenda. President Donald Trump says he was “surprised” with last week’s historic Supreme Court ruling on LGBTQ workers’ civil rights, suggesting he was “supposed” to win. Trump made clear he viewed the decision as a loss, given that,...
A brand-new event is coming to Richmond, and you won’t have to leave your house to attend. The RVA Virtual Pride Market this Saturday lets us support LGBTQ small businesses from home. It’s June in Richmond, and in a normal year, it would be time to enjoy the many celebrations of Pride Month across the city. Like many other facets of the "normal”...
At a time of racism, police violence, and an ongoing pandemic, The Amazon Trail's Lee Lynch has found something to celebrate. I thought there could be no good news. Not in the midst of a pandemic and the mass selfishness that hastens and continues its spread. Not when the abiding depth of U.S. racism bubbles to the surface without...
