Sat beneath a shifting sun and a canopy teeming with chittering cicadas, Madison Turner and I ran the gamut. I first heard of her while I was covering the local music scene for a VCU student publication, and her angsty, self-critical, maniacally upbeat tunes spoke to...
This year's General Assembly session has seen quite a few outdated morality laws removed from Virginia's books, but Del. Mark Levine still sees more to be done, specifically where Virginia's "bawdy place" law is concerned. The General Assembly passed measures this session repealing restrictions on sex before marriage, swearing in public, and...
Del. Danica Roem's bill to ensure transgender Virginians receive equal treatment by their health insurance plans raised some objections from conservatives, but nonetheless passed both houses of the General Assembly. Anytime the LGBTQ community gets too close to obtaining equal rights, there's always someone out there to tell us that we're "going...
Governor Northam signed a bill outlawing the practice on Monday, bringing years of struggle by LGBTQ advocates to a victorious end. Virginia has officially become the 20th state to prohibit conversion therapy for minors, and the first in the American South. House Bill 386, introduced by 47th District Delegate Patrick Hope, passed both houses of...
The newest chapter of the fast-growing Drag Queen Story Hour movement comes to Richmond's Fountain Bookstore for the first time on Saturday, March 14. Childhood can be rough. Inner conflicts fuel external confrontations, which only make the inner conflicts worse. In the hallway and at recess, adult-taught slogans celebrating individuality are...
A Kentucky wedding photographer has filed a pre-emptive lawsuit to protect herself from the possibility of a hypothetical gay couple trying to hire her for their wedding. And Trump's DOJ is backing her, because of course they are. The U.S. Dept. of Justice under Attorney General Bill Barr has intervened in a pre-emptive lawsuit filed by a...
Voting in the Democratic primary tomorrow? Our editor-in-chief, Marilyn Drew Necci, wants you to know why she thinks you should vote for Bernie Sanders. Virginia's Democratic primary happens tomorrow. We'll be one of 14 states voting for our pick to take on Donald Trump in the presidential election this November. By the end of the day tomorrow,...
Friday night, the fourth annual Black and Bold RVA awards will credited those who recognize the inclusion of blackness and queerness into everyday space. As Black History Month comes to a close, Diversity Richmond is finishing up the month with their annual Black and Bold RVA awards. This is the fourth year the organization has held the event,...
Good news for Virginia's trans and non-binary community -- bills allowing non-binary gender markers on state IDs and changing of name and gender markers on birth certificates are headed to the governor's desk. Being transgender or non-binary in our less-than-accepting society can lead to a lot of difficulties, but two bills currently awaiting...
"The president ... is such a nice guy," says recent Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient and longtime right-wing radio shock jock Rush Limbaugh. Rush Limbaugh, who recently was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, days later turned around and made nasty, homophobic comments about Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg and...
