Fifty million shows this week. I usually try to keep it to three or four, but there’s just too much unmissable stuff on the docket, I had to throw it all in. Got a show coming up? New single? Simply want someone to talk music? I am your guy at griffin@rvamag.com....
“Guess what? I am a transgender woman and I am just like everybody else.” Keri Abrams was addressing an audience of about 35 people at the “Ask a Trans Person” panel at Chesterfield Central Library earlier this week. Equality Virginia -- an advocacy organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Virginians -- hosted the event to...
"We will stand for the freedom of religion," Vice President Mike Pence said, defending the Trump administration move to allow adoption agencies to discriminate against same-sex couples. Vice President Mike Pence this week attended a federal government event during which he bragged about the Trump administration’s latest attack on LGBTQ people....
Side By Side and Us Giving Richmond Connections are publicly committing to black LGBTQ youth in their work for racial equity. Side By Side's Ted Lewis and UGRC's Rev. Lacette Cross explain why this commitment is of paramount importance. The life expectancy for Black transgender women is 31 years, according to the Consumer Health Foundation....
This month, Lee Lynch braves corn allergies and emotional sensitivities and goes to the movies for the first time in years -- where she discovers a surprising fondness for the latest Terminator sequel. This week I went to the movies. It’s been a long time since I’ve said that. Do people even say “the movies” anymore? I married a movie geek. My...
Despite Republican Peter King's notoriously discriminatory record, Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer had nothing but praise for the long-running anti-LGBTQ Congressman -- which didn't sit well with a lot of Democrats. The GOP mass exodus just picked up another major figure. Prominent and powerful U.S. Rep. Peter King, Republican of New...
Equality Virginia's new "Ask A Trans Person" panel series seeks to raise trans visibility and highlight transgender Virginians' need for civil rights protections. 87 percent of Americans say they know a gay person, but only 16 percent report knowing a a trans person, according to GLAAD. For this reason, it can be harder for a lot of people to...
This Veterans Day, Diversity Richmond will host an evening of stories from LGBTQ veterans and armed services members, in order to help create a community for current and former service members who are too often isolated. One million LGBTQ military veterans. 80,000 LGBTQ active duty members of our armed services. But between the lingering legacy...
GayRVA Editor-In-Chief Marilyn Drew Necci has an extensive wish list for our new Democratic General Assembly, one that starts with LGBTQ civil rights and goes a lot farther from there. Well, it's finally happened -- no matter how your mom or your Trump-loving former high school classmates feel about it, Virginia has become a blue state. Our...
The rule is specifically designed to focus on adoption and foster care, but will affect all federally-funded programs under Department of Health and Human Services control, including those dealing with HIV prevention and youth homelessness. A proposed new regulation would strip all protections for LGBTQ people from all programs administered by...
