On the edge of the West End, where the fringes of Richmond bleed into the sprawl of Henrico, I came across what could only be described as a warehouse -- jutting out of the asphalt and framed in a wild tangle of dogwoods. A door hung open on rusted hinges; laughter...
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...
Delta's in-flight screenings of Rocketman cut almost all LGBTQ content in this biopic of one of the most famously gay celebrities of all time. Can they just let us live already? Delta Airlines is at it again, y’all. In a weird move that feels relatively sudden, Delta has begun to censor recent LGBTQ films that play on its flights. They are...
The group of "ex-gay"/"formerly transgender" people, members of CHANGED and Church United, claim LGBTQ people aren't discriminated against, and that conversion therapy isn't being practiced anywhere in the US. A small group of so-called “ex-gay” and “formerly transgender” people are spending time in Washington, D.C. this week to lobby against two...
The new policy allows students who transition while attending the woman's college to graduate, and makes it easier for transgender women to apply for admission. Roanoke County-based woman's college Hollins University announced Wednesday that changes had been made to the university's Policy On Transgender Issues that would ease some requirements...
The American Bar Association's report said that Lawrence J.C. VanDyke, a Trump nominee for federal court, is "arrogant, lazy," and potentially unfair to LGBTQ people. Lawrence J.C. VanDyke openly wept on Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee as he was confronted with a blistering review from the American Bar Association, which found...
Virginia Beach Human Rights Commission member Kenick El called homosexuality "an abomination to the Human Race" and referred to trans women as "men in dresses" in a Facebook post last week, which brought widespread condemnation. UPDATE, October 30: LaKendrick Coburn El, who also goes by Kenick El, announced Friday that he would resign from the...
Michael Che's Weekend Update joke at Caitlyn Jenner's expense deadnamed and misgendered the transgender celebrity; other than a social media backlash, he's experienced no consequences -- and is unlikely to. Five years after the so-called "transgender tipping point," we've still got a long way to go. That was proven in most dramatic fashion this...
Equality Virginia's sixth Transgender Information and Empowerment Summit put significant focus on the needs of transgender people of color, who are at significantly higher risk for violence and discrimination. Hundreds of transgender people and their allies recently gathered in Richmond for a trans conference focused on providing resources to the...
