Getting lost in it. Really loving this week's lineup, all sorts of different stuff, dancing to it all. Got a show coming up? New single? Simply want someone to talk music? I am your guy at griffin@rvamag.com. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMzV4llPgMs&t=51s...
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...
You might not expect to find a drag show at a bowling alley, but that's exactly what you'll find if you show up to River City Roll this Sunday night. Located in Scott’s Addition, River City Roll is a boutique bowling alley that offers skeeball, tabletop shuffleboard, and, of course, bowling. With menu items such as “roasted jerk pork belly,”...
This is who we're up against, folks. A Tennessee county commissioner during a public meeting on Monday used an anti-gay slur and racism to attack a Democratic presidential candidate, then insisted, as he put it, that he’s “not prejudice.” Commissioner Warren Hurst, while advocating for a proposal to make Sevier County a “gun sanctuary city”...
After a massive backlash, the anti-LGBTQ fast food restaurant's landlord in Reading, England decided not to renew Chick-Fil-A's lease. They'll be out of there in six months. Well… that didn't take long. Chick-Fil-A only opened its first store in the United Kingdom less than two weeks ago, and they have already announced its closing. And it's all...
Despite a history of homophobic jokes, director Tyler Perry is showing himself to be an LGBTQ ally with the plans for his new studio. Tyler Perry is having a pretty great week -- and he’s going out of his way to ensure that others are having one, too. Perry, who is famous for his Madea series of films, has had a pretty complicated history with...
The same judge who ruled the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional has now ruled that religious freedom is more important than transgender people receiving medically necessary health care. A U.S. District Court judge in Texas has overturned the protections written into ObamaCare for transgender people, ruling they violate the religious rights of...
In this month's Amazon Trail, Lee Lynch expresses the feelings of powerlessness and frustration the current Supreme Court wranglings over LGBTQ civil rights have inspired in many of us. Damned if I know whether or not all the rabble rousing of the last sixty years has done us a lick of good. I thought the issue of our rights was pretty much...
Bianca Del Rio brings her It's Jester Joke to The National this Thursday. You Drag Race lovers out there have no choice but to stan. Fall 2019 has been nothing if not a badass time to be a clown. Pennywise has brought in bank at the box office around the world, Joker is funneling award buzz in the first full week that it has been out, and now the...
