I like to think this list of shows and songs captures Richmond right now—blossoming folk, iconic RVA rock, scrappy hardcore, college post-punk on the rise, and country with a middle finger to the charts. That’s my Richmond, anyway. Got a show coming up? New single?...
Since marriage equality came to Virginia, a significant amount of the marriages taking place in the state have been same-sex marriages. Same-sex couples have made up 1 of every 26 marriages in Virginia since such unions were legalized in the commonwealth in 2014. In a half-dozen localities — ranging from cities such as Richmond and Norfolk to...
The celebrated queer dance party, ANIMAL, returns to The Dark Room with a post-PrideFest throwdown featuring Baltimore club star Rye Rye. If you're planning to leave the house at all tomorrow, we expect to see you at Brown's Island. The park island on the James River is playing host to the 2019 VA PrideFest throughout the day this Saturday -- not...
Our 2019 Fall Pride Guide, in collaboration with VA Pride, comes out at PrideFest this Saturday! In this article from the magazine, we take a closer look at Virginia's newest ambassadors of ball culture: the House Of Hashi. Seldom does the Byrd Theatre witness a standing ovation, but this past Pride Month, the House of Hashi had a 400-person...
Our 2019 Fall Pride Guide, in collaboration with VA Pride, comes out at PrideFest Saturday! In this article from the magazine, we talk to RuPaul's Drag Race star Ongina, who will appear onstage at VA PrideFest this weekend! Small in stature and bursting with star power, RuPaul’s Drag Race standout Ongina will take the stage with pride at the 2019...
Trump's Secretary of Housing and Urban Development has been making anti-LGBTQ remarks to HUD staff on a regular basis, according to a Washington Post report. Secretary Ben Carson has been making vile, unprompted, transphobic remarks to Housing and Urban Development employees, some of whom were “shell-shocked” by the brain surgeon’s bigotry,...
As the only LGBTQ woman of color with a late-night show in 2019, Lilly Singh is kind of a big deal. Late-night television has long been plagued with the same old exhausting issue -- it's overflowing with bland cis straight white men telling their overworked, hacky jokes. While Stephen Colbert brings a dorky flair, it’s still mostly the same...
The journey of a central character in It Chapter Two makes it one of the most uniquely empowering LGBTQ films of the year. One of Stephen King’s most famous stories saw its newest film debut recently. Not only is It: Chapter Two (along with its predecessor, It) undeniably the best film adaptation of any of King’s works (sorry, fans of The...
This Sunday at TheatreLAB, SHOUT! brings the voices of LGBTQ military veterans and families to the stage for one night only. This Sunday night, TheatreLAB will present SHOUT!, a play focused around the stories of LGBTQ veterans and military family members. The play will only be showing for one night, but it took years of preparation. Indeed, for...
Anti-gay Christian conservatives are falling all over themselves to discriminate against gay weddings. And courts keep on letting them. The Arizona Supreme Court has just ruled in favor of a calligraphy and wedding invitation company whose owners claim their religion forbids them to sell to same-sex couples. Brush & Nib Studio...
