Feeling warmer today, not the weather, just the shows. Got a lot of calming stuff on the doc, but even the harsher stuff can be calming if you’re into all that. Got a show coming up? New single? Simply want someone to talk music? I am your guy...
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Shocker Of the Year: Trump Opposes The Equality Act
President Donald Trump opposes adding the LGBTQ community to the list of groups protected by the Civil Rights Act. We wish we could say we were surprised. I'm making a rule: sarcasm is permissible in news headlines if I'm fed up enough. And like a lot of you out there, I am fed up. President Donald Trump, who took office back at the beginning of...
Just Wear The Damn Lipstick Already
War Paint For Men is a makeup line that wants men to be able to wear makeup without feeling, you know, girly or gay or something. Toxic masculinity much? Are you a man who wants to wear makeup? Do you want to be able to buy it out in the open, rather than just ordering it discreetly to your PO Box like normal people who hate themselves -- but...
The Amazon Trail: Generating
I was sitting on the catio, watching the birds do their aerial mating dances, the bees and their flowers coming into bloom, thinking about regeneration and queer families. Sure, we can reproduce ourselves with a little help from our friends and science. Yet, with rare exceptions, gay men don’t raise gay children and gay women usually bring up...
Diversity Richmond Hosts the Second Annual Mr. & Miss Virginia Pride Pageant This Sunday
This Sunday, Mom isn't the only reason to celebrate. VA Pride's Mr. & Miss Virginia Pride Pageant is returning for its second year on Sunday at Diversity Richmond, and it is definitely an exciting occasion. This all-inclusive pageant will see contestants of all shapes, sizes, and identities competing to become 2019's Mr. or Miss Virginia...
US State Dept. Goes to Court Again to Try to Tear Apart This Married Same-Sex Couple’s Twins
The State Department is attempting to block citizenship for the child of a same-sex couple, on a basis that would never be used against a different-sex couple. It's discrimination, and a Federal Judge has said as much. The U.S. State Dept. lost a federal court ruling that found it was discriminating against a legally-married same-sex couple. And...
Michael Berlucchi Appointed To Serve Interim Term on Virginia Beach City Council
With David Nygaard gone, we can at least be glad that Virginia Beach will still have LGBTQ representation on its City Council, in the person of former Hampton Roads Pride President Michael Berlucchi. On Tuesday, Virginia Beach's City Council voted 9-1 to appoint Hampton Roads LGBTQ activist Michael Berlucchi to fill a vacant seat on City Council....
Gays Will Not Be Stoned to Death in Brunei as Sultan Blocks New Law – For Now
Voting with our dollars has worked, at least temporarily -- boycotts of his hotel chain convinced the Sultan of Brunei not to have LGBTQ people in his country stoned to death. At least... not yet. International outrage appears to have temporarily halted Brunei's new death penalty, by stoning, for being gay, part of the country's adoption of...
Understanding the LGBTQ Aging Process
Gerontologist Jay White has found that growing older takes on a significantly different meaning for LGBTQ folks. He'd like to learn more. Can you help? The universal truth: Everyone gets older and everyone ages. Aging may be a natural part of the human existence, but that does not mean people are happy about it. Often, aging is seen as a daunting...
Religious Group Posts Anti-Gay Marriage Billboard In Martinsville
Martinsville pastor Thomas Farrell of Thou Shall Ministries, who paid for the billboard, said that the message to create it "came from God." When I was younger, my best friend was wildly obsessed with horror movies, especially from the slasher era of the 70s and early 80s. This led him to dabble in a lot of fringe cult cinema, and one particular...
