In a rare public statement of solidarity from a city government, the City of Richmond has aligned itself with a coalition of LGBTQ+ organizations, vowing to push back against policies that threaten the rights, health, and safety of queer and transgender...
The president spoke of ending HIV in his State Of The Union address earlier this year, but from his gutting of HIV-related programs to his continued stigmatizing of the LGBTQ community, his record says something quite different. One week after President Donald Trump promised to work to "eliminate the HIV epidemic in the United States...
In the wake of the United Methodist Church's vote against allowing gay clergy and same-sex marriages, the church's LGBTQ members search for their next step. For J.J. Warren, the United Methodist Church is home. Warren grew up in the United Methodist Church and developed a passion for Christianity from a young age, connecting with Jesus' message...
At 37-years old, Allison Jones Rushing was just confirmed to become the youngest judge on the federal bench. A lifetime appointment, she will sit on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and based on her age she will be a federal judge for decades, as HuffPost just reported. Rushing clerked for Supreme Court Justice Clarence...
Amid their ongoing legal battle with Gavin Grimm, Gloucester County's School Board is considering changing their policies about transgender students using the bathroom. But they haven't taken any actual action as yet. It’s hard to ignore the fact that Virginia is swirling back and forth in the toilet that is our government these days. From...
Westboro Baptist Church is planning to visit Virginia Commonwealth University and the Virginia State Capitol on March 11, though it’s unclear how much access the group will have to university grounds. The Westboro Baptist Church is infamous for its posters that feature slurs against the LGBTQ community and its practice of picketing soldiers’...
Once again, legislators introduced bills to protect LGBTQ Virginians from discrimination. And once again, the House Of Delegates never even voted on them. In Virginia, it is still legal to discriminate against LGBTQ persons in the workplace and in housing, after two bills addressing these issues were killed in this year's General Assembly session...
Out of more than 660,000 restaurants in the U.S., fewer than 7 percent are led by female chefs. The food and restaurant business has an inherent bias against women, and years of discrimination in the industry have made it difficult for them to climb to the top of the ladder. But despite the odds, women are picking themselves up, as they always...
*This article comes to us from our sister site, GayRVA.com. It originally appeared in RVA Mag #35, on the streets now at all your favorite spots. March 1993. People were celebrating St. Patrick's Day and the coming of passover. Buick LeSabres were stuffed with families in spring photo-op attire. But for three Norfolk friends in particular --...
This article originally appeared at GayRVA.com. Good afternoon, pro-lifers of Greater Virginia! I hope you’re sitting, because we need to talk. You claim to be about the children, about their lives and safety. Do you just mean while they’re in utero? Or do you still care about them once they’re out of the womb -- but only if they’re straight?...
