WIlliam Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of the most popular comedies in the history of literature. It’s timeless. One of the best things about performing timeless Shakespeare comedies is that you can tweak, jigger, flip, and reverse his work into...
It's Pride month, and in a time of frustration and action over police violence, local LGBTQ organizations are focusing their advocacy and support efforts on helping and uplifting the black LGBTQ community. Tear gas and pepper spray sting the eyes of protesters. Masked individuals of all demographics hold cardboard signs reading “Black Lives...
As far as the US Justice Department is concerned, forcing cities to work with discriminatory religious groups is the American way. President Donald Trump’s Dept. of Justice is telling the U.S. Supreme Court it should allow religious and faith-based adoption agencies discriminate against LGBTQ families. Solicitor General Noel Francisco has filed a...
CultureWorks Richmond has awarded grants to over 100 local artists whose livelihoods have been affected by the pandemic, prioritizing artists from marginalized communities. But there are still many more in need. Since mid-April, when news struck that Virginia would be under a coronavirus-related stay-at-home order for an indefinite period of...
AIDS activist, author of The Normal Heart, and ACT UP founder Larry Kramer will be remembered as a crucial voice in the early days of the AIDS epidemic. Larry Kramer, the playwright, AIDS activist, author, public health advocate, and LGBTQ activist who founded GMHC (Gay Men’s Health Crisis) and later ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash...
Driveway drag shows are showcasing Richmond's drag queens in a whole new light. Every business has struggled to adapt to the new normal since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. It has been no small feat for the businesses, restaurants, and entertainment venues of Richmond; from breweries to retail shops and everything in between, everybody is...
Black Matter Podcast is hosted by Chaz Antoine, a self-described "blackademic" who calls Richmond "the place where I felt OK to be queer." “If you’re black or you’re queer, or you’re both, this podcast is for you,” Chaz Antoine proudly said of his podcast, Black Matter. Antoine, who lives, loves, and breathes Richmond, fell in love with the city...
Part of a sweeping effort by President Trump and the Republican-controlled Senate to pack the courts with extremely conservative justices, Mississippi judge Cory Wilson has been open with his anti-LGBTQ political views. On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee conducted a hearing of Cory Wilson, an anti-LGBTQ Mississippi judge nominated by...
Nonprofits dedicated to helping Richmond’s LGBTQ community contemplate reopening, having taken serious financial losses, all while developing new ways to reach those in need. On May 5, Diversity Thrift posted a photo to Facebook of employees Ivan and Darren, beaming behind face masks, holding up one of the store’s new plexiglass partitions....
In the wake of marriage equality becoming the law of the land, Jenna Ellis told a talk radio show that the decision opened the door for "bestiality and pedophilia." She's since become a high-profile Trump campaign surrogate. Jenna Ellis, a top adviser for President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign, apparently thinks same-sex marriage is...
