This week has me chomping at the bit and howling at the moon. Some heavy hitters are rolling through Richmond—artists who’ve already left a mark on the scene. Time to meet your heroes. Got a show coming up? New single? Simply want someone to talk music? I am your guy...
For the first time in over a generation, Democrats control both houses of the General Assembly, and advocates are working to ensure that this has positive results for Virginia's LGBTQ community. It hasn't been all that many years since the dawn of a new General Assembly session meant just as many proposed bills designed to diminish LGBTQ rights...
Disagreements between different factions within the United Methodist Church, mainly over whether the church should allow same-sex marriage and LGBTQ clergy, have led to a split. On Friday, January 3, leaders of the United Methodist Church formally announced plans for splitting the church. The reason? A fundamental divide between more liberal...
We'll never know for sure whether Star Wars characters Finn and Poe were really in love, but hey... there's a lesbian kiss in a background scene at the end of Rise Of Skywalker. For many fans, though, that's not good enough. The Star Wars fandom has simultaneous reason to rejoice and lament, as their favorite and most dreaded time of the year has...
According to a new report, LGBTQ people are more likely to suffer social isolation as they age, and that social isolation & less access to health care can result in an increase in health problems for LGBTQ elders. A new report by University of California San Francisco is making a big claim: LGBTQ people are at heightened risk of dementia....
Another year has gone into the books, full of ups and downs for the LGBTQ community here in Virginia and all around the world. As we celebrate the beginning of a new decade and look forward to a brighter year ahead, we wanted to take one last look back at the year that was, with a recap of GayRVA's most popular stories from 2019. From drag queens...
The misleading ads Facebook removed overstated the risks and underrated the benefits of using PrEP as an HIV preventative. But LGBTQ advocates still want the social media mega-corporation to take more action. Facebook has started pulling ads with misinformation regarding PrEP and Truvada after more than 50 LGBTQ organizations signed an...
A report from the Williams Institute shows that the South has the highest percentage of LGBTQ people in poverty of all regions of the United States. A new report released Tuesday showed that in a majority of U.S. states, LGBTQ people experience higher rates of poverty than cisgender straight people. The findings were released by the Williams...
With a new Democratic majority in the General Assembly, Virginia could become the 38th state to ratify the ERA. Generation Z, people of color, and the LGBTQ community are leading a new generation in the decades-long fight to add the amendment to the U.S. Constitution. University of Virginia student Emilia Couture had no idea what the Equal Rights...
Get the most out of your new year and say goodbye to the 10's in proper fashion with our GayRVA guide to the best New Year's Eve parties this town has to offer! As 2019 ends and a new decade is set to begin, we all want to have the best New Year's Eve possible. For plenty of people, this means traveling to some bigger city: New York for the ball...
