For the Richmond we know, “fancy” doesn’t belong to the country club set. It doesn’t sip cocktails under chandeliers or care much about matching buttons. Here, fancy has dirt on its boots and glitter in its hair. It shows up to a protest in drag. It haunts the streets...
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...
After months of hints on social media, the Harry Potter author has overtly expressed support for one of the UK's many transgender-exclusionary radical feminists. Our childhood is officially ruined. Thousands of LGBTQ teens and young adults are bummed at the news that broke last week about JK Rowling. Through things like social media likes, the...
British singer/heartthrob Harry Styles is really into gender-non-conforming fashion -- but on questions about his sexuality, he remains mum. And really... is it any of our business? I will admit that I am just old enough that it’s tough for me to try to catch up and understand who all of the new teen heartthrobs are these days. However, the more...
All the back-and-forth with the Hallmark Channel inspired GayRVA's Ash Griffith to create an alternative canon of cheesy Christmas films that will warm your big gay heart without leaving a bad taste in your mouth. Enjoy! As we learned yesterday, even at holiday times, we still can't have nice things. Even though, as of right now, the word is that...
Due to backlash, the Hallmark Channel pulled a commercial featuring a lesbian wedding kiss... but doing so caused an even bigger backlash. Last week yet another corporation decided to hop in line to audition for the role of this year’s Grinch. Hallmark Channel, best known for horrible but fun Christmas film marathons and reruns of The Golden...
