Yesterday, more than a thousand Richmonders took to Monument Avenue as part of the nationwide Good Trouble Lives On demonstration, organized by 50501 Virginia and local partners. The peaceful action stretched from Lombardy Street to Willow Lawn Drive,...
His Conservative party just won a landslide majority in elections last week, which means that we'll be stuck with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his history of homophobia for the foreseeable future. The UK’s Conservative Party Prime Minister Boris Johnson once attacked gay people for serving in their country’s armed forces, called LGBTQ...
Created by Australian singer/comedian Jordan Raskopoulos, Pridosaurs are an outstanding way to show your pride and your love of dinosaurs at the same time. Dinosaurs are the coolest. If you doubt me, ask any six-year-old -- they'll tell you. And in keeping with their coolness, Australian singer/comedian Jordan Raskopoulos recently announced her...
A New York Times op-ed calling Rudolph the "queerest holiday special" has #triggered right-wing commentator Ben Shapiro. Right wing extremist Ben Shapiro is demanding LGBTQ people leave Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer alone. Shapiro, who runs the far right website The Daily Wire, says the popular children’s Christmas character has...
Well-known dictionary Merriam-Webster has seen a surge in searches for the non-binary pronoun of choice over the course of the past year. Every year, Merriam-Webster names a Word Of The Year based on an increased frequency in searches for terms over the course of a single year. And this year, the venerable dictionary has chosen "they" as their...
Iridian Gallery's last show of 2019 presents a variety of local LGBTQ artists and allies in a community-focused juried exhibition entitled Radiance. Iridian Gallery at Diversity Richmond will cap off their 2019 with a group art show you do not want to miss. Radiance, a group show featuring dozens of local artists, opens tomorrow night, December...
In this month's Amazon Trail, Lee Lynch tries to focus on the big issues confronting the world, but can't help getting frustrated about how difficult it is to make her earbuds work properly. Not really. My greatest wishes would be for world peace, a year of pain-free good health for all my family, friends, and neighbors, and a brand-new president...
Utah Republican Chris Stewart's new "compromise" bill, the Fairness For All Act, doesn't really hold up to scrutiny. Last Friday, Utah Republican Congressman Chris Stewart introduced a new bill in the House Of Representatives. Entitled the Fairness For All Act, the bill seeks to ban discrimination against LGBTQ people in employment, housing,...
Dr. Steve Yacovelli is a leadership consultant who has worked with nonprofits, Fortune 500 companies, and large state universities. As owner of TopDog Learning Group, he is a member of The Pride Chamber, the LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce of Orlando, Florida and a certified member of the NGLCC's LGBTBE. In Yacovelli's new book, Pride Leadership:...
Former Dancing With The Stars choreographer Louis van Amstel explained that the teacher's rant was triggered when his son mentioned his two dads during a Thanksgiving lesson on gratitude. A Utah father is praising his son’s school after the boy and his classmates were forced to endure a 10-minute anti-gay rant from a substitute teacher...
