I love finding a wild card for this column. This week we have one of my favorite sings of my youth, a lovely collection of locals, and a little harp because I have free will and so do you. Got a show coming up? New single? Simply want someone to talk music? I am your...
This month, Lee Lynch braves corn allergies and emotional sensitivities and goes to the movies for the first time in years -- where she discovers a surprising fondness for the latest Terminator sequel. This week I went to the movies. It’s been a long time since I’ve said that. Do people even say “the movies” anymore? I married a movie geek. My...
Despite Republican Peter King's notoriously discriminatory record, Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer had nothing but praise for the long-running anti-LGBTQ Congressman -- which didn't sit well with a lot of Democrats. The GOP mass exodus just picked up another major figure. Prominent and powerful U.S. Rep. Peter King, Republican of New...
Equality Virginia's new "Ask A Trans Person" panel series seeks to raise trans visibility and highlight transgender Virginians' need for civil rights protections. 87 percent of Americans say they know a gay person, but only 16 percent report knowing a a trans person, according to GLAAD. For this reason, it can be harder for a lot of people to...
This Veterans Day, Diversity Richmond will host an evening of stories from LGBTQ veterans and armed services members, in order to help create a community for current and former service members who are too often isolated. One million LGBTQ military veterans. 80,000 LGBTQ active duty members of our armed services. But between the lingering legacy...
GayRVA Editor-In-Chief Marilyn Drew Necci has an extensive wish list for our new Democratic General Assembly, one that starts with LGBTQ civil rights and goes a lot farther from there. Well, it's finally happened -- no matter how your mom or your Trump-loving former high school classmates feel about it, Virginia has become a blue state. Our...
The rule is specifically designed to focus on adoption and foster care, but will affect all federally-funded programs under Department of Health and Human Services control, including those dealing with HIV prevention and youth homelessness. A proposed new regulation would strip all protections for LGBTQ people from all programs administered by...
Delta's in-flight screenings of Rocketman cut almost all LGBTQ content in this biopic of one of the most famously gay celebrities of all time. Can they just let us live already? Delta Airlines is at it again, y’all. In a weird move that feels relatively sudden, Delta has begun to censor recent LGBTQ films that play on its flights. They are...
The group of "ex-gay"/"formerly transgender" people, members of CHANGED and Church United, claim LGBTQ people aren't discriminated against, and that conversion therapy isn't being practiced anywhere in the US. A small group of so-called “ex-gay” and “formerly transgender” people are spending time in Washington, D.C. this week to lobby against two...
The new policy allows students who transition while attending the woman's college to graduate, and makes it easier for transgender women to apply for admission. Roanoke County-based woman's college Hollins University announced Wednesday that changes had been made to the university's Policy On Transgender Issues that would ease some requirements...
