Nearly a decade after refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis is back in the headlines and this time, she’s asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 ruling that made marriage...
Elton John biopic Rocketman isn't just a blast for music-lovers everywhere -- it's also a groundbreaking and important film for the LGBTQ community. Let’s be honest. Elton John is pretty difficult to dislike. Even if you’re not a fan of his music, most people pretty much agree that he is a genuinely great person, whether because of his...
In Critiques For The Culture’s latest contribution to GayRVA, Taneasha White and Brooke Taylor review Firehouse Theatre's production of Animal Control, a play that raises ethical questions around pet ownership. Animal Control, written by Chandler Hubbard, made its second debut with a revised script at Richmond's Firehouse Theatre this month. We...
Megan Rapinoe just played a key role in bringing the women's World Cup home for the US, but as far as one right-wing commentator is concerned, her accolades are undeserved. Fox News commentator Tomi Lahren went off on World Cup champion Megan Rapinoe, telling the National Women's Soccer League star Tuesday she has a "bad attitude," and is "not a...
Our 2019 Summer Pride Guide, in collaboration with VA Pride, is out now! Here’s one of our articles from that magazine, in which Outwire 757's Eric Hause gives us a guide to the perfect LGBTQ vacation in Hampton Roads. When you think about LGBTQ-friendly vacation destinations, there’s no doubt that big cities come to mind: San Francisco and New...
In Critiques For The Culture’s latest contribution to GayRVA, Taneasha White and Brooke Taylor examine the documentary Strange Negotiations, which tells the story of singer-songwriter David Bazan's spiritual journey. Critiques for The Culture is a conversational podcast and radio show (on WRIR and WRWK) that focuses on the socio-political...
Our 2019 Summer Pride Guide, in collaboration with VA Pride, is out now! Here’s one of our articles from that magazine, in which we examine the rise of Pride festivities in smaller cities and towns around the Commonwealth. If you had to put a Pride festival in any town across the Commonwealth of Virginia, Lynchburg is probably one of the last...
Pompeo hopes to redefine the entire concept of "human rights," and to do so he's hired a woman with a decades-long record of anti-LGBTQ activism. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday announced the formation of a new commission that will take a "fresh look" at human rights through the lens of "natural law," and civil and human rights...
Our 2019 Summer Pride Guide, in collaboration with VA Pride, is out now! Here’s one of our articles from that magazine, in which Wyatt Gordon examines Richmond's lack of a gayborhood, and what that means for our city. If I told you I went to a bar in the Castro, would you even need me to say I was in San Francisco? When you watch something set in...
Cobra Cabana's Gay-Fil-A is not only a statement against Chick-Fil-A's anti-LGBTQ politics, but also a damn good chicken sandwich. “All freakies are welcome -- I’ve always cared about freaky scenes and freaky people, and their values are very significant to me,” says Valient Himself, one of three owners of Cobra Cabana. Himself, who sings in...
