David Bowie said it best: “Let’s dance.” I tried to get something fun, something chill, and something maniacal—because sometimes a man has got to skank, and sometimes a man has got to get a concussion in the pit. If you’ve got any tips, send them my way. Got a show...
Richmond's favorite online purveyor of budget-conscious unmentionables is making an effort to connect with its trans and gender non-conforming customers. CheapUndies,com recently published an "Underwear Guide For Trans Women," a step motivated by "many requests," according to an email from CheapUndies owner Edward Upton. The guide, which can be...
Last week, we reported on a legally-married same-sex couple who are in court – again. After having won their case months ago, the federal government appealed. They are battling the U.S. State Dept., which is insisting one of their twin boys is not a U.S. citizen, even though both twins are their biological children. Andrew and Elad Dvash-Banks...
President Donald Trump opposes adding the LGBTQ community to the list of groups protected by the Civil Rights Act. We wish we could say we were surprised. I'm making a rule: sarcasm is permissible in news headlines if I'm fed up enough. And like a lot of you out there, I am fed up. President Donald Trump, who took office back at the beginning of...
War Paint For Men is a makeup line that wants men to be able to wear makeup without feeling, you know, girly or gay or something. Toxic masculinity much? Are you a man who wants to wear makeup? Do you want to be able to buy it out in the open, rather than just ordering it discreetly to your PO Box like normal people who hate themselves -- but...
I was sitting on the catio, watching the birds do their aerial mating dances, the bees and their flowers coming into bloom, thinking about regeneration and queer families. Sure, we can reproduce ourselves with a little help from our friends and science. Yet, with rare exceptions, gay men don’t raise gay children and gay women usually bring up...
This Sunday, Mom isn't the only reason to celebrate. VA Pride's Mr. & Miss Virginia Pride Pageant is returning for its second year on Sunday at Diversity Richmond, and it is definitely an exciting occasion. This all-inclusive pageant will see contestants of all shapes, sizes, and identities competing to become 2019's Mr. or Miss Virginia...
The State Department is attempting to block citizenship for the child of a same-sex couple, on a basis that would never be used against a different-sex couple. It's discrimination, and a Federal Judge has said as much. The U.S. State Dept. lost a federal court ruling that found it was discriminating against a legally-married same-sex couple. And...
With David Nygaard gone, we can at least be glad that Virginia Beach will still have LGBTQ representation on its City Council, in the person of former Hampton Roads Pride President Michael Berlucchi. On Tuesday, Virginia Beach's City Council voted 9-1 to appoint Hampton Roads LGBTQ activist Michael Berlucchi to fill a vacant seat on City Council....
Voting with our dollars has worked, at least temporarily -- boycotts of his hotel chain convinced the Sultan of Brunei not to have LGBTQ people in his country stoned to death. At least... not yet. International outrage appears to have temporarily halted Brunei's new death penalty, by stoning, for being gay, part of the country's adoption of...
