These shows got me amped. Join me and catch the wind in the sails and take off into a musical tomorrow across a sea of uncertainty. If you’ve got any tips, send them my way. Got a show coming up? New single? Simply want someone to talk music? I am your guy at...
Gerontologist Jay White has found that growing older takes on a significantly different meaning for LGBTQ folks. He'd like to learn more. Can you help? The universal truth: Everyone gets older and everyone ages. Aging may be a natural part of the human existence, but that does not mean people are happy about it. Often, aging is seen as a daunting...
Martinsville pastor Thomas Farrell of Thou Shall Ministries, who paid for the billboard, said that the message to create it "came from God." When I was younger, my best friend was wildly obsessed with horror movies, especially from the slasher era of the 70s and early 80s. This led him to dabble in a lot of fringe cult cinema, and one particular...
Hate crimes in Virginia rose nearly 50 percent from 2016 to 2017. This year, Attorney General Mark Herring proposed legislation to deal with the problem... but all of the bills died in the General Assembly. Virginia recorded more than 200 hate crimes in 2017 — up nearly 50% from the previous year, according to the latest data from the Virginia...
The Mormon Church has grappled with issues relating to LGBTQ rights for years now, and recently seem to be softening on the issue. Maybe this will help them along. The valedictorian for the top university of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints stunned families, faculty, and friends on Friday when he announced he is gay. “I stand...
As if doctor visits didn't give us enough reason to worry as it is. The Trump administration is finalizing details on its plan to grant special religious "rights" to medical professionals who claim a moral objection to providing care to transgender patients, or women seeking an abortion, among others. The new rules would roll back Obama-era...
Max Smith started his leather-working business, Alehoof Leather Company, to bring affordable sex-positive leather items to LGBTQ people in rural areas. Now he's reaching the world through social media. With just a desk to work on and a dresser full of supplies, Max Smith’s bedroom is his workshop. All by hand, Smith cuts out designs from strips...
In three cases, the Supreme Court will rule on whether gay and trans people can be fired for their LGBTQ status -- and we'll learn just how conservative the Trump Supreme Court really is. In potentially troubling news out of Washington, the Supreme Court announced Monday that they will review three cases that concern the LGBTQ community's...
In Critiques For The Culture's first contribution to GayRVA, Taneasha White and Brooke Taylor begin their representation-focused coverage of Richmond-area theatre with a review of all four plays included in TheatreLAB's recent Women's Theatre Festival. Critiques for The Culture is a conversational podcast and radio show (on WRIR and WRWK) that...
When a teenage girl defended herself from boys in a high school bathroom, she was the one who got punished. So can we just go ahead and admit all these "trans bathroom bills" were a farce? Recently an Alaskan teenager had the audacity to do the unthinkable. She used the restroom, and she even did it during school hours like a human being. A group...
