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Sound Check! Deau Eyes! Destructo Disk! Grocer! & More!

Sound Check! Deau Eyes! Destructo Disk! Grocer! & More!

Maybe it is a facade but the weather is nice and life is returning to the streets of Richmond. The parks are full, the lines for ice cream are long, and hopefully the venues are packed. Check out one of these shows, enjoy the weather, and pretend you are in a movie.If...



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MonGays Week Two: Tangerine

Every Monday throughout June, The Byrd Theatre will celebrate Pride Month with #MonGays, a series spotlighting the LGBTQ community. This week, Tangerine masterfully depicts the lives of black transgender sex workers on the big screen.  Have you ever sacrificed...

King Of The Kweendom

Kweendom, Bobby Hankinson's all-LGBTQ comedy showcase, promises to be a highlight of this weekend's 2nd Best Comedy Festival. Bobby Hankinson and his rad stand-up comedy lineup want you to know that they are the 2nd Best in Richmond. At least as far as the 2nd Best...

MonGays Week One: Rafiki

Every Monday throughout June, The Byrd Theatre will celebrate Pride Month with #MonGays, a series spotlighting the LGBTQ community. This week, Kenyan film Rafiki kicks off the month in memorable fashion. When was the last time you witnessed history unfolding and...

The Technicolor Troll Drag of Richmond’s Own Sweet Pickles

Richmond drag performer Sweet Pickles describes herself as a "dancing troll with an AC Moore rewards card." Claire Gates has a busy theater career. But whenever she finds time, she paints her face, dons a wig made from yarn, and becomes Sweet Pickles, a rising star in...

Critiques For The Culture: TheatreLAB’s An Octoroon

In Critiques For The Culture's latest contribution to GayRVA, Taneasha White and Brooke Taylor examine TheatreLAB's An Octoroon, and ask: Did this play about racial relations in the 19th century -- and today -- achieve its intended goal? Critiques for The...

Richmond’s New Generation Of Drag Queens Are Making Their Mark

*This article originally appeared on GayRVA.com Lip-syncing across the stage, 22 year-old Fredericksburg native Shanita Quit reaches for dollar bills from people’s hands as they cheer her on at Richmond’s newest drag venue -- New York Deli in Carytown. Relying heavily on visuals, Quit is dressed in her self-developed style, which she refers to as...

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Discover the Most Inclusive Tattoo Parlor in Richmond

*This article was originally published on GayRVA. It comes from GayRVA's Fall 2018 Pride Guide, released in conjunction with 2018′s VA PrideFest. Grab a copy of the print edition at your favorite shops around town, or check out the digital version here. Though the storefront is innocuous enough, it says all you need to know:...

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Gender Trouble: Will The UK’s TERF Problem Invade The US?

For trans activists in the UK, anti-trans feminists have become the biggest stumbling block in their civil rights struggle. Is the US headed for a similar fate? Here in the United States, we generally think of anti-trans hatred as the province of the right wing. From Donald Trump’s ongoing attempts to unilaterally ban transgender military troops...

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GayRVA: A Life or Death Situation: The Transformation of a Tattoo Artist

“You don’t see a lot of gay people in tattoo shops, especially transgender people, so it was a big deal to me,” said Abel Killian, leaning on a stool in Lucky 13 Tattoo’s back office space. He stands out in a shop filled with burly dudes with massive beards – he’s short and his midnight-black mop top is stuffed under a red Phillies baseball cap....

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