ed. note: Below is a response to Rich Tarbell’s recent review of St. Vincent’s Ting Pavilion performance, written by fellow concertgoer Sarah F. Roberson. Her personal take offers additional insight into the themes of power, gender, and the dynamic between artist and...
On April 3, Dirty Looks will bring a thought-provoking collection of LGBTQ films to VCU's Institute of Contemporary Art. It has been eight years since the first showing of Dirty Looks, a queer film series that traces contemporary LGBTQ aesthetics through historical works. Beginning in New York City, Dirty Looks has been shown in several U.S....
The internet learned that, according to a biography, Fred Rogers may have been bisexual. And then Facebook broke yesterday. Coincidence? Years after his death, beloved childhood icon Mister Rogers is still making headlines. This time he's doing it by giving hope and support to bisexual children (and adults) around the world. Speculation came to...
The man who was, for a short time, Virginia Beach's first openly gay city councilman has vowed to keep fighting. But this is the latest in a long line of obstacles in Nygaard's path to political office. Less than two months after he was seated on Virginia Beach's City Council, David Nygaard's time as a councilman came to an end. This happened...
All of the court injunctions have fallen away, and so it seems the trans military ban is back, for real this time. Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist has signed a directive ordering all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces to enact President Donald Trump's ban on transgender troops within 30 days. The new policy, first announced...
The notorious anti-LGBTQ hate group were met with widespread derision during their protest at VCU on Monday. At VCU Monday, students, metalheads, and the general public came out in support of the LGBTQ community to counter-protest the Westboro Baptist Church’s visit to campus. Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) were in town to protest against the...
The president spoke of ending HIV in his State Of The Union address earlier this year, but from his gutting of HIV-related programs to his continued stigmatizing of the LGBTQ community, his record says something quite different. One week after President Donald Trump promised to work to "eliminate the HIV epidemic in the United States...
In the wake of the United Methodist Church's vote against allowing gay clergy and same-sex marriages, the church's LGBTQ members search for their next step. For J.J. Warren, the United Methodist Church is home. Warren grew up in the United Methodist Church and developed a passion for Christianity from a young age, connecting with Jesus' message...
At 37-years old, Allison Jones Rushing was just confirmed to become the youngest judge on the federal bench. A lifetime appointment, she will sit on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and based on her age she will be a federal judge for decades, as HuffPost just reported. Rushing clerked for Supreme Court Justice Clarence...
Amid their ongoing legal battle with Gavin Grimm, Gloucester County's School Board is considering changing their policies about transgender students using the bathroom. But they haven't taken any actual action as yet. It’s hard to ignore the fact that Virginia is swirling back and forth in the toilet that is our government these days. From...
