Some of the best Fourth of July celebrations in Richmond aren’t on any official list. They’re happening in backyards, driveways, and cul-de-sacs, surrounded by folding chairs, coolers, and whatever’s still working on the grill. If you’ve got good friends and a halfway...
The Alabama State Senate is more willing to completely eliminate marriage licenses in their state than they are to accept marriage equality. Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court recognized that same-sex couples have the same constitutional rights and responsibilities of marriage as different-sex couples do, Alabama Republican state Senator Greg...
Just days after Thanksgiving last year, students in Clarksburg, West Virginia's Liberty High School band were told to go use the restroom before departing on a bus trip. 15-year old Michael Critchfield, a sophomore, went to use the boys restroom, and was soon followed in by the assistant principal, Lee Livengood. Livengood waited for him to exit...
Despite the Pentagon's plans to implement the transgender military ban in less than a month, one federal judge reminds the Defense Dept. that an injunction is still in force against it. The Pentagon was warned weeks ago that it did not have the legal authority to implement President Donald Trump's transgender troop ban, but officials did so any...
President Donald Trump is hosting Brazil's far right wing extremist President Jair Bolsonaro. In a joint press event aired live from the Rose Garden in the White House Bolsonaro announced he supports the American President's fight against same-sex marriage, transgender people, and fake news. "May I say that Brazil and the United States stand side...
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...
