For Richmond drag performer Melanin Monroe, drag has been the key element in moving beyond her struggles and achieving her full potential. For Richmond drag queen Melanin Monroe, drag is medicine. “Performing is an escape. It’s therapeutic,” Monroe said. “Drag...
Our 2019 Summer Pride Guide, in collaboration with VA Pride, is out now! Here’s one of our articles from that magazine, in which Wyatt Gordon examines Richmond's lack of a gayborhood, and what that means for our city. If I told you I went to a bar in the Castro, would...
Years after making waves at Babe’s of Carytown, ANIMAL is lighting up the River City once more at The Hof. You know the place. Pulsing bass and treble under your feet, around your head. It feels like it’s coming from deep inside your body. Spurts of fog blast out from...
*This article originally appeared in RVA Mag #35, on the streets now at all your favorite spots. Out of more than 660,000 restaurants in the U.S., less than 7 percent are led by female chefs. The food and restaurant business has an inherent bias against women, and...
*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...