President Biden saluted the LGBTQ community for National Coming Out Day today, and promised he'd have our back as state legislatures around the country continue to push for anti-LGBTQ laws. After four years of silence from the White House, it was a refreshing change....
Support Pride Month From Home With The RVA Virtual Pride Market
A brand-new event is coming to Richmond, and you won’t have to leave your house to attend. The RVA Virtual Pride Market this Saturday lets us support LGBTQ small businesses from home. It’s June in Richmond, and in a normal year, it would be time to enjoy the many...
Pride Was “Hot & Sweaty,” But Not In the Way I Imagined
"My first time attending VA PrideFest ended with me being 10 pounds lighter," writes GayRVA contributor Christopher Brown. Richmond’s annual VA PrideFest doesn’t happen in June, like many Pride festivals across the nation. It instead takes place in late September, and...
What’s Your Story? Secretly Y’all Wants To Hear It
Secretly Y'all's first LGBTQ-focused storytelling event takes place later this month at Diversity Richmond... and they're looking for a few good storytellers. Have you ever felt petrified just at the thought of sharing who you had a crush on? Has your heart ever felt...
Kentucky School Administrators Force Students to Remove LGBTQ-Pride T-Shirts
"We don't promote that here," school administrators told the students, before outing several of them to their parents. Administrators at a Kentucky high school reportedly forced several students to remove LGBTQ-affirming t-shirts. The students say they were told “we...
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