Virginia nonprofits Side By Side and Virginia Home for Boys and Girls team up to tackle LGBTQ youth homelessness with Pride Place. Virginia nonprofit organizations Side By Side and the Virginia Home for Boys and Girls have teamed up to create new housing spaces for...
Supporting the Black Community During Pride Month
It's Pride month, and in a time of frustration and action over police violence, local LGBTQ organizations are focusing their advocacy and support efforts on helping and uplifting the black LGBTQ community. Tear gas and pepper spray sting the eyes of protesters. Masked...
How Richmond’s LGBTQ Nonprofits Prep For Pandemic Life
Nonprofits dedicated to helping Richmond’s LGBTQ community contemplate reopening, having taken serious financial losses, all while developing new ways to reach those in need. On May 5, Diversity Thrift posted a photo to Facebook of employees Ivan and Darren,...
How Central VA’s LGBTQ Community Is Responding To Coronavirus
Plans are changing. Alternate arrangements are being made. Around Richmond and central Virginia, LGBTQ organizations are adjusting to the restrictions required by coronavirus. Here's what you need to know. From the tediousness of sheltering in place to the terrifying...
Hundreds of LGBTQ Advocates Lobby Lawmakers for Protections
Equality Virginia and the Commonwealth's LGBTQ community continue to lobby state legislators for important LGBTQ protections. Now that Democrats control the General Assembly, they're having some success. The day after hundreds lobbied lawmakers on behalf of LGBTQ...
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