Due to concerns over COVID-19, VA Pride has announced that the 2020 edition of their annual PrideFest, originally scheduled for September 26, will not occur. Considering everything that's been going on over the past several months with the ongoing coronavirus...
There For Those In Need
Captain Michael Bender, who became Richmond Police Department's new LGBTQ Liaison in August, wants to ensure that Richmond's LGBTQ community feels welcomed and included throughout the city. In June 1969, police raided Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City,...
Children Are The Future: VA Pride Firework Award Honoree Ted Lewis Provides Crucial Support For VA’s LGBTQ Youth
Our 2019 Fall Pride Guide, in collaboration with VA Pride, is out now! In this article from the magazine, we learn more about this year's VA Pride Firework honoree, Side By Side Executive Director Ted Lewis. You might know this year’s VA Pride Firework Award honoree,...
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...
ANIMAL Celebrates Pride With A (Go! Pop!) Bang! At The Dark Room
The celebrated queer dance party, ANIMAL, returns to The Dark Room with a post-PrideFest throwdown featuring Baltimore club star Rye Rye. If you're planning to leave the house at all tomorrow, we expect to see you at Brown's Island. The park island on the James River...
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