July is Disability Pride Month, celebrating the achievements, contributions, and identities of people with disabilities while raising awareness about their challenges. Initiated in 1990, the year the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law, this month is also a crucial time to address the heightened risk of violence faced by individuals with disabilities….
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How To Improve Your Mental Health During a Separation
Guest Article written by Jori Hamilton When you get married, commit to a commonlaw marriage, or go through a long-term relationship, the last thing on your mind is the potential future of parting ways. Unfortunately, even the strongest relationships can fall apart for a variety of reasons. Statistics show that members of the LGBTQIA+ community…
What is PRIDE in my life?
Community Guest Post by Nichole Pritchard For decades, the LGBTQ+ community has lived in the shadows often leading a double life – pretending to be straight to maintain their jobs and community ties and only safe to be themselves with their close-knit group of friends and family. Being their authentic selves was against the law…
LGBTQ Bills Are on the Verge of Becoming Law in VA
On the heels of LGBTQ+ protections passing out of committee for the first time ever, LGBT Life Center joined Hampton Roads Pride, Transgender Assistance Program of VA, and New Life Metropolitan Community Church for Equality Virginia’s Day of Action on February 4. Fifty Hampton Roads residents joined us on a charter bus to go to…
Our Own Podcast: The Story of Tidewater Queers
Our Own (Podcast) Story Our history is fading; with each passing year we lose touch with a little bit of who we are. People pass, memories fade, and dominant cultures write history as they see it, which often doesn’t include an LGBTQ story line (in spite of its existence). As Kira Kindley, creator of Own…
Join The ‘My Family’ Project
Calling all families! Whether you’re gay, straight, pansexual, poly, a drag family–we’d love to hear from you. We’re looking for families who are willing to be photographed for our ‘My Family’ project. Love Defines A Family Every day, members of the LGBTQ community challenge traditional definitions of what it means to be a family. With…
TIES Pop-Up: Norfolk Edition
TIES Pop-Up Comes to Norfolk Last fall we told you about TIES, the Transgender Information and Empowerment Summit, happening in Richmond. That event was a huge success (we sent 8 people from Hampton Roads!). It was so successful, in fact, that TIES is hitting the the road and doing pop-ups across the commonwealth. You can…