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Understanding Intimate Partner Violence in the Context of Disability Pride Month

July 17, 2024 by Corey Mohr Leave a Comment

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….

Filed Under: Advocacy Tagged With: Identity, IPV, LGBTQ

How To Improve Your Mental Health During a Separation

July 18, 2022 by LGBT Life Center Leave a Comment

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…

Filed Under: Advocacy, Gay, Health, Identity LGBTQ, Lesbian, Mental Health, Transgender Tagged With: divorce, Hampton Roads, Identity, LGBTQ, separation

What is PRIDE in my life?

June 6, 2022 by LGBT Life Center Leave a Comment

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…

Filed Under: Advocacy, Bisexual, Gay, Identity LGBTQ, Lesbian, Transgender Tagged With: Bisexual, Hampton Roads, Identity, LGBTQ, pride, transgender

LGBTQ Bills Are on the Verge of Becoming Law in VA

February 11, 2020 by LGBT Life Center Leave a Comment

Danica Roem Stacie Walls

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…

Filed Under: Advocacy Tagged With: Center News, Identity, LGBTQ

Our Own Podcast: The Story of Tidewater Queers

August 16, 2018 by LGBT Life Center Leave a Comment

Our Own Podcast Facebook Cover

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…

Filed Under: Center News, Identity LGBTQ Tagged With: Identity

Join The ‘My Family’ Project

July 17, 2018 by LGBT Life Center 1 Comment

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…

Filed Under: Center News, Identity LGBTQ Tagged With: advocacy, Identity, LGBTQ

TIES Pop-Up: Norfolk Edition

July 10, 2018 by LGBT Life Center 3 Comments

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…

Filed Under: Advocacy, Center News, Events Tagged With: advocacy, Events, Identity

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