The LGBT Life Center strongly condemns the harmful new policies proposed by Governor Youngkin that target transgender and gender non-conforming students. By removing safe spaces in the classroom, this policy will lead to higher suicide rates and worse mental health outcomes for LGBTQ+ and specifically transgender+ youth.
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Welcome New Faces at the LGBT Life Center
We are excited to welcome many new faces to the LGBT Life Center! Over the next few weeks, we’ll be highlighting our team so you can get to know some new faces around the center. This week, we’re excited to introduce Sid, Li, and Kelsey! Sid Neighbours (he/him/his)Senior Services Program Manager Where’d you come from…
LGBT Life Center is expanding- and we need your help
The LGBT Life Center has proudly served the Hampton Roads area since 1989. The mission of the LGBT Life Center includes providing testing and treatment, which is much needed in the Hampton area.
We’ve Got Work To Do
People call us an abomination. They quote The Bible and tell us ‘man shall not lay with man.’ Leviticus 18:22, I know the verse and chapter by heart because it is regularly slung at us (they forget the verses that tell them to love). They call us names; freak, faggot, queer, dyke (they mean to…
Welcoming Willow to Housing
Name/Nickname: Willow Gibbons; no nickname. Pronouns: She/her Job Title at LGBT Life Center: Housing Case Manager Where’d you come from and what’d you do there? The Home Depot, full-time garden associate (unofficial, unrecognized supervisor). I’m here to help you with: PHP and STRMU (housing assistance); soon, I’ll also be managing the shelter we have here. How did you become interested…
Tips to Not Let Stress Get the Best of You
Tips to Not Let Stress Get the Best of You This resource guide is a guest post from Gwen Payne, gpayne@invisiblemoms.com Self-isolation is a term we’ve grown used to nowadays. But just because some of us have to do it at some point or another doesn’t make it any easier. Self-isolation can also be the…
Serving the Underserved
Name/Nickname: Cora Morrow (no nickname) Pronouns: She/her Job Title at LGBT Life Center: Housing intake specialist Where’d you come from and what’d you do there? I worked for the YWCA as a Residential Service Assistant for the shelter. There I would complete the intake and provide support for clients leaving domestic/sexual violence throughout the stay in the shelter. I…
Housing Helps Our Community
Name/Nickname: Shelby, no nickname! Pronouns: She/her Job Title at LGBT Life Center: Housing intake specialist Where’d you come from and what’d you do there? I came from Hampton Roads Community Action Program and I was a part of their Emergency Service Department where I did their Rent Relief Program. I also transitioned to their Community Navigation Intiative department as…
Connecting Our 50 and Better Community
Name/Nickname: Lauren T. Furey and I go by Lauren (I use my middle initial too because there’s a famous chef in Florida named Lauren Furey). Pronouns: She/her Job Title at LGBT Life Center: Senior Services Program Manager Where’d you come from and what’d you do there? I’ve been in the museum field for forty years and my most recent…
Payroll with Purpose
Name/Nickname: James McCaddin (Jim) Pronouns: He/him Job Title at LGBT Life Center: Payroll Coordinator Where’d you come from and what’d you do there? Catering/Restaurant Management I’m here to help you with: Payroll/Benefits administration and Finance department support (grant reimbursement packages, Mental Health Program, 340b Pharmacy program). How did you become interested in this job/type of work? I have always been drawn…