Name/Nickname: QuinciPronouns: She/herJob title: Intimate Partner Violence Counselor Where’d you come from, and what’d you do there? I moved here from Ann Arbor Michigan, but I am originally from Virginia Beach, VA! I’m here to help you with… healing from a violent relationship or helping to identify intimate partner violence if you’re unsure. I can also help with an exit…
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LGBT Life Center Among Hundreds of LGBT Organizations Leaving Twitter After Hate Speech Protections Removed by Elon Musk
LGBT Life Center has made the decision to join a growing chorus of LGBTQ+ organizations that are deactivating their Twitter accounts due to the proliferation of hate speech and the decision by Elon Musk to roll back policies protecting trans individuals from dehumanizing attacks. Twitter has increasingly become a bastion for hate since Elon Musk…
LGBT Life Center Begins New Partnership with Affirming Doctor, Treatment Services
Portsmouth, VA – LGBT Life Center is thrilled to announce a new clinical partnership with TMM Medical Group and Dr. Jimmy Cooper, located at 3520 High St Suite 100, Portsmouth, VA 23707. The new clinical partnership with Dr. Jimmy Cooper, DHA, FNP-C, and TMM Medical Group, will add LGBTQ+ affirming primary care, as well as STI…
Welcome Some New-ish Faces at the LGBT Life Center
We are excited to welcome many new faces to the LGBT Life Center! This week, we’re excited to introduce Leah, Tyler, and Jennifer! Leah Raisor (she/her/hers)Senior Services Specialist Where’d you come from and what’d you do there? I worked for Chesapeake Human Services where I conducted investigations for child welfare. There, I was an investigator…
We condemn the policies against trans+ youth
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.
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…