VA Pride Festival 2010
The VA Pride Board of Directors is please to announce the 2010 VA Pride Festival, being held on
September 25th 2010!
From 2pm to 8pm at Kanawha Plaza in Downtown Richmond.
Sponsors, vendors and entertainment groups should mark their calendars NOW!
For more information, email Justin and follow updates on VAPride.org
Welcome Amy Lockett!
VA Pride is very pleased to welcome Amy Lockett to the VA Pride Board. Find out more about Amy, and all of the VA Pride Board members, at our website.
January Meeting date change
Due to the holidays, the January board meeting has been changed to Jan 10th @ 2pm. As always we will meet in the GCCR Classroom.
Thank you!
Richmond Transgender Day of Remembrance, 2009 – Nov 20
Gay Pride Virginia is a proud Sponsor of the Richmond Transgender Day of Remembrance, 2009 – taking place on Nov. 20th at the Richmond Friends Meeting House (4500 Kensington Ave., Richmond VA 23221) at 7pm.
Annually on Nov. 20, the Transgender Day or Remembrance honors the memory of those whose lives were lost to anti-transgender violence. When this effort was first undertaken in 1999, the rate of such deaths was roughly one per month. In recent years, that statistic has nearly doubled, to 20+ per year. The date is significant as the anniversary of the death of Rita Hester, a transgender woman whose life was cut short just weeks following the gay bashing death of Matthew Shepard. Whereas the Shepard case generated national press coverage and an unprecedented outcry against such violence, Ms. Hester was relegated to relative obscurity. To date, her murder remains an unsolved crime.
The Day or Remembrance is an international observance, with events planned in hundreds of cities across five continents. This year’s presentation in Richmond includes speakers who will address issues of violence facing the transgender community and readings by select individuals providing the name and a brief biography of one of the transgender persons murdered since last November 20. It is a time to come together, honor those lost individuals, and address this important issue within our community. Please join us on November 20 at the Richmond Friends Meeting House (4500 Kensington Ave., Richmond VA 23221) at 7pm.
Richmond King of Kings Pageant – 11/19 at Babes
The Richmond King of Kings Pageant is back!
Think you’ve got what it takes to win the title and $300 Grand Prize??
Gay Pride Virginia’s Richmond King of Kings Pageant will be held on Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 8:00 pm at Babes of Carytown, at 3166 West Cary Street in Richmond, Virginia.
Prize: Winner: $300.00 Runner Up: $100.00
Completed applications can be returned to Babes of Carytown, Malachi Love or any Gay Pride Virginia board member before close of business on November 8, 2009.
For more information, contact Malachi Love at malachi.love@yahoo.com.
Don’t miss this exciting event, full of surprises and special performances! Funds will benefit Gay Pride VA’s Scholarship Fund. *Students: Don’t forget to apply on our Scholarship page. We are accepting scholarship applications until midnight, 11/27
RICHMOND KING OF KINGS APPLICATION
Your new GPV Pageant Winners …
Gay Pride Virginia welcomes and congratulates our new title holders!
Lance Johnson - Mr. Gay Pride Virginia
Deija Diamond - Miss Capital City Gay Pride
We look forward to working with you and wish you the best during your reign!
GPV Scholarship App – NOW available
Gay Pride Virginia’s board of directors is proud to assist members of the LGBT Community and their family, friends and supporters with the expenses of post high school education. In 2009, three scholarships will be awarded which emphasize service to the community. The scholarship recipients will awarded on Saturday, December 12, 2009 to reimburse expenditures for the fall 2009 semester. There will be one $3,000 scholarship and two $1,000 scholarships awarded.
To apply, please complete the below application.
Once complete, please mail your application to:
Attn: Scholarships
Gay Pride Virginia
PO BOX 17706
Richmond VA 23226-2614.
Applications must be received by midnight on November 27th, 2009.
All questions should be sent, via e-mail, to GPV.Scholarships@yahoo.com
VCU LGBT Events
Here is what is up and coming on VCU’s campus. Come celebrate diversity at VCU!
October 1st 4pm-6pm Shockoe Room
Before Stonewall Film Discussion; Come experience life as LGBT American from the 1920’s to the 1960’s through archival films in this groundbreaking documentary
****Coming Out Week****
October 5th 10am-3pm University Student Commons Show Your Colors Day
Check out the Queer Action tables around the commons and pick up the ribbons that represent you!
7pm-9pm Office of Multicultural Student Affairs, Room 215 University Student Commons
For the Bible Tells Me So; Can the love between two people ever be an abomination? Is the chasm separating gays and lesbians and Christianity too wide to cross? Is the Bible an excuse to hate?
October 6th 10am-3pm
Wear Jeans if You’re Queer Day! Check out the Queer Action Tables around the Commons
October 7th 1pm-2pm Harris Hall Lawn
Coming Out Picnic – Join Queer Action for their annual Coming Out Picnic – Look for the rainbow picnic blanket!
October 8th 10am-3pm
Hershey Kiss a Queer Day; Check out the Queer Action Tables around the commons and get Hershey Kissed by a Queer!
5pm-7pm Office of Multicultural Student Affairs, Room 215 University Student Commons
Coming Out Day Celebration! Join us as we celebrate being out and proud! Food and beverages will be served.
****End of Coming Out Week****
October 20th 12pm-1pm Office of Multicultural Student Affairs, Room 215 University Student Commons
Brown Bag Discussion: Obama’s LGBT Policies – Has Obama kept his promises to the LGBT community? How has he progressed so far?
October 22nd 9:30am-10:45am Virginia Room A, University Student Commons
Gender and the Body: Transgender Panel Speaks – Come explore life beyond the gender binary as we hear from local transgender advocates about the spectrum between gender and the body.
October 22nd 4pm-6pm Shockoe Room, University Student Commons
After Stonewall Film Discussion – Come witness the struggles and challenges faced by the post LGBT rights movement generation and discuss the efforts still needed
October 26th 7pm-9pm Commonwealth B, University Student Commons
Beth Marschak, co-author of Gay and Lesbian Richmond speaks about her experiences putting together LGBT history in Richmond. Come learn about LGBT History right here in Richmond!
October 28th 3pm-5pm Office of Multicultural Student Affairs, Room 215 University Student Commons
Almost Normal, Diversity Film Series – What if gays were the majority? Come check out this hilarious comedy about life on the flipside.
October 29th 4pm-6pm Shockoe Room, University Student Commons
Paris is Burning, film discussion – this controversial documentary explores the lives of New York City minority drag queens in the late 1980’s.
King of Kings Pageant … 11/19
Save the date and look for more information soon on the upcoming King of Kings Pageant!
Who will win the crown this time around? You’ll have to be there to find out!
Cancel Buju Banton Concert
Buju Banton is a Jamaican reggae singer who in a twenty-year career has repeatedly called for the maiming and murder of gay men. In response to Buju Banton’s scheduled appearance at the National on September 26, community organizers have created a Facebook group called “Cancel Buju Banton ‘Faggots Must Die’ Shows in Virginia”. Click here to learn more!
