VA Pridefest provides LGBTQ+ support after two-year hiatus
Milo Richards, Contributing Writer VA Pridefest hosted one of its largest crowds this Saturday, Sept. 24 with notable headliners, colorful flags, booths and donations. Many of the donations from different vendors will go towards LGBTQ+ issues, like Governor Youngkin’s new transgender bill, according to one vending booth Dayum This is My Jam. The COVID-19 pandemic […]
LGBTQ community celebrates at RVA Pride
Hannah Eason, News Editor VCU students Bailey Wood and Carina Hines held hands under an array of rainbow flags during VA PrideFest 2019. Drag shows were seen on stage, vendors filled the area and music could be heard from every direction on Saturday at Brown’s Island. “I just really value seeing queer people being able to […]
People of PrideFest: Thousands flock to Brown’s Island for Pride
Hannah Eason, News Editor Thousands of people went to Brown’s Island on Saturday for PrideFest. The day included many vendors, drag shows and members of the LBGTQ community from all over Virginia. “You have your blood relatives, but your ‘chosen family’ is a common term used in the gay community as someone that you either […]
Let love shine: PrideFest 2016
PrideFest 2016 drew more than 15,000 of Richmond’s LGBTQ community and allies to Brown’s Island for a cloudless day of celebration, support, advocacy and community outreach. “We’re in a moment right now where queer and trans people and specifically queer and trans people of color, are really at odds with the way the state is […]
VA PrideFest 2011 takes on downtown Richmond
Richmond LGBTQ community comes together for VA PrideFest
CT PRIDE GUIDE 2011: Get your pride on all day, all night
Nick Bonadies Spectrum Editor It’s that time of year again: With Mother Nature about to change out her wardrobe, Virginia’s annual gay pride festival PrideFest returns to Kanawha Plaza on South Eighth Street this Saturday, Sept. 24. PrideFest runs from noon to 8 p.m. and features multitudinous Virginia drag performers, a Mr. VA Pride pageant with […]