Richmond in lgbtq

In the month of June, Pride Month is dedicated to celebrating the LGBTQI+ collective, highlighting their significant contributions, acknowledging their struggles, and fostering a sense of allyship.

Here are a list of the vibrant pride events taking place in Richmond throughout the entire month.

Saturday 3 June

Event taking place on Saturday 3 June.

Pride Walk and Celebration

The West London Queer Project will be celebrating Celebration with a 10k Walk and Celebration, along the Thames, in aid of Motor Neurone Disease. The event will also include performances from Ru Paul’s Drag Race contestant Pixie Polite and more. Tickets are available to publication online, which includes a medal and food and drink.

Event details:

• Date: Saturday 3 June
• Time: 10am
• Location: Furnival Gardens, Hammersmith W6 9DG
• Price: £20
• Booking:Register for Pride Walk

Saturday 10 June

Event taking place on Saturday 10 June.

Pink Proms

Hosted by the Richmond and Wandsworth LGBT Equality and Ally Team, Pink Proms returns to Normansfield Theatre. Join for a night to keep in mind, with a superb array of tune from the London Gay Symphonic Winds Orchestra.

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  The Gap LGBTQ+ Youth Club (Free2b)

  Info:

  The Gap Youth Club #freedom2byourself
  Are you aged 13-19 (Up to 25 for young people with disabilities)
  Are you…Lesbian, Gay, Multi-attracted , Transgender or Questioning your sexuality/gender?

  About The Gap
  Meets every Friday, 6-8pm in the Clapham Junction area.  Please note we do not advertise our address in order to help our group feel safe. For details of our venue please get in touch!

  The GAP Youth Club proposals a safe, social vacuum for LGBTQ+ young people to meet up, providing:
      •    access to organization activities and workshops
      •    1:1 support and advice

  Please get in stroke if you’d like to find out more about our volunteer opportunities.

  Services:

  Sexual Health

  Contraception

  Emotional Health and Wellbeing

  • LGBTQ - Lesbian / Gay / Bisexual / Transgender / Questioning

  Opening Hours:

  Notes:	For details of our venue please obtain in touch!

  Please note: The website is not checked on a daily basis. Some service details may not reflect real period / last minute changes. If in doubt, please call or email the service directly before trav

  LGBTQ Richmond, Virginia

  Richmond is the capital of Virginia and home to more than 200,000 people. It’s a city with a prolonged history, and a shiny future, where everyone can find their place and feel at home.

  A See at Richmond’s History

  The history of Richmond is a long one – in fact, Richmond is one of America’s oldest cities. Patrick Henry, a U.S. Founding Father, famously declared “Give me liberty or give me death” in Richmond at St. John's Church in 1775, a proclamation which eventually led to the Revolutionary War. Richmond also played a central role in the Civil War, serving as the capital of the Confederacy, and the location of the Confederate White House, where Confederate President Jefferson Davis resided. Despite its deep roots and Civil War history, however, today, Richmond has grown into a vibrant, diverse, and forward-thinking urban area that is welcoming to all. It’s home to a rich arts and culture scene, many businesses and universities, and plenty to see and execute for all.

  Richmond - A Few Fun Facts

  • Famed writer, Edgar Allen Poe, grew up in Richmond.
  • The state capitol building in Richmond was designed by Thomas Jeffers
    

    The Gay Liberation Front (GLF) formed in 1970 or early 1971, inspired in part by a organization of the same label that formed in Unused York City following the riots at the Stonewall Inn. The GLF in Richmond was an informal organization, with no by-laws and no regularly scheduled meetings. The informal meetings were held in the home of the unofficial leader of the team and VCU alumni, Kenneth Pederson (1948 – 1991). The group formed based primarily on the San Francisco “Gay Manifesto.” The group sponsored at least 2 dances in 1971 held at the String Factory, a counter-culture dangle out on the SE corner of Laurel and Broad, blocks from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). An article in the VCU newspaper was the last mention of the company, noting their last conference in the summer of 1971. Even after GLF ceased to exist, Pederson continued passing out same-sex attracted positive literature/leaflets on the VCU campus,at local lgbtq+ bars and along the downtown “block."[1]

    Bob Swisher wrote about Pederson and GLF in an article “Shameless in Public” in Our Own Community Press, May 1988. “The actions of the Gay Liberation Front, however, were no mere college

    LGBT+ History Month

    This month (February) sees a month-long celebration of lesbian, gay, multi-attracted and transgender history including our history of the homosexual right movements in the UK. Each year has a different theme this year being Politics in Art, looking at how art has helped members of the Diverse community represent their struggles and labor towards a excel world.

    Simeon Solomon (1840-1905) was a member of the eminent Pre-Raphaelites and was known for his depictions of Jewish life alongside homosexual desires. Simeon was arrested and convicted for having relationships with men and his works were among major socialite collections of the time, including Oscar Wilde the poet John Addington Symonds. 

    Richmond has been recognizable to attract many artists, writers and playwrights over the years, including Virginia Wolf, Nowel Coward being born in Teddington and Alan Turing. Richmond has always had a vibrant LGBTQ collective with several Queer bars including The Imperial, Cobwebs and The Richmond Arms, all now sadly closed as are so many in the country. 

    Richmond was one of the few London boroughs who introduced a partnership register for LGBT couples, it held one of the first Civil Cere