Uhlala emzini waseNorfolk onamandla futhi ohlukahlukene, onomunye wemiphakathi ye-LGBT enkulu kunawo wonke esifundazweni, kodwa futhi abantu abakhonza futhi abadweba kusukela emadolobheni aseChesapeake Bay aseduze eVirginia Beach, eNewport News, eHlton, ePortsmouth naseChesapeake, e-Hampton Roads I-Gay Pride yenzeka phakathi kwaze kwaba sekupheleni kukaJuni - usuku lonyaka, oluyiviki ngaphambi konyaka odlule, nguJuni 17 no-18, 2016.
Ebhekiswe ikakhulukazi nasendlini yomlando yasolwandle yaseNorfolk, iH Hampton Roads Pridefest ayimangalisa ngoba kungomunye wemibuthano enjalo kuphela emhlabeni yokusingatha iPadde Parade emanzini.
Ukuthatha indawo emini ngoMgqibelo, ngoJuni 18, i-Hampton Roads Pridefest Boat Parade yinto enhle kakhulu yezixuku, lapho izinkulungwane ezihamba phambili zihamba phambili ukuze zibuke izikebhe zazo zonke izinhlobo nobukhulu, iningi lazo zifakwe amaflegi, zifake umjikelezo wamanzi . Ezinye izenzakalo kulolu suku oluyinhloko lwe-Pridefest zibandakanya umkhosi wamasontfu eNorth Point Park yaseWorfolk (W. Main St. e-Waterside uDkt) okubandakanya ukusebenza ngezingoma eziningi zomculo ezingokoqobo nakusasa. Isenzo sokuhlobisa kulo nyaka ngumculi wezingoma zomculo we-synthpop uBetty Who.
Esinye isenzakalo esikhulu esikhulu seHotton Roads Pride yiLwesihlanu ebusuku (Juni 17), i-Pride Block Party, ebanjwe kusukela ngo-7: 00 kuze kufike phakathi kwamabili bese kwenzeka eGhent ngase-20th Street naseLlewellyn Avenue. Kukhona ukudansa ku-DJ, ukudla okukhulu, nokuningi kwemikhuba yokuzijabulisa.
Kuwo wonke amasonto okuholela ezenzakalweni ezinkulu, kunezinye izenzakalo eziningana ezihlobene ne-Hamptons Pride, kufaka phakathi iqembu lokukhwabanisa ngeSonto, ngo-Juni 12, kulandelwa ubusuku be-movie, ukugubha izinkolo zokuzikhukhumeza, okungenani okunye okuhlangene ebusuku.
I-Hampton Roads, i-Norfolk, ne-Virginia Beach Gay Scenes
I-Hampton Roads ihlanganisa indawo yaseVirginia esogwini lapho i-Elizabeth, Nansemond, neJacob imifula engekho eChesapeake Bay nalapho ihlangana khona i-Atlantic Ocean. Ngenye yezindawo ezisemadolobheni amakhulu kunazo zonke ezisogwini lwaseMid-Atlantic, enezigidi eziyizigidi ezingu-1.7 zabantu, futhi amadolobha ayo ayisizinda ahlanganisa iVirge Beach (450,000), i-Norfolk (250,000), i-Chesapeake, (235,000), i-Newport News (185,000), futhi I-Hampton (140,000).
Kulezi zindawo, nakuba iVirg Beach Beach inkulu futhi inomunye wemigwaqo ye-LGBT eyaziwa kakhulu yombuso, i-Rainbow Cactus Company, iNorfolk inendawo enkulu kunazo zonke futhi eqondile futhi exhunyiwe yocansi kanye nemigoqo eminingi yama-gay. Ikakhulukazi, indawo yaseGhent yomlando yindawo evelele kakhulu yabantu base-LGBT eNorfolk ukuze baphile futhi badlale.
I-Norfolk, i-Virginia Gay Resources
Nakuba isifunda saseChesapeake Bay singakhonjelwa iphephandaba elithile le-LGBT, inhlangano ye-Hampton Roads Pride inekhasi elihle kakhulu elibonisa uhlu lwezinsiza nezinkampani ezizungeze indawo. Kukhona futhi i-Hampton Roads Q-Matrix, i-LGBT Resource Directory endaweni. Esinye isayithi eliwusizo yi-directory ye-Hampton Roads Business OutReach (HRBOR), igumbi le-LGBT yesifundazwe lesentengiselwano. Okokugcina, i-VEER Magazine iyinhlangano ehlukile yobuciko kanye nokuzijabulisa e-Hampton Roads endaweni egcwele izeluleko zokudla, i-nightlife, amakhonsathi, nokunye okuningi-kunamandla nakakhulu ekubukeni kwe-LGBT.
Indawo eyodwa ewusizo kakhulu ukuvakashela iNorfolk Namuhla, eyenziwa yinhlangano esemthethweni yezokuvakasha futhi ihlanganisa namathiphu lapho uhlala khona, ukukhangisa okuphezulu, njalonjalo. Ngokusetshenziswa okubanzi, uma uhlela ukuhlola lesi sifunda, yiwo amakhasi ehhovisi le-tourism wesimo se-Hampton Roads.
Ngaphansi kwamahora amabili ukusuka enhlokodolobha-dolobha yaseVirginia, uzothola isimo se-LGBT esinqunyiwe futhi esithandekayo. Hlola umhlahlandlela we-Richmond Gay Nightlife ukuze uthole imibono mayelana nokuthi ungaphi futhi uhlanganyele kulowo muzi. Ezinye izinsiza eziwusizo lapha zifaka i-GayRVA.com, iwebhusayithi ye-LGBT edolobheni, kanye nesikhungo somphakathi we-Gay waseRichmond.