Yakagadzirirwa muguta rakanaka uye rakasiyana-siyana reNorfolk, iro rine rimwe remaguta makuru eLGBT munyika, asiwo kushandira uye kuveza vanhu kubva kuKeasapeake Bay iri pedyo neVirginia Beach, Newport News, Hampton, Portsmouth, uye Chesapeake, Hampton Roads Gay Pride inoitika pakati pekupedzisira kweJune - zuva rino gore, iro vhiki iri mberi kwegore rakapera, ndiJune 17 ne18, 2016.
Iyo yakanyanya kunyanya mukati uye yakakomberedza nhoroondo yegungwa reNorfolk, Hampton Roads Pridefest haina kujairika pakuti ndiyo imwe chete yekuungana kwakadaro munyika kuti iwane Pride Parade mumvura.
Kutora nzvimbo masikati musi weMugovera, June 18, iyo Hampton Roads Pridefest Boat Parade inofadza vanhu vazhinji, panguva iyo zviuru zvinosvika kumvura kunotarisa mabhazi ezvisikwa zvose uye mashizha, vazhinji vavo vanofambidzana nemapuranga emvura, vanoumba mumvura . Zvimwe zviitiko zvezuva guru re Pridefest zvinosanganisira mutambo wemasikati paNorfolk mvura yeGuta rePal Point Park (W. Main St. kuMvuraside Dr) iyo inosanganisira maitiro nemhando dzakawanda dzemimhanzi dzinoita zuva rose uye manheru. Gore rino kugadzirisa chiito ichi ndicho synthpop muimbi-songwriter Betty Who.
Chimwe chiitiko chikuru chikuru cheHinnton Roads Pride ndiChishanu-usiku (June 17) Pride Block Party, yakabvira kubva muna7 masikati kusvikira pakati peusiku uye ichiitika kuGhent kusvika 20th Street uye Llewellyn Avenue. Pane kutamba kune DJ, zvokudya zvakakura, uye zvakawanda zvemufaro.
Muvhiki rose rinotungamirira kune zviitiko zvikuru, panewo zvimwe zvakawanda zvakabatana neHosttons Pride zviitiko, kusanganisira chikamu chechikwata musi weSvondo, Gumiguru 12, chichiteverwa neusiku hwemafirimu, Kuzvikudza kwekupemberera kutenderera kwekunamata, pamwe nekumwe kuungana kumwe kweusiku humwe.
Hampton Nzira, Norfolk, uye Virginia Gay Scenes
Hampton Migwagwa inosanganisira nzvimbo yegungwa reVirginia apo Elizabeth, Nansemond, uye James nzizi hadzina chinhu muCheesapeake Bay uyewo nzvimbo inosangana neAtlantic Ocean. Ndiyo imwe yenharaunda yeMid-Atlantic iri kumahombekombe makuru emasvingo, ine misha yakabatanidzwa yevanhu vane mamiriyoni 1,7, uye maguta ayo makuru anosanganisira Virginia Beach (450,000), Norfolk (250,000), Chesapeake, (235,000), Newport News (185,000), uye Hampton (140,000).
Pakati peizvi, kunyange zvazvo Virginia Beach yakawanda uye ine imwe yenharaunda yeGBB yakakurumbira, iyo Rainbow Cactus Company, Norfolk ine nzvimbo yakakura zvikuru uye inonyanya kuonekwa uye yakashamwaridzana nevarume vanoita gay. Kunyanya, nhoroondo yeGhent yomunharaunda inzvimbo inonyanya kufarirwa yeLGBT vanhu vari muNorfolk kuti vararame uye vatambe.
Norfolk, Virginia Gay Resources
Kunyange zvazvo Chesapeake Bay nzvimbo isingashumirwi nepepanhau re LGBT, sangano reHolton Roads Pride rine peji rinonyatsonyatsorongodza nzvimbo yakawanda yehupfumi nemapoka akapoteredza nzvimbo. Panewo Hampton Roads Q-Matrix, RGBR Resource Directory panzvimbo. Imwe nzvimbo inobatsira ndiyo inowanikwa kuHalkton Roads Business OutReach (HRBOR), iyo LGBT yekambani yekutengeserana. Zvokupedzisira asi kwete zvishoma, VEER Magazine ndeyezvimwe zvinyorwa zvemashoko makuru uye ezvezoridhiso paWallton Roads nzvimbo yose izere nemazano ekudyira, usikulife, makontikiti, nezvimwe - zvakasimba chaizvo pamusoro pekugoverwa kweGGBT, zvakare.
Imwe nzvimbo inonyanya kukosha inoshanyira Norfolk Nhasi, iyo inobudiswa nehurumende yehurumende yehurumende yekushanyira uye inosanganisira mazano pamusoro pekugara, zvakakwirira, uye nezvimwe zvakadaro. Nekushandiswa kukuru, kana uri kuronga kuongorora nzvimbo yacho, iyo mapeji ehofisi emahofisi ehofisi paW Hampton Roads.
Pasingapfuuri nemaawa maviri kubva muguta reVirginia, uchaonawo nzvimbo yakajeka uye yakajeka yeGBBT. Tarisa muRichmond Gay Nightlife Guide nokuda kwemafungiro pamusoro pekuenda uye kugoverana muguta iroro. Zvimwe zvinhu zvinobatsira ikoko zvinosanganisira GayRVA.com, webhusaiti yeLGBT iri muguta, uye Gay Community Centre yeRichmond.