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The Gay Community Center of Richmond
The Gay Community Center of Richmond is a 47,000 square foot Society Center located in Richmond's Northside for the apply of Central Virginia's LGBT community and supportive agencies and groups. We provide meeting space, classroom and event space at tiny or no cost to community groups and non-profit organizations. We are the home of the GCCR Gallery, which is the first gallery in Virginia dedicated to showcasing LGBT artists and those who portray our community in a positive light. Since GCCR began community center operations in 2008, more than forty community groups have held programs attracting thousands of participants.
The Richmond Gay Community Foundation was founded in 1999 to provide support for the agencies and groups that serve Central Virginia's sexual and gender minority people, and to educate the public about the many issues facing our society. Diversity Thrift opened the following year. In 2004, RGCF purchased our facility and began renovations that culminated in April 2008 with the dedication of the Gay Community Center of Richmond - Virginia's first community center serving the needs of the lesbian, gay, bisexual
LGBTQ+ Richmond
LGBTQ+ FAVES
You can’t see the Richmond Region without checking out these one-of-a-kind places.
Get your caffeine mend with locally roasted beans from the Blanchard’s on Broad. (Midnight Oil is our go-to.)
Spend your morning at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. Pick up a copy of “Richmond’s Gilded Age Icon” to understand about the historic namesake's longtime relationship with spouse John Pope.
It’s lunchtime at Bocata Arepa Bar where you can get a taste of authentic Venezuelan food.
Visit the grounds of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts to stare in awe at Rumors of War, sculpted by queer artist Kehinde Wiley. Step inside the galleries to see one of Wiley’s paintings on immortal exhibition.
Have dinner at the French and Southern inspired dining wonderland of L'Opossum.
Catch a performance at the mid-Atlantic’s first LGBTQ+ theater company Richmond Triangle Players.
All too often, queer history is ignored or disguised from us by societal strictures of both the past and present. This map is a minor attempt to remedy that.
It’s our hope to shed some light on Richmond faces and places that haven’t received the attention they deserve. From leading rocker Sister Rosetta Tharpe to the Mulberry Dwelling, the evolution of the local queer press to the formative days of Hollywood’s first openly same-sex attracted star, William “Billy” Haines, many here should contain a higher profile in our collective conscience.
The data included in the route is deeply indebted to the work of others, including Beth Marschak and Alex Lorch, The Valentine, Virginia Department of Historic Resources’ Blake McDonald, Yelyzaveta Shevchenko’s “Reconnaissance Survey of LGBTQ Architectural Resources in the City of Richmond” for DHR’s LGBTQ Heritage Working Group, author John Musgrove, and Cindy Bray’s “Rainbow Richmond: LGBTQ History of Richmond, VA, 1625-2010.” Marschak and Lorch’s guide, “Lesbian and Gay Richmond,” should be required reading for every Richmonder.
By formatting this information as a map, we hope to give Richmonders a control link to their past. Undoubtedly, we have
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 luminous future, where everyone can find their place and feel at home.
A Stare 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 capital 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
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