Mzinda wa Norfolk, womwe uli ndi mphamvu komanso wosiyanasiyana, womwe umakhala ndi umodzi mwa anthu akuluakulu a LGBT m'boma, komanso anthu omwe amagwira ntchito ndi ojambula kuchokera ku midzi ya Chesapeake Bay ya Virginia Beach, Newport News, Hampton, Portsmouth, ndi Chesapeake, Hampton Roads Gay Pride imachitika pakati pakumapeto kwa June - tsikuli chaka chino, lomwe liri sabata kuposa chaka chatha, ndi June 17 ndi 18, 2016.
Mzinda wa Norfolk, Hampton Roads Pridefest ndi wosayembekezereka chifukwa ndi umodzi mwa misonkhano yokhayokha yomwe ikuchitika padziko lapansi kuti igwirizane ndi Pride Parade pamadzi.
Kufika masana Loweruka, June 18, Hampton Roads Pridefest Boat Parade ndizokondweretsa anthu ambiri, panthawi yomwe zikwi zikwi zimayambira kutsogolo kuti ziziyang'ana mabwato a mawonekedwe onse ndi kukula kwake, ambiri mwa iwo amawombera ndi mbendera za utawaleza, amapanga maulendo apanyanja . Zochitika zina pa tsiku lalikulu la Pridefest zikuphatikizapo phwando lamadzulo ku Norfolk m'mphepete mwa nyanja a Town Point Park (W. Main St. ku Waterside Dr.) zomwe zikuphatikizapo machitidwe osiyanasiyana a masewero tsiku ndi madzulo. Chotsatira cha chaka chino ndi synthpop woimba nyimbo-wolemba Betty Who.
Chochitika china chachikulu cha Hampton Roads Pride ndi Lachisanu usiku (June 17) Pride Block Party, kuyambira 7 koloko mpaka pakati pausiku ndikuchitika ku Ghent kuzungulira 20th Street ndi Llewellyn Avenue. Pali kuvina kwa DJ, zakudya zabwino, ndi masewera ambiri.
Mu sabata yonse yomwe ikutsogolera zochitika zazikulu, palinso zochitika zina zambiri zokhudzana ndi Hamptons Pride zochitika, kuphatikizapo phwando lachitukuko Lamlungu, June 12, lotsatiridwa ndi usiku wa mafilimu, Kukondwerera kuphatikizana, kuphatikizapo msonkhano wina uliwonse usiku uliwonse.
Mapiri a Hampton, Norfolk, ndi Virginia Gay Scenes
Misewu ya Hampton ili ndi malo a Virginia omwe ali m'mphepete mwa nyanja komwe Elizabeth, Nansemond, ndi James amapezeka mu Chesapeake Bay komanso kumene malowa akukumana ndi nyanja ya Atlantic. Ndi imodzi mwa madera akuluakulu a m'mphepete mwa nyanja ya Mid-Atlantic, yomwe ili ndi anthu 1.7 miliyoni, ndipo mizinda yake ikuluikulu ndi Virginia Beach (450,000), Norfolk (250,000), Chesapeake, (235,000), Newport News (185,000), ndi Hampton (140,000).
Mwa izi, ngakhale Virginia Beach ndi yaikulu ndipo ili ndi imodzi ya ma LGBT mabungwe otchuka kwambiri a dzikoli, Company Rainbow Cactus, Norfolk ili ndi malo akuluakulu komanso owonetsetsa kwambiri okhudzana ndi amuna kapena akazi okhaokha. Kwenikweni, malo otchuka a Ghent amakhala malo otchuka kwambiri kwa anthu a LGBT ku Norfolk kuti azikhala ndi kusewera.
Norfolk, Virginia Gay Resources
Ngakhale kuti dera la Chesapeake Bay silitumikiridwa ndi nyuzipepala ina ya LGBT, bungwe la Hampton Roads Pride lili ndi tsamba lothandizira kwambiri lomwe lili ndi makina ambirimbiri ndi magulu kuzungulira dera. Palinso Hampton Roads Q-Matrix, Buku lothandizira la LGBT m'deralo. Malo ena othandiza ndi malo a Hampton Roads Business OutReach (HRBOR), a LGBT chipinda cha malonda. Chotsatira, magazini ya VEER ndizofalitsa zosangalatsa zambiri komanso zosangalatsa pa malo onse otchedwa Hampton Roads omwe ali ndi malangizo othandizira kudya, usiku, masewera, ndi zina zambiri - ndizowonjezereka kwambiri pankhani ya LGBT.
Malo amodzi othandizira ndiyendera Norfolk Today, yomwe imapangidwa ndi bungwe lapadera la zokopa alendo ndipo limaphatikizapo malingaliro a malo okhala, zokopa zapamwamba, ndi zina zotero. Za ntchito zambiri, ngati mukukonzekera kufufuza dera lanu, ndi maofesi a ofesi ya zokopa alendo ku state pa Hampton Roads.
Pansi pa maola awiri kutali ndi mzinda wa Virginia, mumapezekanso malo otchuka a LGBT. Onetsetsani buku la Richmond Gay Nightlife Guide kuti mudziwe za m'mene mungathere ndikukhala nawo mumzindawu. Zothandizira zina zilipo ndi GayRVA.com, webusaiti ya LGBT mumzindawu, ndi Gay Community Center ya Richmond.