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Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project members marching in the Roanoke Pride Parade, 2016
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Blue Ridge Lambda Alliance (BRLA) members marching in the Washington, D.C. Gay Pride Parade, 1981.
Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project
we are a community-based history initiative committed to researching and telling the stories of LGBTQ+ individuals and organizations in our region
Explore the online Digital Archives
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Newsworthy
- How Communities Pathologized Sex Workers April 19, 2018
- Deploying Digital Technology to “Make Roanoke Queer Again” March 13, 2018
- Double Edged Sword: Queer Activism in the Internet Age January 15, 2018
- Roanoke LGBT Library Finds Home as Research Collection in Roanoke Diversity Center January 12, 2018
- Old Southwest Gayborhood Walking Tour Sheds Light on Roanoke’s LGBTQ History November 1, 2017
- Intersectional Activism & Early Gay Liberation in Southwest Virginia October 20, 2017
- Local Group Celebrates Anniversary of a Special Walking Tour September 25, 2017
- Queer Art, Queer History, and Queer Activism September 13, 2017
- Who Needs Gay Books? August 3, 2017
- Roanoke’s Gay Bar Scene Will Never Be the Same July 1, 2017
- Transmural: A Queer Space in Rural Virginia July 1, 2017
- Equal Time with Andrea Hilton May 10, 2017
- Gentrification and Queer Erasure in Roanoke, Virginia May 10, 2017
- Volunteers Working to Make LGBTQ Library More Accessible to Public May 10, 2017
- Responses to “Make Roanoke Queer Again” May 10, 2017
- Virginia May Be Getting First LGBT Historical Marker in Roanoke March 24, 2017
- Make Roanoke Queer Again February 3, 2017
- Reclaiming Queer Historical Space February 2, 2017
- LGBTQ History Walking Tour Guides People through Roanoke’s Gay Scene January 23, 2017
- Developing our Queer Historical Consciousness November 16, 2016
- Exploring Roanoke’s Queer Past November 10, 2016
- Queer Coffeeshop Talk November 10, 2016
- Sex and Storytelling in the Star City August 15, 2016
- Gay Community Coalesces July 13, 2016
- History Project Strives to Empower Southwest Virginia LGBT Community May 3, 2016
- Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project Well Underway February 18, 2016
- Southwest Virginia LGBT History Comes Alives January 6, 2016
- Panel Reflects on Change to Roanoke 15 Years After Backstreet Shooting September 22, 2015
Upcoming Events / Meetings
Sat-Sun, April 14-15: Pride in the Park @ Elmwood Park in downtown Roanoke. Come stop by our booth!
Sun, April 15, 2pm: Lesbian Herstory meet-and-greet with First Friday @ Pride in the Park. Meet at our booth.
Our next general meeting will be Tues, April 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm @ Parrott Room, 2nd fl., Roanoke Public Library, Jefferson Street in downtown Roanoke
Sun, April 22, 3pm-6pm: The Black LGBTQIA+ Experience @ Roanoke Diversity Center, 806 Jamison Avenue SE, Roanoke
Fri, April 27, 7pm: Third Annual #MakeRoanokeQueerAgain Bar Crawl. Meet inside City Market building in downtown Roanoke.
Sun, April 29, 2pm-4pm: Downtown Roanoke LGBTQ History Walking Tour. Meet inside City Market building.
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