Local, Regional, and International News of Interest
Local Richmond Organizations
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The Social Security Administration is now processing survivor’s benefits claims for ALL surviving same-sex partners and spouses who were barred from marriage, regardless of whether they had applied for those benefits in the past. For a full explanation and a series of Q&As, log into ssa.gov/people/lgbtq/couples.html.
Activism and LGBTQ Support
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Metro Weekly
- How Joseph Fenity Captured 9/11’s Missing Voices September 11, 2026
- Walk to End HIV Aims to Raise $400,000 for Whitman-Walker September 10, 2026
- Merrily We Roll Along Review: Signature’s Rewarding Revival September 8, 2026
- House Queen: Salina EsTitties on Life After Big Brother September 7, 2026
- Gay Detective Alleges Sexual Assault and Harassment at Work September 7, 2026
- Looking for Lilli’s: Sapphic Bar Seeks Arlington Home September 6, 2026
- Fired Georgia Southern Employee Wins $250K LGBTQ Settlement September 6, 2026
- Gay, Disabled Worker Sues Town for Discrimination September 5, 2026
- New Guide Helps Florida Drag Artists Know Their Rights September 3, 2026
- Gunman Kills 2 Outside Tucson Gay Bar in Anti-LGBTQ Attack September 2, 2026
Queerty*
Queerty
- Practical Magic, cozy candles & Zachary Gordon’s glow up: 10 things we’re obsessed with this week September 12, 2026
- Dylan Efron’s bro trip, Patrick McDonald’s cruise fit, & Ronnie Woo’s snack September 12, 2026
- Tim Curry played a guardian angel DJ to two baby gays in this underrated coming-of-age tale September 12, 2026
- These gay coders have us wanting to see their Python September 12, 2026
- Queerty Crossword: Sept. 12, 2026 September 12, 2026
- Ranking the gayest—and scariest—haunted houses at Universal Studios Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Nights 2026 September 12, 2026
- Lilly Wachowski sounds off on Hollywood for lack of “queer and trans stories” September 11, 2026
- WATCH: A father & corporate exec comes out in his 50s—here’s what happens next September 11, 2026
- Closeted Orthodox Jews are more than contradictions in this classic queer documentary September 11, 2026
- Ouch! Andy Cohen mistaken for his daughter’s grandfather on her first day at school September 11, 2026
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Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News
- ‘Thelma and Louise’ remains landmark of unspoken queer rebellion September 12, 2026
- Comings & Goings September 11, 2026
- LGBTQ Military Happy Hour set for Sept. 15 September 11, 2026
- Calendar: September 11-17 September 11, 2026
- Multi-billion-dollar 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund to continue until 2090 September 11, 2026
- Ind. prosecutor declines to press charges over false Buttigieg child welfare complaint September 10, 2026
- Historiography with heart September 10, 2026
- Remembering the LGBTQ heroes of 9/11 terrorist attacks September 10, 2026
- How Dolly became a folk saint for Appalachian queers September 10, 2026
- Report: 90 percent of LGBTQ groups around the world have lost funding since 2025 September 10, 2026