Hoʻokomoʻia ma nā kūlanakauhale kaulana o Norfolk, nona kekahi o nā hapū nui o ka LGBT ma ka moku'āina, akā e lawelawe ana a kākauʻia hoʻi nā kiʻi mai nā kūlanakauhaleʻo Chesapeake Bay kokoke e Virginia Beach, Newport News, Hampton, Portsmouth, a me Chesapeake, nā alanui Hampton. ʻO ka Gay Pride kahi i hoʻomaka i ka waenakonu o Iune -ʻo ka lā o kēia makahiki,ʻo ia kekahi hebedoma mamua aku o ka makahiki i hala,ʻo Iune 17 a me 18, 2016.
ʻO nā mea nui i loko a puni o ka mokuʻo Norfolk, Hampton Roads Pridefest, he meaʻokoʻaʻole ia,ʻo ia wale nō kahi o nā hālāwai i ka honua e hoʻolauna i kahi Pride Parade ma ka wai.
Ma ke awakea i ka lā Pōʻono, i ka lā 18 o Iune,ʻo ka Hampton Roads Pridefest Boat Parade he mea hauʻoli nui ia, a he mau lālani ka nui e nānā ai i nā moku o nāʻano a me nāʻano nui, he nui ka hapanui o lākou me nā hae anuenue, . ʻO nā hanana'ē aʻe i kēia lā nui o Pridefest, heʻahaʻaina ahiahi ma ke kahawaiʻo Point Point Park ma Norfolk (W. Main St. ma Waterside Dr.) e hoʻokomo i nā hana i nā hana mele i nā lā a me ke ahiahi. ʻO ka hana hoʻokūkū o kēia makahiki,ʻo synthpop singer-songwriter Betty Who.
ʻO ka hana nui'ē aʻe o Hampton Roads Pride,ʻo ia ka lā Pōʻalima (Iune 17)ʻo Pride Block Party, i hanaʻia ma ka hola 7 pm a waenakonu o ka pō a ma Ghent ma kahi o 20th Street a me Llewellyn Avenue. Aia ke hula hula, kaʻai nui, a me ka hauʻoli nui.
Ma loko o ka hebedoma e piʻi ana i nā hanana nui, ua nui nā hanana Hamptons Pride i pili, me kahi hui hula ma ka Lune, 12 o Iune, a ua hoʻokaniʻia kekahi pōkū kiʻiʻoniʻoni, Hoʻohanohano Hoʻohui Hoʻohanohano.
ʻO Hampton Roads, Norfolk, a me Virginia Beach Gay Scenes
Loaʻa nā Alanui Hampton ma kahi o Virginia kahakai kahi e waiho mau ana nā muliwai Elizabeth, Nansemond, a me James i Chesapeake Bay a me kahi e kū ai ke kai i ka MoanaʻAkelanika. ʻO ia kekahi o nā hapalua nui loa o ka moku o Atlantic Coast, me ka hui pūʻulu he 1.7 miliona kānaka, aʻo nā kūlanakauhale nuiʻo Virginia Beach (450,000), Norfolk (250,000), Chesapeake, (235,000), Newport News (185,000), a Hampton (140,000).
ʻO kēia mau mea,ʻoiaiʻo Virginia Beach ka nui aʻo ia kekahi o nāʻoihana LGBT kaulana loa o ka moku'āina,ʻo ka Rainbow Cactus Company,ʻo Norfolk i kahi lōʻihi loa o ka hoʻolālā puʻupuʻu a me kaʻike e pili ana a me nā kī pū. ʻO keʻano, he wahi kaulana i nā poʻe LGBT ma Norfolk e noho ai a pāʻani.
ʻO Norfolk, Virginia Gay Resources
ʻOiaiʻaʻole i mālamaʻia kahi'āinaʻo Chesapeake Bay e kekahi nūpepa LGBT pono, aia ka papahanaʻo Hampton Roads Pride i kahi papa hana piha i kahi pūnaewele waiwai a me nā hui a puni ka wahi. Aia kekahi mau Q-Matrix Alanui Hampton, kahi LGBT Directory Directory ma ka wahi. ʻO kekahi papahana pūnaewele ka papa kuhikuhi o ka Hampton Roads Business OutReach (HRBOR), kahi keʻena LGBT o ka'āina. ʻO ka mea hopeʻole,ʻo VEER Magazine he mea nui loa e hanaʻia ai nā hana hoʻolaha a me nā hoʻokipaʻana ma nā wahi a pau o Hampton Roʻona i hoʻopihaʻia i nā papahana i kaʻahaʻaina, i ka pō, nā mele, a me nā mea hou - ua ikaika loa ma ka LGBT.
ʻO kekahi pūnaewele kūpono loaʻo Visit Norfolk Today, ka mea i hanaʻia e kaʻahahui hoʻokipa kūkaʻikaʻi o ke kūlanakauhale a me nā'ōlelo aʻo i ka wahi e noho ai, nā mea nui, a pēlā aku. ʻO ka hoʻohana ākea, ināʻoe e hoʻolālā ana eʻimi i ka'āina, nāʻaoʻao pūnaewele o ka moku'āinaʻo Hampton Roads.
Ma kahi oʻelua hola ma kahi o ke kūlanakauhale nuiʻo Virginia, eʻikeʻoe i kahi hōʻike LGBT kūpono a maʻalahi. E nānā i ka Guide Guide Nightmond Gay no nā manaʻo e pili ana i kahi e hele aku a noho ai i kēlā kūlanakauhale. ʻO nā kumuhana'ē aʻe e pili ana i ka GayRVA.com, kahi pūnaewele LGBT ma ke kūlanakauhale, a me ka Community Community Center o Richmond.