Enyere ya n'obodo Norfolk nke dị egwu na nke dịgasị iche, nke nwere otu n'ime obodo LGBT kachasị elu na steeti, ma na-eje ozi ma na-adọta ndị sitere na obodo Chesapeake Bay dị nso na Virginia Beach, Newport News, Hampton, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Hampton Roads Ọdịmma nwoke na nwanyị na - ewere ọnọdụ n'etiti etiti June - ụbọchị nke afọ a, nke bụ otu izu tupu afọ gara aga, bụ June 17 na 18, 2016.
N'ịbụ nke a na-agbanye na Norfolk, na Hamford Roads Pridefest, ọ bụ ihe dị iche iche na ọ bụ otu n'ime nchịkọta dị otú ahụ n'ụwa iji kwadoro Pride Parade n'elu mmiri.
Na-eme n'ehihie na Satọdee, Jun 18, Hampton Roads Pridefest Boat Parade bụ nnukwu ndị na-ekpori ndụ, bụ ebe ọtụtụ puku mmadụ na-ahụ ụgbọ mmiri na-ekiri ụgbọ mmiri nke ụdị na ụdị niile, ọtụtụ n'ime ha na-agbanye ụda ntanị, na - . Ihe ndị ọzọ n'ụbọchị Pridefest a gụnyere ememe n'ehihie na Point Point Park nke Norfolk (W. Main St. na Waterside Dr.) nke na-agụnye ịrụ ọrụ site na ọtụtụ ọrụ egwu n'oge ehihie na mgbede. Ihe omume nke afọ a bụ synthpop singer-songwriter Betty Who.
Isi nnukwu ihe omume nke Hampton Roads Pride bụ Friday (night of night) (June 17) Pride Block Party, nke sitere n'elekere 7 nkeji ruo etiti abalị ma na-eme na Ghent gburugburu 20th Street na Llewellyn Avenue. Egwú na-agba egwú na DJ, nri dị ukwuu, na ntụrụndụ.
N'ime izu niile na-eduga n'ihe omume ukwu, e nwekwara ọtụtụ ihe ndị ọzọ metụtara Hamptons Pride, tinyere otu ihe nkiri kickoff na Sunday, June 12, na-esochi otu abalị nkiri, Ememe nkwalite ofufe, ma ọ dịkarịa ala otu nnọkọ ọzọ kwa abalị.
Ụzọ Hampton, Norfolk, na Virginia Beach Gay Scenes
Okporo ụzọ Hampton gụnyere mpaghara Virginia n'ụsọ oké osimiri ebe ebe Elizabet, Nansemond, na James jupụtara na Chesapeake Bay nakwa ebe ọnụ mmiri na-ezute Atlantic Ocean. Ọ bụ otu n'ime obodo ndị dị n'ụsọ Oké Osimiri Central Atlantic, nke nwere ọnụ ọgụgụ dị nde mmadụ 1.7, obodo ya ndị dị na Virginia Beach (450,000), Norfolk (250,000), Chesapeake, (235,000), Newport News (185,000), na Hampton (140,000).
N'ime ndị a, ọ bụ ezie na Virginia Beach dị ukwuu ma nwee otu ụlọ ọrụ LGBT ndị ọzọ na-ewu ewu, ụlọ nke Rainbow Cactus, Norfolk nwere nnukwu ihe nkiri kachasị mma na nke kachasị mma na egwuregwu ndị nwere mmasị nwoke. Karịsịa, agbụrụ Ghent akụkọ ihe mere eme bụ ebe a na-ewu ewu maka ndị LGBT na Norfolk ibi na egwu.
Norfolk, Virginia Mmekọahụ Resources
Ọ bụ ezie na otu akwụkwọ akụkọ LGBT dị iche iche adịghị arụ ọrụ Chesapeake Bay, otu ụlọ ọrụ Hampton Roads Pride nwere nnukwu peeji nke na-edepụta nnukwu netwọk nke ihe onwunwe na ìgwè dị iche iche n'ógbè ahụ. E nwekwara Hampton okporo ụzọ Q-Matrix, LGBT Resource Directory na mpaghara ahụ. Ebe ọzọ na-enye aka bụ ndekọ nke Hampton Roads Business OutReach (HRBOR), ụlọ LGBT mpaghara nke azụmahịa. N'ikpeazụ ma ọ dịghị ihe ọzọ, VEER Magazine bụ nnukwu ọrụ ọzọ na ntụrụndụ a na-ebi na Hampton Roads, nke jupụtara na ntụziaka maka iri nri, ndụ ndụ, ihe nkiri, na ihe ndị ọzọ - ọ dị ike na LGBT mkpuchi, kwa.
Otu saịtị bara ezigbo uru na-eleta Norfolk Taa, nke a na-emepụta site na ndị nlekọta njem nleta n'obodo ahụ ma na-agụnye ndụmọdụ maka ebe ị ga-anọ, nlegharị anya, na ihe ndị ọzọ. Iji mee ihe n'ụzọ zuru oke, ọ bụrụ na ị na-eme atụmatụ ịchọpụta mpaghara ahụ, ọ bụ ebe ibe weebụ na-ahụ maka nlegharị anya na Hampton Roads.
N'ihe na-erughị awa abụọ na isi obodo Virginia, ị ga-ahụkwa ọnọdụ LGBT dị ndụ. Lelee ntuziaka nke Richmond Gaylife Guide maka echiche maka ebe ị ga-esi gaa ma gbasaa n'obodo ahụ. Ndị ọzọ na-enye aka na-agụnye GayRVA.com, ebe LGBT na obodo, na Gay Community Center nke Richmond.