Equality Virginia Joins You to CookOUT for Marriage Equality!

What are you doing the weekend of May 17th?  Sign up to host a CookOUT for Marriage Equality!

There is nothing more American than a backyard CookOUT!  Hosting a CookOUT for Marriage Equality is a fun way to come together with family, friends, and neighbors in celebration of marriage.

Join in on the fun on May 17th or 18th by hosting a CookOUT! 

Last year's CookOUTs were a huge success - check out some photos here. We hope you will host a CookOUT this year to make an even bigger splash!

We chose the weekend of May 17 and 18 for the CookOUTs this year because on May 13th, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear oral arguments for Bostic v. Schaefer.  Join us that weekend by celebrating the marriages that Virginia does not yet recognize, sharing your stories, and posting photos of your weddings and CookOUTs as a way to show support for the couples in this case! 

Anybody can host a CookOUT - all it takes is a few friends and a couple of hours to spare on a weekend afternoon.  

We are almost 40% to our goal of having 50 CookOUTs across Virginia.  Get us closer to our goal by signing up today!

Lambda Gazette

Published for more than eight years, the Lambda Gazette is Tidewater’s GLBT Monthly Newspaper.
 
The mission of the Lambda Gazette is to provide an all-inclusive LGBT paper that highlights current events and LGBT/LGBT-friendly businesses. Through this paper, we want to create a sense of pride and togetherness in the Hampton Roads community.

http://www.lambdagazette.com/




GayRVA

GayRVA.com is Richmond, Virginia’s online resource for news, entertainment, and information about the lesbian, gay,
bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) community. Created in March 2009, the mission is to move Richmond forward by reflecting the city’s diversity, bringing a voice to the table, and creating opportunities within the region to connect. 

GayRVA is locally owned by Inkwell, LLC., an Advisory Board including community members and business professionals, who assist in the guidance of GayRVA.  It is the only publication in Central Virginia dedicated to the LGBT audience.

www.gayrva.com

Hampton Roads Business OutReach

The Hampton Roads Business OutReach (HRBOR) is a broad based coalition of LGBT owned and LGBT supportive businesses
and professionals dedicated to the development, growth and advocacy of Hampton Roads and its LGBT community. By promoting an environment in which diversity can flourish, HRBOR is committed to the economic growth and prosperity of their members and the community.   The Hampton Roads Business OutReach was founded in 2006 and is an affiliate member of the NGLCC.

http://hrbor.org/
 
Capital Area Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce

The Chamber, the Capital Area's LGBT Chamber of Commerce is the nonprofit, nonpartisan, largely-volunteer network of over 400 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) and Ally members in addition to the nearly 5,000 LGBT supporters who own or are employed by businesses, nonprofits, and government agencies in Washington, DC, Virginia, and Maryland. The Chamber is an affiliate of the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce and was awarded Chamber of the Year 2012. The Chamber ranked18th on the Washington Business Journal’s Book of Lists. The Chamber’s primary mission is to advocate, promote and facilitate the success of LGBT businesses, professionals and their allies in the Metro DC region.

http://www.caglcc.org/
 
Richmond Business Alliance

The Richmond Business Alliance is an organization dedicated to cultivating professional relationships, enhancing economic and educational opportunities, and fostering a sense of community among working professionals in both the private and public sectors throughout the greater Richmond, Virginia area.

A program of the Gay Community Center of Richmond, the RBA attempts to effectively incorporate the commercial, economic and professional interests of the LGBT community with those of the greater Richmond business community at large. As a result, the RBA provides a much-needed an outlet where individuals and organizations from across various sectors of the business community come together to experience unique commercial, educational, networking and social programming opportunities.

http://www.richmondbusinessalliance.com/ 

Anyone can stand up for marriage equality!

It’s time for Virginians to stand up and celebrate the relationships that our government does not.  CookOUT for Marriage Equality on June 22 or 23 and join Equality Virginia and couples across the Commonwealth in anticipation of the Supreme Court's decisions on Prop 8 and DOMA.  

Gay and lesbian couples – even those married outside of Virginia – are not recognized by the state or federal government.   You can play a part in educating Virginians.

Help us reach our goal of sharing the stories of 50 couples through hosting 50 events across Virginia.  It’s easy to help!  Invite your friends, fire-up the grill, and party for equality.

We're telling the stories of gays and lesbians denied federal benefits and those denied the freedom to marry because of Virginia’s Anti-Marriage Amendment.  This is about changing hearts and minds across Virginia and putting human faces to the issue.

Are you a couple legally married out-of-state or waiting to marry in Virginia?  Do you know a couple you would like celebrate by hosting an event?  Sign-up to host a CookOUT today.

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Equality Virginia
403 N. Robinson St.
Richmond, VA 23220
t. 804.643.4816
info@equalityvirginia.org