LGBT Life Center

11/07/2025

🦃 Help Us Feed Our Community This Thanksgiving!
Our annual Thanksgiving Food Drive is happening now through November 15 — and every can, box, and turkey makes a difference.

✨ Donate food items like:
🥫 Stuffing, greens, canned veggies, and cranberry sauce
🍗 Turkeys, chickens, or plant-based proteins
🥧 Pie crusts, fillings, and all the classic fixings
Don’t have time to shop? We’ll do it for you!
💛 Donate online at lgbtlifecenter.org/thanksgivingfooddrive

📍 Drop-off location: 5360 Robin Hood Road, Norfolk
📅 Now – November 15
Because at LGBT Life Center, food is love on a plate.

11/06/2025

🌈 Research Opportunity for LGBTQ+ Individuals Recently Released from Incarceration

Are you part of the LGBTQ+ community and have been formerly incarcerated?

A doctoral candidate from Old Dominion University is conducting a study on the reentry experiences of LGBTQ+ individuals — and your voice matters.

🕒 Participants will:
• Take part in a 60-minute in-person interview
• Share photos and stories about their reentry journey
💵 Participants will receive cash incentives ($25 for each study requirement).

📍 Must be 18+, live in the Southeast U.S., and have been released from jail or prison within the past year.

For more information or to participate, contact Hayley Jackey, Doctoral Candidate at ODU:
📧 hjackey@odu.edu

11/06/2025

🕯️ Transgender Days of Remembrance & Resilience

Join us for three days of reflection, community, and connection as we honor the lives of transgender individuals we’ve lost — and celebrate the resilience that carries us forward. 💜

🗓️ Nov. 20–22, 2025
✨ Memorial & Panel • Line Dancing & Community • Homegoing Service

Each event offers space to remember, to heal, and to stand together in love and solidarity.



📍 Details in flyer
💻 Learn more or RSVP on Facebook:
➡️ Memorial & Panel: facebook.com/events/1317963956306008

➡️ Line Dancing & Community: facebook.com/events/1486763709073086

➡️ Homegoing Service: facebook.com/events/827226390007290

11/06/2025

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Virginia voters made history and expanded a pro-marriage equality majority in the House of Delegates — their largest in nearly 40 YEARS — paving the way for real progress in our state.

Here's why this matters: Virginia's constitutional contains an outdated and defunct ban on same-sex marriage. If the Supreme Court overturns Obergefell, Virginia’s ban would snap back into place—unless we change our Constitution. That’s why the General Assembly passed the first step of a constitutional amendment (HJ 9/SJ 249) during the 2025 session to protect the freedom to marry for all Virginians.

Thanks to an expanded pro-marriage equality, we've paved the way so YOU can vote in 2026 ensure our constitution affirms all marriages. We're a big step closer to ensuring Virginia is for ALL lovers.

11/05/2025

🕴🏽✨ The Gentleman’s Hour 757 — A Space That’s Ours

An intentional rooftop experience designed for Black & Brown bi and q***r men to connect, reflect, and celebrate community through conversation. 🌆

Join MANDATE757 and LGBT Life Center for the launch of The Gentleman’s Hour — a stylish, wellness-forward event that blends real talk, music, and fellowship.

🗓️ Sunday, Nov. 9 | 2–5 PM
📍 Selden Market | Downtown Norfolk
🎶 Featuring DJ Lex Lucent
🥂 Complimentary bites + signature mocktails
💬 Opening dialogue, storytelling & a wellness lounge by LGBT Life Center

Mature. Intentional. Ours.
Dress: Stylish | Ages 21+

Follow and for updates.
A program of LGBT Life Center 🖤

Posh - RSVP to GENT'S HOUR 757 by JAM x LGBT Life Center - on Sun, Nov 9, 2025 - at Selden Market @ Downtown Norfolk

11/05/2025

More places to donate food!

11/05/2025

We’re so grateful to our friends at National Vascular Associates for collecting donations to support LGBT Life Center’s Food Pantry this holiday season! 🥫✨

Their generosity helps ensure our clients and community members have access to the essentials they need — from canned goods to personal care items — during a time that can be especially tough for many.

Every act of kindness adds up. Thank you for helping us spread care, dignity, and holiday cheer across Hampton Roads! 💕

11/05/2025

🌈 Meet Julie Dominesey!

She might be behind the wheel, but Julie Dominesey is really driving connection. 🚐💜

As our Transportation Specialist, Julie makes sure clients can access the care, support, and community that help them live fuller lives.

A Chesapeake native, writer, and even a former canoe racer 🛶, Julie was drawn to LGBT Life Center for its diversity of services and strong sense of teamwork. “Everyone is focused on helping clients get the support they need,” she says — and she’s right at the heart of that mission.

💬 Say hi to Julie and help us welcome her to the team!


👉 Learn more about Julie at the link in our bio or at https://lgbtlifecenter.org/blog/meet-julie-dominesey-guiding-clients-where-they-need-to-go-and-loving-the-journey/

11/04/2025

Our Thanksgiving donation boxes are out in the wild!

Can't make it to one? You can donate at LGBT Life Center or contribute financially (we'll do the shopping!) at: https://lgbtlifecenter.org/thanksgivingfooddrive/

11/04/2025

Some called him Condom Man, the kids called him Burrito Man 🌯😂 — but tonight, he and Community Health Navigator DJ Dieringer were heroes!

Together they handed out 24 Role Model Stories, condom packs, appointment cards, and info on free HIV/STI testing — keeping our community informed and protected. 🙌🏽

Huge thanks to DJ, Brian, and Mahlik Washington for braving the early fall chill out at the Oceanfront and spreading knowledge (and protection) with a smile! 💜

➡️ Want to schedule your own free testing appointment? Visit lgbtlifecenter.org/testing

11/04/2025

We're so thankful our community is showing up to help feed everyone this Thanksgiving! With the shutdown and SNAP benefits in limbo this year, LGBT Life Center is here to make sure we get food to everyone, and we couldn't do it without your support!

We are asking our community to assist us in reaching our goal of 500 boxes of cornbread for the LGBT Life Center food pantry.

Spread the word and let's make this goal achievable!