An sanya shi a cikin birnin Norfolk mai ban mamaki da kuma birni dabam-dabam, wanda yana da ɗaya daga cikin al'ummomin LGBT mafi girma a jihar, amma kuma yana aiki da kuma jawo hankalin daga cikin biranen Chesapeake Bay na kusa da Virginia Beach, Newport News, Hampton, Portsmouth, da Chesapeake, Hampton Roads Gay Pride ya faru a tsakiyar watan Yuni - kwanan wata a wannan shekara, wanda shine makon da ya wuce a bara, shine Yuni 17 da 18, 2016.
An sanya shi a cikin kogin birnin Norfolk na teku mai tarihi, Hamide Roads Pridefest abu ne mai ban sha'awa a cikin cewa shi ne ɗaya daga cikin irin waɗannan tarurruka a duniya don karɓar bakuncin Pride Parade a kan ruwa.
Da yake faruwa a tsakar rana ranar Asabar, 18 ga watan Yuni, Hampton Roads Pridefest Boat Parade mai girma ne mai farin ciki, inda dubban duban ruwa ke kallon jiragen ruwa na dukan siffofi da kuma masu girma, mafi yawansu suna nuna launin bakan gizo, . Sauran abubuwan da suka faru a wannan rana na Pridefest sun hada da bikin yamma a filin kogin Point na Norfolk (W. Main St. a Waterside Dr.) wanda ya hada da wasan kwaikwayon ta hanyar fasaha da yawa a cikin rana da maraice. Aikin da aka yi a wannan shekara shi ne dan wasan mai suna Betty wanda ya rubuta shi.
Wani babban babban taron na Hampton Roads Pride shi ne ranar Jumma'a (Yuni 17) mai gabatar da kara na Pride Block, daga karfe bakwai na yamma har zuwa tsakiyar dare kuma yana faruwa a Gand a titin 20th Street da Llewellyn Avenue. Akwai rawa ga DJ, babban abincin, da yalwatawa.
A cikin makon da ya kai ga manyan abubuwan da suka faru, akwai wasu abubuwan da suka shafi Hamptons Pride, wadanda suka hada da taron kickoff ranar Lahadi, 12 ga watan Yuni, sannan kuma wani bidiyon fim din, bikin haɗin gwiwar addinai.
Hampton Roads, Norfolk, da Virginia Beach Gay Scenes
Hampton Roads ya ƙunshi yankin Virginia bakin teku inda kogin Elisabeth, Nansemond, da kuma Yakubu suka yi komai a cikin Chesapeake Bay da kuma inda wurin ya haɗu da Atlantic Ocean. Yana da daya daga cikin yankuna mafi girma a bakin teku a tsakiyar Atlantic, tare da yawan mutanen da suka kai miliyan 1.7, kuma manyan biranen sun hada da Virginia Beach (450,000), Norfolk (250,000), Chesapeake, (235,000), Newport News (185,000), da kuma Hampton (140,000).
Daga cikin wadannan, kodayake Virginia Beach ya fi girma kuma yana da ƙananan mashahuran LGBT, kamfanin Rainbow Cactus, Norfolk yana da nisa mafi yawa da kuma mafi kyau da ke da alaka da gay da kuma wasu gay da dama. Musamman ma, tarihi na tarihi na Ghent shine wurin da ya fi dacewa ga mazaunan LGBT a Norfolk su zauna da wasa.
Norfolk, Virginia Gay Resources
Ko da yake yankin Chesapeake Bay ba shi da wata takarda ta LGBT, ƙungiya ta Hampton Roads Pride tana da shafi mai mahimmanci wanda ke nuna wani babban cibiyar sadarwa na albarkatun da kungiyoyi a kusa da yankin. Haka kuma akwai Q-Matrix Hampton Roads, LDRT Resource Directory a yankin. Wata mahimmin taimako shine shugabancin Hampton Roads Business OutReach (HRBOR), ƙungiyar LGBT ta yankin. A ƙarshe amma ba kalla ba, VEER Magazine ta zama babban zane-zane da nishaɗi a kan dukkanin titin Hampton Roads wanda ke cike da tukwici akan cin abinci, biki, wasan kwaikwayo, da sauransu - yana da karfi a kan LGBT ɗaukar hoto, ma.
Ɗaya daga cikin tashoshin amfani da aka ziyarci Norfolk Yau, wadda ta ƙunshi ƙungiyar yawon shakatawa ta gari kuma ya hada da shawarwari kan inda za a zauna, abubuwan jan hankali, da sauransu. Yin amfani da ita, idan kuna shirin gano yankin, su ne shafukan yanar gizon yawon shakatawa a kan Hampton Roads.
Kasa da sa'o'i biyu a babban birnin kasar Virginia, za ku sami wani yanayi na LGBT mai dadi sosai. Bincika kyauta mai suna Richmond Gay Night Guide game da inda za ku fita da kuma zama a cikin wannan birni. Sauran albarkatun taimako sun hada da GayRVA.com, shafin yanar gizon LGBT a birnin, da Cibiyar Bayar da Jama'a na Gaymond ta Richmond.