The Progress Pride Flag flies outside City Hall in recognition of National LGBTQ+ Pride Month. The flag’s design includes the traditional rainbow along with black, brown, pink, light blue and white stripes to honor LGBTQ+ people of color and the transgender community.

At Richmond’s City Hall on May 30, Mayor Danny Avula joins leaders of LGBTQ+ organizations to raise the Progress Pride Flag ahead of National LGBTQ+ Pride Month.

Narissa Rahaman, executive director of Equality Virginia, speaks during the event celebrating the raising of the Progress Pride Flag at City Hall.

Virginia Pride organizers, in partnership with artist Scott Csoke, opened the Gayest Room Ever at Quirk Hotel on May 29 to kick off Pride Month. Created with a grant from Richmond Region Tourism, bookings of the room will help support Virginia Pride.

Daisies at Ancarrows Landing

Richmond residents Alexis Fryar and Kathryn Settle contribute to a community mural at the intersection of Hermitage and Laburnum during a volunteer paint day. The collaborative artwork is part of a traffic calming initiative aimed at enhancing pedestrian and cyclist safety in the area surrounding Linwood Holton Elementary School.

On Saturday, May 31, crew members Ahmed Bouazzaoui and Tray Bien worked with Journey for Change and 5 Rivers Film to document 25 students from Richmond Hill’s Armstrong Leadership Program as they walked the Trail of the Enslaved from Ancarrow’s Landing to Lumpkin’s Jail. The walk and filming were part of the students’ graduation retreat.

Students listen and prepare before walking the trail. The film project began four years ago and is scheduled to be released in 2026.

Orchard Richmond and Peter Paul RVA program participants, Isoke Chandler, Gilbert Carter, Marquise Oliver and Nina Chandler (from right) pluck their violin strings during a spring concert May 22 at Peter Paul RVA.

Jer’Miah Bing and two fellow Music Orchard Richmond and Peter Paul RVA musicians received free violins from 725 Arts and Culture’s Trumpeting for the Arts at the concert.

Qmaya-Leigh Owens, a Music Orchard Richmond and Peter Paul RVA participant, plays during the concert that showcased the talents of young musicians with one or more years of practice.