{"id":1204,"date":"2014-09-04T19:30:46","date_gmt":"2014-09-05T00:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/?p=1204"},"modified":"2014-09-04T19:33:03","modified_gmt":"2014-09-05T00:33:03","slug":"richmond-virginia-coming-out-in-lgbt-tourism-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/archives\/1204","title":{"rendered":"Richmond, Virginia “coming out” in LGBT tourism campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"

By John Mack Freeman. Thanks to Carolyn Caywood for the tip!<\/em><\/p>\n

Richmond, Virginia is outing itself. In fact, it’s sending letters to other cities across America, letting them know the news:<\/p>\n

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The letters are part of the OutRVA campaign which seeks to turn Richmond into an LGBT travel destination. Via the Times-Dispatch<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Estimates of the size of the U.S. gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender population vary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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LGBT consumers make up 5 to 10 percent of the U.S. market, according to Community Marketing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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About 3.5 percent of adults in the United States identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual, and about 0.3 percent of adults are transgender, according to the Williams Institute, a think tank at UCLA\u2019s School of Law focused on sexual orientation and gender identity law and public policy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Based on the 2010 population count, the federal Census Bureau estimated there are 131,729 same-sex married couple households and 514,735 same-sex unmarried partner households in the United States, or about 0.6 percent of all households. The bureau put the number of same-sex couples living in Virginia at 14,243.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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By comparison, the total U.S. population is about 318.8 million and Virginia\u2019s is nearly 8.3 million, according to Census Bureau figures.<\/p>\n

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The OutRVA<\/strong> campaign fits into Richmond Region Tourism\u2019s overall marketing message highlighting the metro area as a vibrant and sophisticated place to visit, said Katherine O\u2019Donnell, the tourism organization\u2019s vice president of community relations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI don\u2019t think anyone would be surprised if New York or San Francisco or Key West \u2018comes out,\u2019\u2009\u201d she said. \u201cRichmond coming out as LGBT-friendly will surprise a lot of people.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In doing that, OutRVA marks a shift in the tenor of life in metro Richmond since the city\u2019s first tiny gay and lesbian pride gathering in 1984.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s been an amazing change in a relatively short time<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For more information, visit the campaign website here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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