{"id":2623,"date":"2024-10-10T08:32:26","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T12:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aig.alumni.virginia.edu\/qva\/?p=2623"},"modified":"2024-10-10T08:32:26","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T12:32:26","slug":"looking-back-celebrating-qvas-25th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/qva\/looking-back-celebrating-qvas-25th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking Back: Celebrating QVA&#8217;s 25th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to QVA\u2019s quarterly newsletter, where we celebrate achievements and share news from the vibrant LGBTQ+ UVA community being built by students, faculty, staff, and our global network of alumni. Please follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/queervirginia\/\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/queervirginia\">Facebook<\/a> where we&#8217;ll post highlights of our work and events!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2624\" src=\"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/qva\/files\/Email-Photo-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/qva\/files\/Email-Photo-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/qva\/files\/Email-Photo-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>2024 Fall Weekend Highlights<\/h2>\n<p>A couple weeks ago we hosted nearly 150 LGBTQ+ alumni, students, faculty, and staff for a 3-day weekend on Grounds to celebrate QVA&#8217;s 25th anniversary. We hope you enjoy looking through photos from the weekend. Please credit @finiphotos and @uva_alumni when sharing on social media.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"btn btn-orange\" href=\"https:\/\/domenickfini.passgallery.com\/-qva2024fallweekend\/gallery\">Dom Fini Photos<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a class=\"btn btn-orange\" href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/s\/aHBqjBKZoo\">UVA Alumni Association Photos<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was a heart-warming opportunity to meet and reconnect with UVA friends, celebrate the incredible accomplishments of QVA and the entire LGBTQ+ UVA community over the past 25 years, and commit to continue moving forward together. Highlights included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Friday evening LGBTQ Center tour and Rotunda wine tasting with sommelier Erin Scala of Market Street Wine shop<\/li>\n<li>Small group Saturday gatherings at Jefferson Vineyards, Decades Arcade, and Snugglebutts Petting Farm<\/li>\n<li>Evening gala at the Omni Hotel on the downtown mall, celebrating our award recipients <strong>John Polly (<abbr title=\"College of Arts &amp; Sciences\">Col<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201991)<\/strong>, <strong>Theresa Davis<\/strong>, <strong>Jasmine Hall Ratliff (<abbr title=\"College of Arts &amp; Sciences\">Col<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201999)<\/strong>, and <strong>Alex Winkowski<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Sunday brunch on the rooftop of the Doyle Hotel featuring QVA with Mayes Award honoree John Polly, Executive Producer of RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We thank everyone who helped us recognize and celebrate the incredible progress that we\u2019ve made in building queer community for UVA over the past 25 years, and we recommit to continuing that momentum into the next 25!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2625\" src=\"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/qva\/files\/Email-Photo-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/qva\/files\/Email-Photo-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/qva\/files\/Email-Photo-2-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Virginia Magazine Queer History Feature<\/h2>\n<p>QVA was thrilled to partner with the Alumni Association for <a href=\"https:\/\/uvamagazine.org\/articles\/queer_history\">an article about 50 years of queer history on Grounds<\/a>, which was a main feature in the recent <em>Virginia Magazine<\/em> which gets sent to all alumni. It\u2019s absolutely worth a read!<\/p>\n<h2>Please Donate Today<\/h2>\n<p>UVA&#8217;s queer population keeps growing, <strong>with over 10% of the student body now openly identifying as LGBTQ+<\/strong>. Though we have made incredible progress, <strong>we are now struggling to meet growing demand and risk falling behind without your help.<\/strong> Please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.givecampus.com\/campaigns\/20148\/donations\/new\">consider making a $100 contribution<\/a> to the QVA Operating Endowment or the Wavelength Scholarship Endowment using the donate button below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.givecampus.com\/campaigns\/20148\/donations\/new\">Support LGBTQ+ Programming and Scholarships<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you would like to discuss how a larger donation could support specific types of needed scholarships or programming, please don\u2019t hesitate to contact me at <a href=\"mailto:lance@queervirginia.org\">lance@queervirginia.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you all for your support in building a better University of Virginia community. Together we have achieved so much, and I am excited to see where we can build from here.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely yours,<br \/>\nLance C. Guthrie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to QVA\u2019s quarterly newsletter, where we celebrate achievements and share news from the vibrant LGBTQ+ UVA community being built by students, faculty, staff, and our global network of alumni. 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