VCU professor to host lecture at Richmond Public Library on role of LGBTQ+ rights in an inclusive democracy

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- Pride Month is here, bringing a time to celebrate while also reflecting and learning. A professor from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) will host a lecture on the role of LGBTQ+ rights in an inclusive democracy Thursday evening at Richmond's Main Library.

From 6 to 7:15 p.m. at the auditorium of Richmond Public Library's Main Library, Eli Coston, Ph.D. will host a lecture on how LGBTQ+ rights are a building block of a healthy democratic society.

Attendees are encouraged to bring notebooks and questions. After the lecture, a question-and-answer session will be facilitated by Liz Canfield, Ph.D.

Coston is an activist-scholar who teaches as an assistant professor in VCU's Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies. They are also the department's assoc