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	<title>Ebbin and Others Denounce Virginia GOP Ticket: Senator joined by Equality Virginia&#39;s Parrish and Del&#46; Herring in decrying nominees&#39; records</title>
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News: Two Democratic legislators and the head of a nonprofit organization advocating for LGBT rights in Virginia held a press call Tuesday to condemn the anti&#45;LGBT records and rhetoric used by the GOP&#39;s statewide candidates&#44; specifically Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli&#44; candidate for governor&#44; and lieutenant governor nominee E&#46;W&#46; Jackson&#46; Virginia&#39;s only out member of the General Assembly&#44; Sen&#46; Adam Ebbin &#40;D&#45;Alexandria&#44; Arlington&#44; Fairfax Co&#46;&#41;&#59; Del&#46; Charniele Herring &#40;D&#45;Alexandria&#41;&#44; chair of the state Democratic Party&#59; and James Parrish&#44; executive director of LGBT&#45;rights organization Equality Virginia Advocates&#44; held the conference call to focus attention on the &#39;&#39;extreme and dangerous agenda&#39;&#39; of the GOP nominees&#44; chosen over the weekend at the state Republican Party&#39;s closed convention&#46; Adam Ebbin ... (more)]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Virginia GOP Chooses Cuccinelli&#45;Jackson&#45;Obenshain Ticket: Republican picks for statewide office have notorious records of anti&#45;LGBT animus</title>
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News: Nearly 8&#44;000 Virginia Republican officeholders and activists gathered Saturday at the Greater Richmond Convention Center to select the party&#39;s candidates for governor&#44; lieutenant governor and attorney general&#46; The result is one of the most conservative candidate slates in recent memory&#46; The Republicans at Saturday&#39;s closed party convention &#38;ndash&#59; rather than a statewide primary&#44; which likely would have diluted some of the right&#45;leaning participation &#38;ndash&#59; selected Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli&#44; a tea party supporter and conservative firebrand who has been the presumptive nominee for the past year&#44; for governor&#46; Conservative minister E&#46;W&#46; Jackson secured the spot for lieutenant governor&#44; and state Sen&#46; Mark Obenshain &#40;R&#45;Harrisonburg&#44; Rockingham&#44; Rappahannock&#44; Warren&#44; Page and Shenandoah counties&#41; became the party&#39;s attorney general candidate&#46; Ken Cuccinelli and E&#46;W&#46; Jackson ... (more)]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>LGBT Groups Slam Gov&#46; McDonnell on &#39;&#39;Virginia Adopts&#39;&#39;: New campaign for placement of children labeled hypocritical in light of McDonnell signing &#39;&#39;conscience clause&#39;&#39; law</title>
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News: LGBT groups are crying foul after Gov&#46; Bob McDonnell &#40;R&#41; launched a campaign Friday aimed at finding homes for a thousand of the nearly 4&#44;000 children in Virginia&#39;s foster care system&#46; The Family Equality Council and Equality Virginia are pointing out that McDonnell has previously restricted adoption and foster&#45;care options by signing into law a so&#45;called &#39;&#39;conscience clause&#39;&#39; bill that allows state&#45;licensed agencies to discriminate against prospective parents on sexual orientation and a variety of other factors&#46; A component of McDonnell&#39;s new &#39;&#39;Virginia Adopts&#39;&#39; initiative is the &#39;&#39;Campaign for 1&#44;000&#44;&#39;&#39; a goal of placing 1&#44;000 children in the state&#39;s foster&#45;care system with families across the commonwealth&#46; ... (more)]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Whitman&#45;Walker Honors Advocates: WWH to present three awards for work related to LGBT and HIV&#47;AIDS issues at legal&#45;services fundraiser</title>
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News: Whitman&#45;Walker Health&#44; the nonprofit community health center specializing in HIV&#47;AIDS and LGBT&#45;sensitive health care&#44; will present three awards recognizing advocacy on behalf of the LGBT community at its May 29 &#39;&#39;Going the Extra Mile&#39;&#39; benefit&#46; The fundraising event benefits Whitman&#45;Walker&#39;s legal&#45;services program&#44; which provides pro bono legal advice and representation to LGBT people and those with HIV&#47;AIDS&#46; At the benefit&#44; Whitman&#45;Walker will present the Joel A&#46; Toubin Memorial Award&#44; for outstanding advocacy on behalf of people living with HIV&#47;AIDS&#44; to the Honorable Chai R&#46; Feldblum&#44; commissioner of the U&#46;S&#46; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission&#44; for her leadership in advancing disability rights and LGBT rights&#59; Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders &#40;SAGE&#41; for the organization&#39;s dedication to raising awareness about issues affecting LGBT seniors&#59; and the National Center for Transgender Equality &#40;NCTE&#41; for its leadership on behalf of equality for transgender Americans&#46; &#39;&#39;With these awards&#44; we thank individuals and organizations whose efforts over many years have improved the lives of LGBT individuals and families&#44; and persons living with HIV&#47;AIDS&#44; in many ways&#44;&#39;&#39; Adam Falcone&#44; chair of Whitman&#45;Walker Health&#39;s board of directors&#44; said in a statement praising Feldblum&#46; &#39;&#39;Over the last 25 years&#44; Commissioner Feldblum has shown her dedication to equal treatment under the law for all Americans&#46; She played a leading role in the writing and passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act &#40;ADA&#41; and ADA Amendments Act and is one of the drafters of the Employment Nondiscrimination Act &#40;ENDA&#41;&#46; As a law professor and legal scholar she has had a major impact on disability law and LGBT law&#46; She is also the first openly lesbian member of the EEOC&#46; We are proud to honor her years of work and dedication&#46;&#39;&#39; ... (more)]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>New DC Center Space Is Secure: David Mariner says rumored land swap reported by Business Journal has no bearing on June move</title>
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News: Rumors of a potential land swap that could jeopardize the June relocation of The DC Center&#44; the area&#39;s LGBT community center&#44; were floated in an April 30 article in the Washington Business Journal&#44; but the center&#39;s executive director&#44; David Mariner&#44; assures that the new space is secure&#46; The Business Journal article included speculation that District government could be considering a land swap in which Akridge&#44; a commercial real&#45;estate company&#44; would turn over its Buzzard Point site in Southwest Washington for a D&#46;C&#46; United Stadium&#44; in return for rights to other city properties &#38;ndash&#59; like the city&#45;owned Reeves Center&#44; slated to house The DC Center&#46; The speculation was offered by a &#39;&#39;city official on deep background&#46;&#39;&#39; Mariner says such speculation has no bearing on The DC Center&#39;s relocation&#46; ... (more)]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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