The Virginia House of Delegates voted 65-32 Monday morning to pass HB706, a bill that would amend the Code of Virginia to allow the General Assembly...
The Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee will hold a hearing Tuesday afternoon to take up SB 212, the ''Fairness for All Marylanders Act of 2014,''...
State Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax counties), Virginia’s first and only out gay General Assembly lawmaker, announced Thursday that he has filed paperwork to...
It's the one area of public policy that still prompts giggles and bad jokes about junk-food cravings, but the push to reform the nation's laws...
Brother, Help Thyself Inc. (BHT), a local LGBT organization offering support to local nonprofits for the past 36 years, awarded more than $75,000 in grants...
Dr. Dana Beyer, a transgender-rights activist who serves as the executive director of Gender Rights Maryland, announced Thursday morning that she plans to run for...
Equality Maryland PAC, the political action committee for Maryland’s major LGBT-rights organization, today released a second round of endorsements, 21, for General Assembly candidates, making...
Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) on Monday refused to appoint a special counsel to defend a state law prohibiting recognition of any form of same-sex relationship...
Prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia told a D.C. superior court judge Friday that they are still seeking an indictment...
A bill that would have allowed same-sex couples, as well as other adults not in a legally recognized marriage, to jointly adopt by means of...
A Virginia House subcommittee Thursday continued the lower chamber’s annual rampage against LGBT rights by voting to table four bills, including two patroned by Republicans,...
Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring (D) announced at a press conference Thursday that he would no longer defend the state’s ban on recognizing same-sex relationships,...
According to most pundits, Heather Mizeur is the clear underdog in her bid to win the Maryland Democratic Party's nomination for governor in the June...
Jennifer Wexton, the pro-equality, Equality Virginia PAC-endorsed Loudoun County resident and prosecutor seeking to replace Attorney General Mark Herring (D) in the Virginia Senate, romped...
Beverly Wheeler, one of three candidates challenging out gay D.C. Councilmember Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) announced Monday that she is withdrawing from the race and...