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Virginia’s Nondiscrimination Bills: One Dies, One Survives
A Virginia Senate committee deadlocked on two pro-LGBT bills and postponed a vote on a third on Monday afternoon, but LGBT rights advocates are still hoping...
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Va. House Hate Crimes Bill Shuttled to Subcommittee
One day after their Senate counterparts rejected a bill that would have added crimes committed against people because of their real or perceived sexual orientation...
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D.C. Council Introduces Surrogacy Bill
Families that wish to have children by utilizing surrogacy agreements are currently prohibited by District Law, but there’s fresh hope thanks to a bill unanimously...
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Fortune 500s Earn Fairness Accreditation
Equality Virginia, the commonwealth’s top LGBT rights organization, recognized five Richmond-area Fortune 500 companies for workplace policies that do not discriminate against LGBT people, presenting...
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Hate Crimes Bill Dies in Va. Senate Committee
A bill that would have added sexual orientation and gender identification to the definition of what constitutes a hate crime failed to gain the necessary...
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Hundreds March in Support of Trans Rights
Hundreds of people rallied at Mount Vernon Square in downtown Washington on Saturday, Jan. 10 to call for action to guarantee equal treatment and civil...
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PFOX’s Pre-Emptive Strike?
LGBT advocates question veracity of ex-gay group's billboard in Virginia
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LGBT Ally Murphy Wins Va. House of Delegates Seat
Virginia Democrats fought back against wintery conditions and electoral history on Tuesday, Jan. 6 to help Del.-elect Kathleen Murphy (D) successfully pick up a Republican seat...
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Anti-Gay Discrimination Bill Introduced in Virginia
A Virginia lawmaker has introduced a so-called “conscience clause” bill that would allow private businesses to discriminate against LGBT people and couples without fear of...
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LGBT Allies Brace for Discrimination Bills
Even with the advent of marriage equality in a majority of U.S. states, LGBT allies remain on high alert as they brace for the introduction...
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Hope Bill Targets Conversion Therapies
Amid the controversy surrounding a billboard in the Richmond area that claims that “nobody is born gay,” as well as the District of Columbia’s historic...
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Montgomery to Pursue Insanity Defense
Lawyers for Gary Niles Montgomery, the man accused of fatally stabbing transgender woman Deoni Jones while she was waiting at a Northeast D.C. bus stop...
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Va. School Board Votes Against Transgender Student
The Gloucester County (Va.) School Board voted 6-1 on Tuesday to approve a motion that limits transgender students to using the bathroom assigned to their...
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HRC Holds Fundraiser for Transgender Summer Camp
For Lori, a D.C. parent of a transgender youth, her son’s return from summer camp last year showed a marked difference in his attitude. “From...
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Council Repeals Armstrong Amendment
The D.C. Council on Tuesday passed a bill repealing an act of Congress known as the Armstrong Amendment, which carves out an exemption to sexual...
