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Ebbin and Others Denounce Virginia GOP Ticket
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-LGBT...
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Virginia GOP Chooses Cuccinelli-Jackson-Obenshain Ticket
Nearly 8,000 Virginia Republican officeholders and activists gathered Saturday at the Greater Richmond Convention Center to select the party's candidates for governor, lieutenant governor and...
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Mark Herring Releases ''Equality Agenda'' for Virginia
Virginia state Sen. Mark Herring (D-Loudoun, Fairfax counties), one of two Democrats seeking to become the commonwealth's next attorney general, yesterday released an ''equality agenda''...
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Virginia Senate overwhelmingly passes anti-bullying bill
The Virginia Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill Monday that sets in place a framework for local school boards to follow when crafting and adopting policies...
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Virginia's Vexing Politics
As the saying goes, ''Virginia is for lovers.'' While few would argue the tourism slogan applies to gay people, one might wonder when the state...
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House Committee Plans to Consider Measures Devised With Support of Anti-LGBT Groups, Email Shows
Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) plans to introduce an amendment on Wednesday to the National Defense Authorization Act in a mark-up of the bill before the...
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MPD Updates Stein Club on Anti-LGBT Crimes
Metropolitan Police Department Assistant Chief Peter Newsham and Capt. Edward Delgado of MPD's Special Liaison Unit, which includes the Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit (GLLU),...
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MPD Reports Reveal More Anti-LGBT Attacks
As seasonal temperatures rise, attacks with some indication of anti-LGBT bias are also apparently increasing. A shooting at a Columbia Heights IHOP Restaurant and a...
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Anti-Abortion Site Credits Anti-LGBT Official With Komen’s Defunding of Planned Parenthood
On Tuesday, the pink-ribboned breast cancer charity known as Susan G. Komen for the Cure stopped issuing grant money to Planned Parenthood, a nationwide, nonprofit provider...
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Trump Officially Bans Trans Athletes from Women’s Sports
The president, making transphobic remarks, issued an executive order prohibiting trans athletes from competing on female sports teams.
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MAL Weekend: A Bold Celebration of Leather Pride
Neither snow nor rain could keep the geared-up crowds from celebrating Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend 2025 in Washington, D.C.
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Arsonist Sets Fire to Freddie’s Beach Bar in Arlington
Freddie's Beach Bar was one of three Arlington businesses to be targeted by an arsonist, who set fire to the gay bar's main entrance.
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Sarah McBride Makes History as First Trans Member of Congress
McBride, who HRC's Kelly Robinson called a "history-making champion," trounced her Republican opponent 58% to 42%.
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U.S. House Committee Passes Forced Outing Bill
The measure requires elementary and middle schools to inform parents when a student asks to be treated according to their gender identity.
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World Pride 2025 Profile: Mark Bromley’s Diplomatic Cause
The Council for Global Equality's Mark Bromley steers the State Department toward better LGBTQ policies abroad.
