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Texas House passes anti-LGBTQ adoption bill
Texas would become the sixth state to allow child placement agencies to turn away same-sex parents
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Victory Fund endorses Danica Roem for Virginia House of Delegates
Victory Fund endorses Danica Roem for Virginia House of Delegates
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Danica Roem earns progressive group’s endorsement for Virginia House seat
Roem is the first transgender candidate endorsed by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee
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Equality Virginia to honor Gavin Grimm at Commonwealth Dinner on April 1
LGBTQ rights organization Equality Virginia will honor transgender rights advocate Gavin Grimm at its 14th annual Commonwealth Dinner on Saturday, April 1. Grimm is one...
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Virginia Senate passes “religious freedom” bill on party-line vote
On Thursday, the Virginia Senate approved a so-called “religious freedom” bill that would prevent the government from imposing any penalty or denying any special tax status, contract,...
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2 pro-equality bills move to Virginia House as advocates hold Day of Action
Two pro-equality bills that passed the Virginia Senate with unanimous support from Democrats and one-third of the Republican Senate caucus have been assigned to a...
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Virginia Republicans introduce 3 more bills targeting LGBT community
Some Virginia lawmakers seem intent on testing Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s promise to veto any anti-LGBT legislation that lands on his desk. In the past week,...
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McAuliffe promises to veto anti-LGBT legislation in final State of Commonwealth address
Gov. Terry McAuliffe fired a rhetorical shot at the Virginia General Assembly in his final State of the Commonwealth address on Wednesday night, warning Republicans...
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Virginia LGBT advocates call on General Assembly to nix bathroom bill
LGBT advocates and allies are calling on legislative leaders within the General Assembly from both political parties to reject a bill that seeks to restrict...
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Del. Bob Marshall introduces bathroom bill in Virginia
Virginia lawmakers may spend their time during the 2017 legislative session debating a “bathroom bill” that would impose North Carolina-style restrictions on public sex-specific restrooms...
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Anti-LGBT aggressions tick up following Donald Trump’s victory
Nasty notes and flag burnings targeting members of the LGBT community are being reported in the wake of Donald Trump’s victory on Tuesday night. Coupled with other...
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Virginia newspaper trolls Pat McCrory with “endorsement” over HB 2
Poor Pat McCrory. He’s down in the polls, his social life is in the toilet, and has become the butt of jokes for defending North Carolina’s anti-LGBT...
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McAuliffe vetoes Virginia religious exemption bill
Activists in Virginia are breathing a sigh of relief, after Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) vetoed a bill that would give people leeway to discriminate...
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Oklahoma anti-LGBT bills miss crucial deadline for moving forward
LGBT advocates in Oklahoma are celebrating the passage of a major deadline that effectively means that 27 bills that targeted the Sooner State’s LGBT residents...
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West Virginia Senate guts, then defeats proposed “religious freedom” law
On Tuesday, the West Virginia Senate overwhelmingly defeated a proposed “religious freedom” bill that would have condoned discrimination against LGBT citizens of the Mountain State....
