The Virginia House of Delegates and Senate sustained vetoes of two so-called “religious freedom” measures that would have permitted discrimination against LGBTQ people and same-sex...
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...
On Thursday, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) vetoed a pair of bills that would grant religious exemptions for those with religious objections to same-sex marriage. The bill...
"We’re stopping people from doing things that discriminate against people’s basic rights."
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...
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) has signed into law an executive order that prohibits discrimination against LGBT people by state contractors, subcontractors and state employees. Executive...
The political truism “Elections have consequences” has never been true more than in the Old Dominion this year, after Senate Democrats upheld a veto by Gov....
Activists in Virginia are breathing a sigh of relief, after Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) vetoed a bill that would give people leeway to discriminate...
In the final days of this year’s legislative session, the Virginia General Assembly approved a bill that provides religious exemptions that would allow individuals and...
A day after being certified by the Virginia Senate Committee on Courts of Justice, former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has withdrawn his name from...
A Virginia Senate committee has set the stage for what could be an inevitable showdown between opponents and supporters of same-sex marriage, as embodied by...
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe first announced the Virginia Oyster Trail in August 2014, and today — following more than a year of planning and development — he officially...
Sometimes it’s the little things that speak volumes. Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s proclamation recognizing June 2015 as LGBT pride month is not a momentous court decision...
Activists puzzled by attempt to portray Virginia as somehow more progressive on LGBT rights than Indiana
Meet 22 Virginia lawmakers who get to decide whether you can be fired for being LGBT