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WATCH: First gay proposal in Major League Baseball history
Washington Nationals helped arrange for Tyler Garrison to propose to boyfriend Ty Fleming
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Herring nets Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce endorsement
The Northern Virginia Business Political Action Committee, the PAC for the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce, has announced that it is endorsing incumbent Attorney General...
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Gloucester County School Board asking court to dismiss Gavin Grimm’s lawsuit
School board says lawsuit no longer relevant due to Grimm's graduation from high school
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Poll: Majority of Virginians support LGBTQ protections
A poll commissioned by LGBTQ rights organization Equality Virginia finds that a majority of Virginia voters support pro-LGBTQ positions on various social issues, including whether...
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Letter to business PACs: Don’t endorse GOP AG candidate in Virginia
Equality Virginia Advocates, the political action arm of Equality Virginia, is calling on the political action committees of various pro-business groups not to endorse Republican Attorney General...
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DC Anti-Violence Project helps LGBTQ hate crime victims
When anti-LGBTQ hate crimes occur in the District, the DC Anti-Violence Project is there to offer support
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Pro-LGBT candidate wins Fairfax School Board election
Advocates hope Fairfax will avoid "draconian" anti-transgender policies cropping up in other counties
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LGBTQ students’ rights at issue in Fairfax School Board election
Transgender students' restroom use and LGBTQ inclusion in Family Life classes among more contentious election issues
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Three more companies join Virginia Competes coalition
Business coalition advocates on behalf of LGBTQ rights in the commonwealth
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Tony Cohn takes the crown at the Mr. Nice Jewish Boy DC pageant
“I’ve been a part of the Nice Jewish Boys group in D.C. for a little over a year, so when the idea of a pageant...
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Block Party: The 17th Street Festival is Saturday!
The annual 17th Street Festival is one of the city's best street celebrations
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Waiter fired after telling gay couple that they shouldn’t share dessert
A waiter at a local restaurant has been fired after he told a gay couple that they should not split an ice cream sundae, saying...
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Man sentenced to 30 years in prison for transgender woman’s murder
The man convicted of killing transgender woman Keyonna Blakeney in a Rockville hotel room last year has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. On...
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Man accused of Deoni Jones’ murder found not guilty
On Wednesday, a D.C. Superior Court jury found a Northeast D.C. man accused of fatally stabbing transgender woman Deoni Jones in the head not guilty...
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Gavin Grimm’s case moves forward in federal district court
On Friday, transgender teen Gavin Grimm withdrew his request for a preliminary injunction, which allows him to move forward with his lawsuit challenging the Gloucester...
