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City officials: Bias-related crimes in D.C. are up from 2015
A majority of bias-related crimes in D.C. target members of the LGBTQ community, according to city officials. Crimes targeting victims because of their gender identity...
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Capital Pride to host “Magic of Pride” conference
More than 120 Pride organizers and representatives from various nonprofits that partner with Pride organizations are coming to D.C. from Mar. 10-12 to take part...
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SMYAL announces three new board members
Supporting and Mentoring Youth Advocates and Leaders, the D.C. area’s LGBTQ youth organization, has announced the appointment of three new members to its board of...
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Supreme Court asks 4th Circuit to reconsider ruling in Gavin Grimm case
Trump administration's rescinding of guidance on transgender students could influence Grimm's case
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Virginia Supreme Court hears challenge to Fairfax nondiscrimination policy
On Thursday, the Virginia Supreme Court heard arguments in a case challenging Fairfax County’s student and employee nondiscrimination policy after a 16-year-old student complained that the...
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Maryland GOP operatives found guilty of anti-gay robocall
Last week, a judge in Maryland found two Republican campaign operatives from Virginia guilty of violating Maryland’s state election laws by sending out an anti-LGBTQ...
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Arlington County Board Chair Jay Fisette will not run for re-election
Arlington County Board Chair Jay Fisette has announce he will not run for re-election in the upcoming November elections this year. “I just returned from a...
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LGBTQ campus group again seeking recognition from Catholic University of America
An unsanctioned LGBTQ campus group at the Catholic University of America is circulating an online petition to garner signatures as it once again applies for...
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Swastika and note with gay slur found outside building at Virginia college
A handwritten swastika and a note containing a gay slur were found posted outside of a building on the campus of a Fredericksburg-area college on...
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Prince William clerk who challenged marriage equality dies
The Prince William County Clerk of the Circuit Court who intervened in the case that eventually led to the legalization of same-sex marriage in Virginia...
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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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Under Sexed
LGBTQ students must often look elsewhere to find information lacking from traditional sex ed classes
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D.C. Council bill would curb use of “gay panic” defenses
Measure would prevent defendants from using victims' LGBTQ status to justify homicide or assualt
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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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Supreme Court will hear transgender student Gavin Grimm’s case on March 28
Outcome could determine whether transgender people can sue for sex discrimination
