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Tackling Surrogacy Laws a Tricky Business
Local jurisdictions' restrictions can prove difficult to navigate, requiring legislative fixes to protect all parties
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NGLF Leadership Institute Accepting Applications
The Next Generation Leadership Foundation (NGLF), a locally-based national nonprofit dedicated to mentoring and cultivating potential LGBT leaders, announced on Feb. 3 that it...
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Fledgling Eaglet
A few months behind schedule, the DC Eagle partially opened its doors at a large new location in northeast D.C. last weekend. “I thought it...
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Northam Saves Employment Nondiscrimination Bill
LGBT advocates in Virginia breathed a sigh of relief on Tuesday after the Senate narrowly passed two pro-LGBT bills, chief among them a measure to...
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LGBT Discrimination by Government Contractors Defeated
A Virginia House of Delegates subcommittee on Jan. 29 rejected a bill, proposed by Del. Bob Marshall (R-Manassas Park, Sudley, Bull Run), that would have allowed...
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Virginia’s Anti-Gay Discrimination Bill Tabled
A Virginia House of Delegates subcommittee dealt the LGBT community in the commonwealth a rare bit of good news after the eight-person panel rejected a bill...
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Conversion Therapy Ban Fails in Va. House
A Virginia House of Delegates subcommittee on Wednesday dealt the final blow to hopes for a bill that would have prohibited the practice of so-called...
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Virginia Gay Marriage Statute Stays in Place
A day after the Virginia Senate rejected a bill to start the process of repealing the Marshall-Newman Amendment, the commonwealth’s constitutional ban prohibiting the recognition...
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Bowser Taps David Do for API Affairs Post
Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) announced on Jan. 25 another addition to her mayoral cabinet, tapping David Do, an openly gay community and education activist and former candidate for...
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Stand by Your (Gay Marriage) Ban
The Marshall-Newman Amendment will stay embedded in Virginia's constitution for at least 3 more years
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Virginia Senate Subcommittee Sticks by Gay Marriage Ban
A Virginia Senate subcommittee is unswayed in its opposition to marriage equality, even though same-sex marriages are being performed in the commonwealth, and the voter-approved...
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Dead: Hate Crimes Bill Fails House Subcommittee
As expected, a bill that would have classified crimes or acts of violence committed against people because of their real or perceived sexual orientation or...
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Senate Committee Approves Employment Nondiscrimination
A Virginia Senate committee narrowly approved a bill prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in public employment, moving the measure out of...
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Jacobson Elected State Board of Education President
The D.C. State Board of Education (SBOE) voted on Wednesday, Jan. 22 to elect openly gay SBOE member Jack Jacobson as president of the board,...
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Va. Senate Nixes Second-Parent Adoption Bill
A Virginia Senate committee voted 8-7 on Friday, Jan. 23, to reject a bill that would have allowed adults other than a person’s legally recognized...
