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Surrogacy Struggle
Following two hearings earlier this month, advocates for gestational surrogacy are continuing their push for two bills that set forth standards for gestational carrier agreements,...
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Remembering Mame Dennis
The community mourns a sudden loss
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Man, 60, kills 95-year-old Maryland neighbor, claiming “unwelcomed sexual advances”
Police in Montgomery County, Md. issued documents against Eric S. Dyson, 60, charging him with theft and the first degree murder of a 95-year-old veteran, Dan...
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Legendary D.C. drag queen Mame Dennis dies aged 74
Legendary D.C. drag queen Mame Dennis dies at age 74
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Marshall’s Parting Shots
If the last week proved anything to Virginia’s LGBT community, it’s that one always needs to keep an eye on the machinations of the commonwealth’s...
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Nail in the Coffin: All LGBT Bills Dead in Virginia
Virginian LGBT public employees who do not work for the state must wait another year to gain workplace protections after a bill that would have...
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Better Know a Committee: House General Laws
Meet 22 Virginia lawmakers who get to decide whether you can be fired for being LGBT
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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...
