Equality Virginia, the commonwealth’s top LGBT rights organization, recognized five Richmond-area Fortune 500 companies for workplace policies that do not discriminate against LGBT people, presenting...
A bill that would have added sexual orientation and gender identification to the definition of what constitutes a hate crime failed to gain the necessary...
Hundreds of people rallied at Mount Vernon Square in downtown Washington on Saturday, Jan. 10 to call for action to guarantee equal treatment and civil...
LGBT advocates question veracity of ex-gay group's billboard in Virginia
Virginia Democrats fought back against wintery conditions and electoral history on Tuesday, Jan. 6 to help Del.-elect Kathleen Murphy (D) successfully pick up a Republican seat...
A Virginia lawmaker has introduced a so-called “conscience clause” bill that would allow private businesses to discriminate against LGBT people and couples without fear of...
Even with the advent of marriage equality in a majority of U.S. states, LGBT allies remain on high alert as they brace for the introduction...
Amid the controversy surrounding a billboard in the Richmond area that claims that “nobody is born gay,” as well as the District of Columbia’s historic...
Lawyers for Gary Niles Montgomery, the man accused of fatally stabbing transgender woman Deoni Jones while she was waiting at a Northeast D.C. bus stop...
The Gloucester County (Va.) School Board voted 6-1 on Tuesday to approve a motion that limits transgender students to using the bathroom assigned to their...
For Lori, a D.C. parent of a transgender youth, her son’s return from summer camp last year showed a marked difference in his attitude. “From...
The D.C. Council on Tuesday passed a bill repealing an act of Congress known as the Armstrong Amendment, which carves out an exemption to sexual...
Days after the D.C. Council unanimously passed the Conversion Therapy for Minors Prohibition Amendment Act banning licensed therapists and mental health practitioners from using conversion...
The Arlington Gay & Lesbian Alliance (AGLA), a Virginia-based organization seeking to improve the lives of LGBT people and build relationships with potential allies through...
The D.C. Council on Tuesday unanimously passed a bill that would prohibit the use on minors of conversion or “reparative” therapy, or other “sexual orientation...