Supporters of LGBT rights have a lot to celebrate after Tuesday’s primaries in Virginia resulted in the defeat of the last remaining anti-LGBT Democrat in the General...
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...
When a Republican-led Virginia House of Delegates committee shuttled a hate crimes bill to a subcommittee on Jan. 15, it was considered a signal by political...
Flanked by supporters, progressive leaders and legislative allies, Equality Virginia, the commonwealth’s top LGBT rights organization, held a press conference in the General Assembly House Briefing...
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...
At a Richmond press conference Wednesday afternoon, Virginia state Sen. Mark Obenshain (R) conceded the attorney general's race to state Sen. Mark Herring (D). Herring's...
LGBT Virginians can breathe a little easier following Tuesday's statewide and local elections, but the community still faces daunting challenges in Richmond. Democrat Terry McAuliffe...
The Virginia governor's race between Democrat Terry McAuliffe, Republican Ken Cuccinelli and Libertarian Robert Sarvis has been grabbing most of the political headlines, but the...
State Sen. Mark Herring (D-Loudoun, Fairfax counties), the Democratic candidate for Attorney General of Virginia, has launched an LGBT-rights offensive against his GOP opponent, state...
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest LGBT civil rights organization, released polling at a press conference in Richmond Thursday showing the citizens of...
Two Democratic legislators and the head of a nonprofit organization advocating for LGBT rights in Virginia held a press call Tuesday to condemn the anti-LGBT...
Nearly 8,000 Virginia Republican officeholders and activists gathered Saturday at the Greater Richmond Convention Center to select the party's candidates for governor, lieutenant governor and...
Virginia state Sen. Mark Herring (D-Loudoun, Fairfax counties), one of two Democrats seeking to become the commonwealth's next attorney general, yesterday released an ''equality agenda''...
The Virginia Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill Monday that sets in place a framework for local school boards to follow when crafting and adopting policies...
As the saying goes, ''Virginia is for lovers.'' While few would argue the tourism slogan applies to gay people, one might wonder when the state...