All posts tagged "virginia"
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Virginia newspaper trolls Pat McCrory with “endorsement” over HB 2
Poor Pat McCrory. He’s down in the polls, his social life is in the toilet, and has become the butt of jokes for defending North Carolina’s anti-LGBT...
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Virginia Launches New LGBT Tourism Marketing Efforts
It has been nearly two years since Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe announced the creation of a LGBT Tourism Task Force — and now it has finally...
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Gavin’s Story: Gavin Grimm is the new face of the transgender movement
When his high school offered Gavin Grimm a modified broom closet as a restroom, he not only refused to use it, he sued the school...
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Virginia AG Herring: Anti-LGBT discrimination “can” constitute sex discrimination
Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring, in responding to requests from members of the General Assembly, issued an opinion finding that anti-LGBT discrimination could — and...
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Virginia Supreme Court rules cohabitation law applies to gay couples
The Supreme Court of Virginia has ruled in favor of a Fairfax County man who was seeking to stop paying spousal support after learning his...
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Cuccinelli says he won’t run for Virginia governor in 2017
The Old Dominion’s LGBT community got some welcome news over the weekend after former Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R) announced he would not seek the...
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Virginia Democrats uphold McAuliffe’s veto of anti-gay bill
The political truism “Elections have consequences” has never been true more than in the Old Dominion this year, after Senate Democrats upheld a veto by Gov....
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Religious exemptions bill marches toward a McAuliffe veto
In the final days of this year’s legislative session, the Virginia General Assembly approved a bill that provides religious exemptions that would allow individuals and...
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Virginia civil celebrants say religious exemption bill unnecessary
On Valentine’s Day, Gerylee Baron, a civil celebrant appointed by the Alexandria Circuit Court to perform weddings, married a couple celebrating their 29th anniversary. “I’d...
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Virginia Senate passes pair of nondiscrimination bills
The Virginia Senate on Friday passed a pair of nondiscrimination bills with bipartisan support, sending them to the House of Delegates for consideration. The Senate voted to...
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Virginia bill proposes Kim Davis-style clerk exemptions
A Virginia Senate committee has set the stage for what could be an inevitable showdown between opponents and supporters of same-sex marriage, as embodied by...
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Virginia Senate committee approves nondiscrimination bills
A Virginia Senate committee has approved two measures that would prohibit anti-LGBT discrimination in public employment and housing, with both bills earning bipartisan support as...
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Nine anti-gay bills loom large over Virginia in 2016
Marriage equality may be the law of the land following last year’s Supreme Court decision, but anti-gay lawmakers in the Virginia General Assembly are hitting...
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Equality Virginia grants four employers Fairness Accreditation
LGBT rights organization Equality Virginia is honoring four more Richmond-based companies with its Virginia Fairness Accreditation on Thursday, Jan. 7 for their commitment to internal...
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“Family Values” delegate to run for Virginia AG post
Del. Rob Bell (R-Charlottesville, Elkton, Cunningham) will challenge Attorney General Mark Herring to be Virginia’s top law enforcement officer in 2017. Bell, who was first...
