All posts tagged "virginia"
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Review: ‘The Unlikely Story of the Lesbians of First Friday’
A warm recounting of a band of closeted lesbians in rural '80s Virginia in the documentary "Lesbians of First Friday."
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Virginia transgender man forced to identify as “female” on paperwork to donate blood
Man says staffer outed him to other clients and insisted he list his assigned sex at birth on paperwork
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Gloucester County School Board demands full 4th Circuit hear appeal of Gavin Grimm case
School board insists that barring transgender students from single-sex facilities is needed to protect cisgender students' privacy
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Three men arrested, two charged with murder in death of Virginia gay man
Sheriff's office alleges that the men attempted to rob the victim and stole his car after shooting him
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Norfolk photographer sues Virginia over its new LGBTQ nondiscrimination law
A Norfolk wedding photographer is suing the commonwealth of Virginia over a newly-enacted law intended to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination. The photographer, Chris Herring,...
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Local newspaper editor to launch LGBT Falls Church nonprofit
Nicholas F. Benton is launching a nonprofit that will serve as a discussion hub and community resource for LGBTQ Northern Virginians
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Virginia Congressman Denver Riggleman defeated in GOP convention after officiating gay wedding
Freshman congressman loses in a landslide to a self-described "biblical conservative" and immigration hard-liner
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Virginia governor signs LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections into law
Law's protections for LGBTQ people, as well as pregnant people and veterans, will go into effect on July 1
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D.C., Maryland, Virginia all issue stay-at-home orders in response to COVID-19 pandemic
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has issued a stay-at-home order for all District residents, following the lead of Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) and Virginia Gov....
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Virginia county supervisor says classroom’s “Safe Space” sticker is a sign of the “collapse of humanity”
A Virginia county supervisor was criticized at a recent Board of Supervisors meeting for a Facebook rant alleging that an LGBTQ student club in one...
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Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam signs conversion therapy ban into law
Virginia will become the 20th state to ban efforts to change youths' sexual orientation or gender identity
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Virginia Senate passes House’s version of bill banning conversion therapy
Measure billed as protecting LGBTQ minors moves one step closer to being signed into law
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Virginia House votes to commemorate Nov. 20 as Transgender Day of Remembrance
The Virginia House of Delegates has approved a resolution to commemorate Nov. 20 as the Transgender Day of Remembrance this year, and in successive years....
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Virginia House and Senate pass separate bills to repeal laws banning marriage equality
Fourteen Republicans cross party lines to eliminate now-defunct prohibition on same-sex marriage
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Virginia’s incoming House Speaker promises to pass LGBTQ protections in 2020
Virginia’s incoming House Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn (D-Fairfax Station) promised that her caucus would successfully pass laws prohibiting discrimination against LGBTQ Virginians after Democrats take control...
