Thursday, the Virginia House of Delegates passed HB 2025 — legislation that seeks to give taxpayer-funded agencies and service providers a license to discriminate against LGBTQ people under the guise of religion. The dangerous anti-LGBTQ proposal will now move to the Senate for consideration. HB 2025 could allow taxpayer-funded organizations like homeless shelters and adoption agencies…
The General Laws Committee of the Virginia House of Delegates have advanced HB 2025, a piece of legislation that seeks to give taxpayer-funded agencies and service providers a license to discriminate against LGBTQ people under the guise of religion. The anti-LGBTQ proposal is being pushed by Delegate Nicholas Freitas and will now move to the…
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Gov. McAuliffe today issued Executive Order 61, which will advance the cause of equality in Virginia by requiring all future state contractors with the Executive Branch to agree to a non-discrimination policy that includes discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. This action builds on Executive Order Number 1 by extending…
The U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday halted a lower court’s order forbidding a Virginia school district from enforcing its discriminatory ban on transgender students using bathrooms consistent with their gender identity. The 5-3 order in Gloucester County School Board v. Grimm allows the school board’s discriminatory policy to remain in place while the Supreme Court awaits…
Today, Virgina Gov. Terry McAuliffe vetoed an anti-LGBT bill that would have allowed businesses to discriminate against LGBT people based on their religious opposition to same-sex marriage. The Advocate reported that the bill would have prevented the state from penalizing businesses and individuals who cite faith-based grounds for discriminating against same-sex couples, transgender people, and…
A gay Virginia man was brutally attacked on Christmas night in his own home by a man who broke his hands and fingers and also knocked four teeth out. According to NewNowNext, Drew Inge of Yorktown was also kicked in the head multiple times by the attacker who verbally assaulted him and threatened his life….
The Virginia-based Performance Institute has announced that Carl DeMaio will be returning to the organization as a senior fellow. The Performance Institute, originally founded by DeMaio in 2000 is described as a, “… nonpartisan, private think tank seeking to improve public and private sector performance through the principles of transparency, accountability, performance and engagement.” DeMaio…
As part of a promotion for Richmond tourism, one same-sex couple will win the wedding of a lifetime to be held March 7 at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, a 50-acre stretch of land located in the northern part of the city, reports the Richmond Times-Dispatch. According to the article, “Sponsors are covering the cost…
http://youtu.be/gga4LyHvz8I A surprise new twist has emerged in the controversy over an “ex-gay” group’s Virginia billboard which purportedly depicted a set of “identical twins,” reports The Huffington Post. The ad, which appeared recently beside I-95 in Richmond, depicts two men, one dressed in a suit and the other in a white T-shirt, and says: “Identical…
A contentious billboard in the the middle of Virginia’s capital claims “nobody is born gay,” reports nydailynews.com. The sign paid for by by Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays (PFOX) uses a pair of identical twins looking down upon drivers along one of the busiest stretches of Interstate 95 through Richmond. One of the twins is…
