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Staff Reports A new poll finds that a majority of voters in Virgina now support marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples, reflecting a significant shift in public opinion over the last two years. The Washington Post pollfound that 56 percent of voters support same-sex marriage, up 10 points from 2011; the poll found 43 percent remain opposed. Support [...]
Governor Bob McDonnell plans to announce a new campaign Friday that aims to adopt 1,000 Virginia children out of foster care, but equality groups around the state are calling foul on the new initiative. legislative actions signed by Gov. McDonnell allow VA adoption agencies to discriminate who they adopt to, which equality groups believe disproportionately [...]
Staff Reports PRINCETON, N.J. — Fifty-three percent of Americans now support legalizing same-sex marriage, the third consecutive reading of 50 percent or above in Gallup polling over the past year. The 53 percent favorable result ties the high to this point, also measured last November and in May 2011. Gallup’s May 2-7 poll, released Monday, [...]
Photo of Nikolai Alexeyev BRODY LEVESQUE | LGBTQ Nation MOSCOW — As news spread over the weekend of the horrific torture and murder of a young gay man in southern Russia, LGBTQ activists in the country are warning that such violence is escalating rapidly and with more frequency. Activists point to an increasingly hostile stance on LGBT issues [...]
The “Freedom to Marry Bridge” via imgur ==STORY WILL BE UPDATED AS NEWS COMES IN== The Minnesota Senate legalized gay marriage Monday in a historic 37-30 vote. Before Monday’s vote, Mayor Chris Coleman “proclaimed ‘Freedom to Marry Week’ in St. Paul” and “renamed a downtown bridge the ‘Freedom to Marry Bridge’” via Twitter. Rainbow flags [...]
Vladislav Tornovoy BRODY LEVESQUE | LGBTQ Nation Update, Monday, May 13: Police have confirmed the identity of the victim as Vladislav Tornovoy, 23. VOLGOGRAD, Russia — Two men have been arrested for torturing a 23-year-old man to death in Russia in an apparent homophobic attack, investigators said Sunday. Police Inspector Andrei Gapchenko told radio Ekho Moskvy that the [...]
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)AP BRODY LEVESQUE | LGBTQ Nation WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Monday that if the Senate Judiciary Committee attached an amendment to include provisions for same-sex bi-national couples in the pending immigration reform bill, he’ll pull his support. Graham, one of four Senate Republicans in the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” that crafted the [...]
On May 10 and 11, 2013, Richmond modern dance company, rva dance collective, presented their annual spring concert “Dance.Local.” at the Grace Street Theatre. Co-artistic directors Jess Burgess and Danica Kalemdaroglu both presented new works along with company members Henry Hill Jr. and the choreographic debut of Casey Royer. Students from The Dance Company, a [...]
