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Pro-LGBTQ Bills Strike A Positive Note at the Start of the 2018 General Assembly
It’s General Assembly time, traditionally a busy season for GayRVA. However, searches through Virginia’s Legislative Information System (LIS) have revealed a curious thing; unlike previous years, including this past year — which brought us bills attempting to deny transgender people the right to use the bathroom in public and allow faith-based organizations to discriminate against married [...]
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Vague anti-same-sex marriage bill passes Virginia House, heads to Senate next week
“It’s not the message we want to send if we want to have a 21st Century Virginia economy,”
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Delegate proposes bill to remove same-sex marriage ban from Virginia state code
It took 11 years for the Commonwealth to remove the code language banning sodomy.
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NoVA Delegate urges Fairfax Public Schools to include gender identity in non-discrimination policy
“Continuing to reject such a mainstream change to non-discrimination policies is harmful to Virginia’s reputation as a great place to live, work and do business.”
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National and state officials aim to remove same-sex marriage bans from law books
The Respect for Marriage Act (RMA) has been reintroduced by U.S. Senator Feinstein and U.S. Representatives Jerry Nadler and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. The goal of RMA is to remove the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) completely. Passed in 1996, DOMA allows states that do not legally enact same-sex marriages to decline to recognize same-sex marriages performed [...]
