Joined by LGBTQ rights advocates from around Virginia, Governor Northam held a ceremonial signing of the Virginia Values Act last Thursday at Diversity Richmond. Last Thursday, Governor Ralph Northam got together with LGBTQ advocates from all over Virginia to host a...
The Virginia Values Act, introduced Friday in the General Assembly by Senator Adam Ebbin, would offer extensive (and much needed) non-discrimination protections to Virginia's LGBTQ citizens. Sen. Adam Ebbin, D-Alexandria, introduced Friday SB 868, called the “Virginia...
For the first time in over a generation, Democrats control both houses of the General Assembly, and advocates are working to ensure that this has positive results for Virginia's LGBTQ community. It hasn't been all that many years since the dawn of a new General...
GayRVA Editor-In-Chief Marilyn Drew Necci has an extensive wish list for our new Democratic General Assembly, one that starts with LGBTQ civil rights and goes a lot farther from there. Well, it's finally happened -- no matter how your mom or your Trump-loving former...
Equality Virginia's sixth Transgender Information and Empowerment Summit put significant focus on the needs of transgender people of color, who are at significantly higher risk for violence and discrimination. Hundreds of transgender people and their allies recently...