Under the new law, Virginia's Department of Education has until the end of 2020 to create a policy that establishes a baseline for the way transgender students in the Commonwealth's public school districts must be treated. From Gavin Grimm's years of legal struggles...
Birth Certificate Modernization Bills Pass Both Houses of General Assembly
Good news for Virginia's trans and non-binary community -- bills allowing non-binary gender markers on state IDs and changing of name and gender markers on birth certificates are headed to the governor's desk. Being transgender or non-binary in our less-than-accepting...
LGBTQ Groups Celebrate Passage of ‘Historic’ Virginia Values Act
After years of struggling, advocates for Virginia's LGBTQ community have received a clear victory, as the Virginia Values Act passes both houses of the General Assembly. Legislators wore rainbow, heart-shaped stickers Thursday as the House and Senate passed the...
Hundreds of LGBTQ Advocates Lobby Lawmakers for Protections
Equality Virginia and the Commonwealth's LGBTQ community continue to lobby state legislators for important LGBTQ protections. Now that Democrats control the General Assembly, they're having some success. The day after hundreds lobbied lawmakers on behalf of LGBTQ...
Bill Prohibiting Discrimination Against LGBTQ Virginians Advanced by Subcommittee
The Virginia Values Act represents a collaborative effort by a number of General Assembly legislators and LGBTQ advocacy groups to end discrimination against LGBTQ Virginians on many fronts, including housing, employment, and more. A General Assembly subcommittee...
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