A bill that will outlaw the notorious "gay panic" and "trans panic" defenses is headed to Governor Northam's desk for his signature. Virginia lawmakers passed a bill that will ban the use of a person’s perceived or actual sexual orientation or gender identity as a...
Jennifer Carroll Foy is currently running for Governor in Virginia. If elected, not only will she be Virginia's first female governor, she'll institute a detailed plan to protect the rights and advance the interests of LGBTQ Virginians. More than a decade ago, 57...
The bill has been introduced over and over since the 1970s, but this time the Biden Administration has made clear that passing the Equality Act is "a priority" for the President. In almost every Congress since the 1970s, the LGBTQ Equality Act has been introduced in...
Equality Virginia's Vee Lamneck talks to GayRVA about Title VII, The Virginia Values Act, and the connections between LGBTQ and BLM. On June 15th, the U.S. Supreme Court reviewed three historic cases and came to one monumental decision: that Title VII of The Civil...
Trump definitely views the Supreme Court ruling in favor of LGBTQ employment rights to be a loss for him and his agenda. President Donald Trump says he was “surprised” with last week’s historic Supreme Court ruling on LGBTQ workers’ civil rights, suggesting he was...