• LGBT-rights bills pass Virginia state Senate - The ...

    2020/01/21 · LGBT bills clear Virginia Senate and head to a friendly House of Delegates Del. Danica Roem (D-Prince William), Virginia’s first transgender legislator, wears a rainbow scarf while canvassing a ...

  • LGBT rights in Virginia - Wikipedia

    Virginia voters ratified a constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman in November 2006. The state recognizes no other same-sex relationship. The same definitions and restrictions appear in state statutes. The Marshall-Newman Amendment also prohibits the Commonwealth of Virginia and its political subdivisions, such as counties and independent cities, from creating or recognize any legal status for r…

  • Virginia law could be blueprint for LGBTQ protections in …

    2020/02/12 · Virginia is just one signature away from taking a historic step to ban anti-LGBTQ discrimination. On Thursday, the Virginia House of Delegates approved a landmark bill that would add sexual ...

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  • Virginia Governor Vetoes Anti-LGBT 'Religious Freedom' …

    2016/03/30 · WASHINGTON -- Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have allowed businesses and individuals to cite their religious beliefs as a reason for refusing services to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

  • Virginia poised to become first Southern state banning …

    2020/02/06 · Virginia poised to become first Southern state banning LGBT discrimination Del. Danica Roem (D-Prince William), Virginia’s first openly transgender state lawmaker, wears a rainbow scarf while ...

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    2020/01/12 · A bill that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity has been introduced in the Virginia Senate. Senator Adam Ebbin, an openly gay Democrat, introduced the Virginia ...

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    2020/02/06 · Virginia lawmakers on Thursday passed legislation protecting residents of the state from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation after failing to pass the measure several times in recent ...

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    2020/02/19 · VA LGBT Bill Punishes Christians And Infringes On 1st Amendment Rights. Religious Freedom At Stake ... Chief among their concerns is a bill known as the “Virginia Values Act.” The bill would ...

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    2020/02/19 · VA LGBT Bill Punishes Christians And Infringes On 1st Amendment Rights. Religious Freedom At Stake ... Chief among their concerns is a bill known as the “Virginia Values Act.” The bill …

  • Virginia lawmakers pass protections for LGBTQ people

    2020/02/07 · Virginia is the first state in the South to enact such protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people, according to advocates. The legislation bans discrimination in housing ...

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    2020/04/11 · Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) signed a bill into law that would expand non-discrimination protections on p ublic employment, housing and credit on the basis of sexual orientation, gender ...

  • Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam Signs Non-Binary Driver's ...

    2020/04/09 · Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has signed into law a bill that offers driver's license applicants a non-binary option. Under Senate Bill 246, the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles will offer ...

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    2020/01/22 · Although same-sex marriage has been recognized in Virginia since October 2014 and across the country since June 2015, a bill …

  • Virginia passes sweeping LGBT rights legislation - UPI.com

    2020/02/07 · Virginia's Senate and House have passed sweeping LGBT rights protection legislation that bans discrimination in public accommodations, employment and housing based on one's sexual orientation and ...

  • Victory in Virginia as governor signs LGBT+ protections …

    2020/04/15 · Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has signed vital LGBT+ protections into law, in an historic breakthrough for the South. It makes Virginia the 21st state, plus Washington DC, to provide ...

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    2017/01/21 · Virginia’s anti-trans “bathroom bill” has died, and the legislation’s quick death could be an indication of what's in store for LGBTQ rights in 2017.

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    2020/02/09 · The bill also enables the attorney general’s office to pursue civil action against anyone “engaged in a pattern or practice of resistance ” to the civil rights spelled out in the proposed law. National human rights groups heralded Thursday’s vote as a historic breakthrough that makes Virginia the first state in the South to enact such …

  • LGBT rights in West Virginia - Wikipedia

    Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in the U.S. state of West Virginia face legal challenges not faced by non-LGBT persons, even though same-sex sexual activity and same-sex marriages are legal in West Virginia. State law does not address discrimination on account of sexual orientation or gender identity.

  • LGBT rights in Virginia - Wikipedia

    Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in the United States Commonwealth of Virginia face legal and social challenges not faced by non-LGBT persons.Same-sex marriage has been legal in Virginia since October 6, 2014, when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider an appeal in the case of Bostic v.

  • Va. Senate committee approves two pro-LGBT bills

    2017/01/24 · A Virginia Senate committee on Monday approved two pro-LGBT bills. The Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology approved state Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria)’s Senate Bill 783, which ...

  • Virginia Governor Vetoes Anti-LGBT Bill on Live Radio

    2016/03/31 · Virginia Governor Vetoes Anti-LGBT Bill on Live Radio As promised, Gov. Terry McAuliffe on Wednesday vetoed a bill that said no minister or religious organization could be penalized for acting on ...

  • Virginia Senate passes numerous pro-LGBT bills | Disrn

    2020/01/25 · Virginia Senate passes numerous pro-LGBT bills by Bryan Brammer · Jan 25th, 2020 12:46 pm The Virginia Senate passed numerous pro-LGBT bills Tuesday, including a repeal on the state's ban on same-sex marriage.

  • Two LGBT Rights Bills Were Just Killed In Virginia, But …

    2019/02/01 · Two LGBT rights bills, around housing and public employment, were just killed in Virginia's House of Delegates. The first month of 2019 delivered several key LGBT victories, like a transgender ...

  • LGBT rights in West Virginia - Wikipedia

    Upon statehood in 1863, West Virginia inherited Virginia's "buggery" law, which provided for one to five years' imprisonment for anal intercourse. Fellatio (oral sex) was not covered by the statute. A bill to extend the law's application to include oral sex, whether heterosexual or homosexual, passed the House of Delegates in 1917, but failed in the …

  • Kentucky and Virginia Introduce Anti-LGBT Bills | …

    2017/01/05 · Meanwhile, in Kentucky Rep. Rick Nelson filed two anti-LGBT bills: an anti-trans bathroom bill, and a “religious freedom” bill guaranteeing bigots the right to discriminate in the name of God. What really stings about this bill is …

  • LGBT Workplace Protection Bill Passes Virginia Senate ...

    LGBT Workplace Protection Bill Passes Virginia Senate Bill’s Forward Movement Signals Progress for Virginia’s LGBT Community Richmond, VA – Senate Bill 701, a measure to protect Virginia’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender state employees from workplace discrimination, passed today with a 24-16 vote in the Senate.

  • Bill of Rights Institute - LGBT bills clear Virginia Senate …

    RICHMOND — The Virginia Senate on Tuesday passed a host of LGBT rights bills as Democrats continued to flex their new power in the Capitol. The Senate voted to ban conversion therapy on children, repeal the state’s now-defunct ban on same-sex marriage and establish statewide policies for the treatment of transgender students. The …

  • 2020 LGBT Legislative Victories « Equality Virginia

    2020/03/09 · The Virginia Values Act, patroned by Senator Adam Ebbin and Delegate Mark Sickles, bans discrimination against LGBT people in employment, housing, and public spaces. The Senate version of the bill (SB 868) , passed the Senate 30-9 After the House added a substitute and passed it 54-46 , the Senate agreed to the substitute 27 …

  • Virginia Governor Signs LGBT Protections Bill Into Law - …

    2020/04/12 · Virginia Governor Signs LGBT Protections Bill Into Law April 12, 2020 Civil Rights, LGBT News The Washington Blade reports: Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Saturday signed a bill that adds sexual orientation and gender identity ...

  • LGBT Bills Clear VA Senate to Give Transgenders New …

    2020/01/23 · This bill will protect our children from beliefs rooted in bigotry." In light of these bills, here are a few takeaways about what's going on in Virginia that can apply to anywhere in the country ...

  • Human Rights Campaign - VA Senate Should Kill Bill to …

    2016/02/16 · WASHINGTON – Following a 56-41 vote by the Virginia House of Delegates this morning to advance a discriminatory anti-LGBT bill, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, and Equality Virginia, the statewide LGBT advocacy organization, called on the Virginia …

  • Virginia Governor Vetoes Anti-LGBT Bill on Live Radio

    2020/01/18 · Politics Virginia Governor Vetoes Anti-LGBT Bill on Live Radio As promised, Gov. Terry McAuliffe on Wednesday vetoed a bill that said no minister or religious organization could be penalized for ...

  • Bill protecting Virginia LGBT state employees killed in …

    2013/02/12 · Bill protecting Virginia LGBT state employees killed in House subcommittee RICHMOND, Va. – A measure to protect Virginia’s LGBT state employees from workplace discrimination, was killed by a ...

  • West Virginia Considering Bill To Block Local …

    2015/02/25 · The bill also comes just a few weeks after the tiny, five-person town of Thurmond, West Virginia, voted to protect LGBT individuals from discrimination. After Thurmond passed its anti-discrimination measure, Schneider told The Huffington Post that it was clear there was a "movement afoot" to establish similar protections in the state.

  • VA Gov. Terry McAuliffe Vetoes Anti-LGBT Bill: 'We're …

    2016/03/30 · Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe has vetoed an anti-LGBT bill that was dubbed “Indiana on steroids” by civil rights activists, referring to Indiana’s heinous Religious Freedom Restoration ...

  • Liberty Counsel: New VA LGBTQ Bill Would Mean Baptist ...

    2020/02/19 · A bill that would add sexual orientation and gender identity to Virginia's nondiscrimination law cleared committees in the House of Delegates and Senate this week and appears to be on its way to ...

  • Virginia passes law to extend discrimination protections …

    2020/04/13 · Governor Ralph Northam signed the Virginia Values Act, also known as Senate Bill 868, into law on Saturday after it was passed by a Democrat-controlled legislature. In a statement released last Saturday, Northam said that the new law “sends a strong, clear message” that “Virginia is a place where all people are welcome to live, …

  • Virginia Speaker of the House Kills Pro-LGBT Legislation ...

    2018/02/08 · Four pro-LGBT bills were killed on a party-line vote, revealing just how disconnected House leadership is from their constituents,” said James Parrish, Executive Director of Equality Virginia. “We hoped this year would be a turning point, but once again, Speaker Cox is playing politics with LGBT people’s basic civil rights.

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    (WB) A Virginia Democrat has introduced a bill that would add sexual orientation and gender identity to Virginia’s hate crimes law. State Sen. Barbara Favola (D-Arlington County) has introduced Senate Bill 179 in the Virginia Senate.

  • LGBT Protections Bill Clears Virginia Senate – Alturi

    2020/02/08 · LGBT Protections Bill Clears Virginia Senate 02/07/2020 | On Top Magazine A bill that seeks to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity cleared the Virginia Senate on Thursday.

  • Virginia to Become First Southern State to Ban LGBT ...

    2020/02/27 · discrimination, LGBT, Virginia RICHMOND, Va. (CN) – For members of the LGBTQ community who face discrimination in Virginia, state remedies are limited if not entirely nonexistent. “You’re out of luck,” state Delegate Mark Levine, D-Alexandria, said in a phone interview.

  • Virginia Governor Vetoes Antigay 'Religious Liberty' Bill

    2016/03/30 · Virginia Governor Vetoes Antigay 'Religious Liberty' Bill Gov. Terry McAuliffe says the bill attempted to legitimize anti-LGBT discrimination under the guise of religious freedom. By Yezmin Villarreal

  • Virginia lawmakers advance bill banning LGBTQ …

    2020/01/25 · The bill would update the Virginia Fair Housing act to prevent discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in housing. As the Associated Press reports, the Virginia Fair ...

  • Public Hearing on Controversial W.Va. Bill Banning LGBT ...

    2015/02/27 · The WV House of Delegates held a public hearing on HB 2881 on Friday Morning. The West Virginia Intrastate Commerce Improvement Act would prohibit cities and counties …

  • LGBT Rights in Virginia: Taking a Leap Backwards ...

    2019/03/20 · In 2018 as well as the current session of the Virginia General Assembly, every pro-LGBT bill was killed in the House of Delegates by Speaker M. Kirkland Cox through arcane rules. What ought to be frightening to LGBT Virginians

  • Virginia Senate Passes Bill To Allow Transgender …

    2020/01/28 · Now that Virginia is a leftist stronghold, lawmakers in the state are producing progressive bill proposals at a rapid pace. While they are going after Virginians’ right to bear arms among other far-left goals, Democrats are also hyper-focused on the LGBT agenda and passing bills to cater to this small fraction of the …

  • Virginia Governor vetoes anti-LGBT 'religious freedom' bill

    2016/03/30 · The Governor of Virginia has vetoed a bill which he says would legalise discrimination against LGBT people. He made the announcement during a radio interview on WTOP. The bill would have made it ...

  • New Virginia Law Will Prohibit LGBT Discrimination

    2020/04/15 · Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam just signed into law sweeping legislation that not only protects the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Virginians in employment, housing and ...