Virginia lawmakers pass marriage equality, abortion & voting protections
Democrats are hopeful they can amend the state’s constitution to protect hard-fought rights.
JANUARY 15, 2025
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White House Downplays Political Significance of LGBT Olympic Delegates
White House press secretary Jay Carney is denying that the choice of out athletes Billie Jean King and Caitlin Cahow to represent the U.S. during the Winter Olympics is part of a pro-LGBT agenda.
DECEMBER 19, 2013
Virginia Bill Seeks to Restrict Trans Students' Restroom Access
John Avioli, a Republican member of the House of Delegates, introduced the legislation last week.
JANUARY 18, 2022
Virginia GOP Devises Transphobic Way to Refuse to Call Danica Roem 'Gentlewoman'
The Republican leader of the Virginia House of Delegates, Kirk Cox, wants to do away with gendered titles after Roem's historic win.
NOVEMBER 23, 2017
West Virginia May Be Next State to Ban Trans Athletes
The state's Senate approved a bill with such a ban Thursday, after the House of Delegates OK'd a slightly different version; they must be reconciled before going to Gov. Jim Justice.
APRIL 8, 2021
Danica Roem's Opponent Compares Marriage Equality to Slavery
The groundbreaking trans state legislator faces Kelly McGinn, who has called marriage equality "morally repugnant."
MAY 21, 2019
Victory Fund endorses record-number 77 candidates
The Gay and
Lesbian Victory Fund, an LGBT political action committee,
announced Thursday its support of 13 new candidates. The new
endorsements bring the total number of candidates the
group is supporting this election year to 77, the
group's largest number ever.
AUGUST 24, 2006
West Virginia Republicans want to prevent suicidal transgender youth from receiving care
GOP lawmakers in West Virginia are pushing to overturn an exception that allows transgender youth at risk of self-harm or suicide to receive gender-affirming care.
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Danica Roem Reelected in Virginia; Longest-Serving Out Trans Official
Roem beat anti-LGBTQ+ challenger Christopher Stone in the contest for Virginia House of Delegates. Mark Sickles, a gay man, won reelection to the House of Delegates as well.
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
VA State Senate Committee Kills Anti-LGBTQ+ Religious Freedom Bill
The bill failed in an 8-7 vote after passing the state's House of Delegates last week.
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
Chaos at Virginia Legislature After Pastor Recites Antigay Prayer
The Rev. Robert Grant Jr. condemned same-sex marriage and abortion in a prayer before the Virginia House of Delegates.
FEBRUARY 12, 2020
Court Takes Away Democrat's One-Vote Victory in Va. House
Democrat Shelly Simonds won a House of Delegates seat by one vote in a recount Tuesday, tying her party with Republicans for control of the chamber, but a court ruled one ballot invalid today.
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DECEMBER 19, 2017
Billie Jean King Drops Out of Sochi Delegation
The tennis champion will remain in the United States to care for her ailing mother.
FEBRUARY 5, 2014
Sorry Ken, Virginia's House OK With Sodomy
The bill, which revises the state's longstanding 'Crimes Against Nature' statute, was passed unanimously and is awaiting the signature of Gov. Terry McAuliffe.
MARCH 7, 2014
Advancing Virginia Bill Will Allow College Groups to Discriminate
LGBT rights groups in Virginia are concerned about a bill just passed by the House of Delegates.
FEBRUARY 2, 2013
West Virginia Lawmaker, Subject of Anti-Trans Robocall, Loses Race
Stephen Skinner, an out gay member of the House of Delegates, was trying to move up to the state Senate.
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
Danica Roem Is First Out Trans Person Reelected to a State Legislature
Roem made history in 2017 with her election to Virginia's House of Delegates, and she made history again Tuesday.
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NOVEMBER 5, 2019
Virginia Quashes Ban on 'Ex-Gay' Therapy
A bill that sought to protect minors from efforts to 'pray away the gay' was voted down in a Senate committee, and companion legislation failed to receive a vote by a House of Delegates panel.
JANUARY 23, 2015
Calif. Congressional Democrats Back Marriage Equality for DNC Platform
The majority of California's Democratic Congress members announced Thursday that they had signed a letter urging the party's Platform Drafting Committee to adopt a plank supporting marriage equality at the convention in September.
JULY 19, 2012