Virginia House of Delegates Passes Dangerous Anti-LGBTQ ‘License to Discriminate’ Legislation
The legislation seeks to give taxpayer-funded agencies and service providers a license to discriminate against LGBTQ people under the guise of religion.
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Virginia House of Delegates Passes Dangerous Anti-LGBTQ ‘License to Discriminate’ Bill
WASHINGTON -- Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Equality Virginia strongly condemned the Virginia House of Delegates for passing HB 2025 -- discriminatory legislation that seeks to give taxpayer-funded…
WARNING: Virginia Lawmakers Advance Legislation Promoting Anti-LGBTQ Taxpayer-Funded Discrimination
WASHINGTON -- Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) blasted the General Laws Committee of the Virginia House of Delegates for advancing HB 2025 -- discriminatory legislation that seeks to give…
Legislation Promoting Taxpayer-Funded Discrimination Against LGBTQ People Advances in Virginia
HRC blasted the General Laws Committee of the Virginia House of Delegates for advancing HB 2025 -- discriminatory legislation that seeks to give taxpayer-funded agencies and service providers a license…
HRC Mourns India Monroe, Misgendered After December Murder
News coverage of Monroe’s death identified her by the wrong name and gender. As a result, she had not been counted among 21 other known transgender homicide victims of 2016.
VA Governor Signs Executive Order Protecting LGBTQ People In Public Services & State Contracting
WASHINGTON -- Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Equality Virginia praised Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe for signing an executive order extending protections that exist on the basis of sexual…
Virginia Gov. Signs Executive Order Protecting LGBTQ People In Public Services and State Contracting
This executive order will help to ensure contractors doing business with the state are not using taxpayer funds to discriminate against LGBTQ people.
HRC Hails Historic Fed. Court Decision Upholding Civil Rights Protections for Transgender Students
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decision affirms U.S. Department of Education position
HRC says North Carolina must immediately restore rights to transgender students, reiterates urgent need to repeal H.B. 2
Virginia General Assembly Should Defeat Next Discriminatory Anti-LGBT Bill
WASHINGTON – Today, 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…
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