The attacks on our community are relentless, and they’re coming from all directions - from statehouses, hate speech accounts on social media, and even the New York Times. And so we mobilize, we fight and we win. And amid our powerful resistance, there is unbridled joy: in art, in parenting, onscreen, in sports and beyond.
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HRC is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Chae’Meshia Simms, a Black transgender woman who was shot to death early in the morning on Nov. 23 in Richmond,…
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Post submitted by Lucas Acosta (he/him), former Deputy Director of Communications, PoliticsVA-5 congressional candidate Bob Good has launched a series of campaign events targeting and attacking LGBTQ Virginians and the…
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The Town Hall will be hosted by activist and Pod Save the People host DeRay McKesson and feature…
Virginia is the first Southern state to enact comprehensive non-discrimination protections for LGBTQ people
Today is a historic day in Virginia.
Post submitted by Lucas Acosta (he/him), former Deputy Director of Communications, PoliticsEndorsements come after the first anniversary of the U.S. House passing the Equality Act.
With Governor Northam’s signature, Virginia becomes the first Southern state to enact comprehensive non-discrimination protections for LGBTQ people.
Thanks to your work the Virginia Values Act is on its way to the governor’s desk to become law.
Virginia becomes the first state in decades -- and first Southern state -- to pass comprehensive non-discrimination protections from scratch, after years of legislative stalemates
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