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Justice Department: Students’ gender identity determines restroom use
The U.S. Justice Department says in a court filing that transgender students must be allowed to use the restroom that corresponds with their gender identity.
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Transgender student sues Virginia high school, citing restroom policy
A transgender teenager said in a lawsuit Thursday that he has been stigmatized by a policy that bars him from using the boys’ restrooms at his eastern Virginia high school.
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Virginia’s largest school district bans gender identity discrimination
The Fairfax County school board has voted to ban discrimination on the basis of gender identity in the school system.
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Virginia school board restricts restroom use for transgender elementary student
A Virginia school board has voted to require transgender students to use a single stall restroom or a restroom of the student’s biological sex.
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Norfolk church boycotts St. Patricks parade after pro-LGBT governor named Grand Marshal
Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s support for same-sex marriage was listed among the reasons the church would no longer take part in the event.
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Virginia AG: School boards can prohibit discrimination against LGBT students
The opinion reverses one issued in 2002 by a Republican predecessor who said public schools could not extend such protection without the General Assembly’s permission.
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‘Ex-gay’ model returns to Richmond with a new billboard … and a new message
Two Months after his face graced a Richmond interstate billboard, an “ex-gay” model is back, but this time he’s got a different message for Virginia commuters.
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Va. Delegate speaks out on discrimination as last two LGBT bills are killed
As a Virginia state House committee on Thursday shot down the last hope for any expansion in LGBT rights in this year’s General Assembly session, Richmond’s own black female delegate compared the struggles faced by the LGBTQ community to her own.
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Rare win for LGBTQ Virginians as two equality bills pass full Senate vote
Two measures which would help LGBTQ Virginians achieve full equality passed a full Senate floor vote on Tuesday, but face likely defeat in the Assembly’s lower chamber.
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Virginia registrar praised for letter on recording births of same-sex couples
Civil liberties lawyers are applauding Virginia’s registrar of vital records for outlining new procedures to ensure the children of same-sex married couples are properly recorded by hospitals.