Ralph Northam

The Republican governor’s policy values teachers’ free speech rights more than trans students’ well-being, critics said.

LeeQuan McLaurin says he was expected to “profess an understanding that God hates LGBTQIA+ people” and take a bus full of evangelicals to see Candace Owens “like I was in a horror movie.”

It’s the 12th state to ban defendants from arguing they “panicked” when they found out their victim was LGBTQ.

Historic trans lawmaker Danica Roem & the mother of Matthew Shepard helped make Virginia the 12th state to ban the so-called defense.

“No longer will LGBTQ Virginians have to fear being fired, evicted, or denied service in public places because of who they are.”

Virginia’s newly Democratic-controlled legislature continues to pass sweeping legislation to protect the LGBTQ community

40% of U.S. states now ban the pseudoscientific torture, but anti-LGBTQ forces are trying to have them overturned in the courts.

The left hates Donald Trump because he’s just too manly, while Barack Obama was “light in the loafers.”

The state is working on a lot of LGBTQ legislation following Democratic wins last fall.

While Republicans had killed pro-LGBTQ legislation for years, with Democrats in control of all the levers of power, the bills sailed through the state senate with bipartisan support.

Halloween – a holiday centered around costumes and masks – ironically unmasks the face of America’s troubled history with race.

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam and Attorney General Mark Herring wore blackface when they were young. But does their history of fighting racism counter the mistakes they made?

Democrats have handed Republicans stunning defeats in New Jersey and Virginia.

In January, he was against transgender rights. Now that he wanted a business endorsement, he changed his mind.

Two years after Tony London and Tim Bostic made headlines in their legal fight to wed, they’re taking sides in Virginia’s primary election.

RICHMOND, Va. — Democratic state Sen. Ralph Northam defeated Republican E.W. Jackson in a race sharply defined by social issues.

RICHMOND — Equality Virginia PAC, the advocacy arm Equality Virgina, on Friday endorsed the Democratic ticket for Virginia’s three top elective offices, while at the same time acknowledging that a lack of public comment on LGBT issues from the candidates was problematic.

RICHMOND, Va. — The Democratic party’s candidates for Virginia’s top elected offices had little to offer on Wednesday on the issue of LGBT rights, despite facing a trio of vehemently anti-gay Republican opponents.