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Virginia’s governor race is being fought on the backs of transgender people
Glenn Youngkin has made attacking LGBTQ people the center piece of his campaign. If you believe the polls, it might just be working, too.
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Republican candidate sends out homophobic flyer then lies about it
When called out for his homophobic attack on his rival, he just lied about what was written in plain English.
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Virginia’s first openly gay judge sworn in after being rejected last year
RICHMOND, Va. — Tracy Thorne-Begland, a former U.S. Navy fighter pilot and Deputy Commonwealth’s attorney for the city of Richmond, was sworn in Friday as Virginia’s first openly gay judge.
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Gay judge confirmed by Va. General Assembly after being rejected last year
RICHMOND, Va. — The GOP-controlled Virginia House of Delegates on Tuesday voted to confirm the interim appointment of an openly gay judge to the Richmond General District Court. Judge Tracy Thorne-Begland will remain on the bench after being approved in the House by a margin of 66-28, with one abstention and five members not voting […]
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Virginia Circuit Court appoints openly gay prosecutor to interim judgeship
RICHMOND, Va. — The Richmond Circuit Court on Thursday appointed openly gay Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Tracy Thorne-Begland to fill one of several vacancies on the city District Court, just one month after the state’s General Assembly rejected his nomination.
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Virginia lawmaker: ‘Sodomy is not a civil right’
WASHINGTON — Virginia Republican delegate Robert Marshall, who led the efforts to derail the judicial nomination of an openly gay Richmond prosecutor, said in an interview on CNN Thursday morning that “sodomy is not a civil right.” Marshall was defending his actions and that of fellow lawmakers and right wing christian conservative activists who opposed […]
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Virginia GOP lawmakers block judicial nomination over sexual orientation
RICHMOND, Va. — GOP lawmakers in the Virginia House of Delegates, led by virulently anti-gay Del. Bob Marshall (R-Prince William), have blocked the judicial nomination of an openly gay Richmond prosecutor.
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‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ — The Ghost Is Slain
Anti-gay activists have long considered 1993’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” compromise one of their most prized victories. In one fell swoop, they humiliated President Bill Clinton, flexed their political muscle, and put lesbian and gay people in their place.