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Advocacy group endorses Va. Democrats despite tepid support of LGBT 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.
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Transgender man finally gets name change; Va. judge refers to him as ‘she,’ ‘miss’
LOUISA, Va. – A Virginia transgender man on Monday was granted a name change after having it denied earlier this year by a judge who asked for medical documents proving he was transitioning, contrary to state law.
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E.W. Jackson: Using my past anti-gay statements against me is ‘persecution’
E. W. Jackson, the Republican candidate for Lt. Governor in Virginia, on Monday stood by his anti-gay and anti-abortion views and suggested that efforts to hold him accountable for his previous statements now that he is running for office was somehow an unconstitutional religious test.
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Little substance on LGBT rights from Va. Democratic candidates
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.
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Va. GOP candidate for Lt. Gov. defends claim that gays are ‘very sick people’
CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Virginia’s GOP nominee for Lt. Governor appeared Thursday on Janet Mefferd’s radio program to defend his claims that gays and lesbians are “very sick people.”
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Polls: Support grows for workplace protections, marriage equality in Calif.
Support for same-sex marriage has reached a record high in California, while a majority of voters support laws to prohibit anti-gay discrimination, according to various state and national polls released this week.
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Candidate for Va. Lt. Governor warns same-sex marriage leads to bestiality
During a sermon last October, Virginia GOP Lt. Governor nominee E.W. Jackson added to his long list of virulently anti-gay remarks by warning that marriage equality for gays and lesbians will result in the legalization of man-animal unions.
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Va. GOP nominates trio of anti-LGBT candidates for state leadership
RICHMOND, Va. — Delegates at Virginia’s GOP Convention on Saturday nominated a trio of candidates with a long history of marginalizing and demonizing LGBT people in hopes they will become their state’s next leaders.
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LGBT advocacy groups cry foul on Va. governor’s adoption campaign
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell plans to announce a new campaign Friday that aims to adopt 1,000 Virginia children out of foster care, but equality groups around the state are calling foul on the new initiative, which comes one year after McDonnell signed legislation allowing adoption agencies to discriminate against gay parents.
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Poll finds significant shift in Virginia in support of same-sex marriage
A new poll finds that a majority of voters in Virgina now support marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples, reflecting a significant shift in public opinion over the last two years.