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  • West Virginia elects first openly gay state legislator

    Stephen Skinner tonight has become the first openly gay candidate to win election to the West Virginia state legislature.

  • 14-year-old talk show host: ‘President Obama is making kids gay’ (Video)

    Caiden Cowger, a 14-year old who hosts a popular conservative radio talk show in West Virginia claims that “President Obama is making kids gay,” and says that 30 kids he knows who weren’t gay when they were growing up have now decided to subscribe to the “belief” of homosexuality.

    • 2011

  • West Virginia considering LGBT-inclusive anti-bullying measure

    MORGANTOWN, W. Va. – A proposed anti-bullying policy for schools in West Virginia is drawing praise and criticism for acknowledging — for the first time — that sexual orientation and gender identity are common reasons for harassment.

  • West Virginia House fails to pass non-discrimination bill — again

    For the third time, the West Virginia state House has failed to take up the bills outlawing housing and employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity, despite heavy support in the state Senate.

    • 2010

  • Microsoft to WV town: the word ‘gay’ is inappropriate ‘in any context’

    Microsoft Corp. and the chief rules enforcer for Xbox Live apologized to a small WV town and a 26-year-old gamer accused of violating their conduct by publicly declaring he’s from Fort Gay — a name the company considered offensive.

  • WV lawmaker stalls anti-gay marriage amendment in committee

    A proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage in West Virginia will not be moving forward, according to chairwoman of the WV House Constitutional Revision Committee. Delegate Barbara Fleischauer (D), said there is already a law in West Virgina that permits marriage only between a man and a woman, so there is no need to […]