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For many years, the American Psychiatric Association has denounced the practice of conversion therapy – health professionals licensed by the state attempting to turn gay people straight. Now, the Virginia Department of Health Professions is denying a request to ban the practice.
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Last year the General Assembly created a board to advise the governor on policies affecting LGBTQ plus Virginians. Now, there are signs of friction between the board and the new Republican administration.
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With Caitlin Jenner running for governor in California and others moving into prominent, public roles, you might think many of the hurdles facing…
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Lawmakers are considering a bill that would create new protections for people based on sexual orientation or gender identity.The shocking murder of…
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When Bowen Yang became the first Asian-American performer on Saturday Night Live last year, he’d already been recognized for his standup work, and was a…
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Governor Ralph Northam has signed a bill making it illegal to practice so-called "conversion therapy” on children in Virginia.The practice of conversion…
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Virginia lawmakers have passed comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation that advocates say makes the state the first in the South to enact such…
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Virginia Democrats have long pushed to expand the state’s nondiscrimination laws to include protections for gay and transgender people. They think this is…
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As 2020 draws closer, the debate in Washington about the Census is heating up.At the tail end of the Obama administration, a handful of federal agencies…
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Hundreds of members, and allies, of the transgender community will be in Richmond this weekend for one of the only trans conferences on the east coast.…