This week Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed a statewide law protecting young people from “conversion therapy,” the dangerous and discredited anti-LGBTQ practice of licensed mental health professionals trying to shame LGBTQ youth into changing their …
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In Historic Breakthrough for the South, Virginia House Passes Comprehensive Nondiscrimination Protections for LGBTQ People Statewide
Today the House of Delegates in Virginia voted to pass the Virginia Values Act (HB1663 and SB868), which would establish comprehensive nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people across the state. The legislation also passed a third …
Virginia On Track to Become First State in the South to Fully Protect Minors from Anti-LGBTQ ‘Conversion Therapy’
This week, on Monday, February 3, the House of Delegates in Virginia passed a bill to protect young people under the age of 18 from ‘conversion therapy,’ the dangerous and discredited practice through which licensed mental …
Southern Equality Fund Spotlight: Loudoun County Public Schools’ #BigGayBookDrive
Note: This post was written by Charlotte McConnell, steering committee member of Equality Loudoun, an LGBTQ-affirming organization based in Loudoun County, Virginia. The Campaign for Southern Equality has been proud to support Equality Loudoun this …
Federal Judge Rules in Favor of Gavin Grimm, Transgender Student Who Faced Discrimination at His Virginia School
Great news today out of Virginia, where a federal judge has ruled in favor of Gavin Grimm, a young transgender man who has made headlines since 2015, when he filed a lawsuit against Gloucester County …
Send Loudoun County Some Love – and a Book
Note: This post was written by Craig White, Supportive Schools Coordinator for the Campaign for Southern Equality. The Campaign for Southern Equality is proud to support Loudon Equality as part of our Southern Equality Fund. I never know …
As Legislative Sessions Kick Off in Many States, Momentum for LGBTQ Equality is Clear
This week marked the start of the several-months-long legislative sessions in many states, including many in the South – and one overall trend is clear: Momentum for LGBTQ equality is growing. We saw lawmakers in …
North Carolina Attorney General Cooper should cease to defend Amendment One
Asheville, N.C. (January 24, 2014) – Yesterday Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring announced that his office will cease to defend Virginia’s ban against same-sex marriage in a federal lawsuit that is progressing through the courts. …