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Virginia Passes Historic LGBTQ Protections
It took more than two decades to get here, but Virginia has finally passed sweeping LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections.
The “Virginia Values Act” — which extends nondiscrimination protections on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation — sailed through both the Commonwealth of Virginia House and Senate on Thursday [6 Feb. 2020] in back-to-back votes. Its passage into law is nearly assured, as Governor Ralph Northam has committed to signing the act into law.
LGBTQ advocates capitalized on the first queer-friendly legislature in more than two decades after Democrats won unprecedented gains last November.
The act’s passage came after a deeply moving speech by trans delegate Danica Roem — the first trans state lawmaker in the nation — on the House floor Wednesday, during which she challenged colleagues to consider youth facing discrimination in their schools.
Virginia, which up until recently, was among the 30 states in America without LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections on the books. Virginia would be the first southern state to pass such protections.
The bill still faces a series of procedural votes before hitting Northam’s desk.
According to the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law, nondiscrimination protections could secure equal treatment for 307,000 queer Virginians.
Full article and links Anon URL.
It took more than two decades to get here, but Virginia has finally passed sweeping LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections.
The “Virginia Values Act” — which extends nondiscrimination protections on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation — sailed through both the Commonwealth of Virginia House and Senate on Thursday [6 Feb. 2020] in back-to-back votes. Its passage into law is nearly assured, as Governor Ralph Northam has committed to signing the act into law.
LGBTQ advocates capitalized on the first queer-friendly legislature in more than two decades after Democrats won unprecedented gains last November.
The act’s passage came after a deeply moving speech by trans delegate Danica Roem — the first trans state lawmaker in the nation — on the House floor Wednesday, during which she challenged colleagues to consider youth facing discrimination in their schools.
Virginia, which up until recently, was among the 30 states in America without LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections on the books. Virginia would be the first southern state to pass such protections.
The bill still faces a series of procedural votes before hitting Northam’s desk.
According to the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law, nondiscrimination protections could secure equal treatment for 307,000 queer Virginians.
Full article and links Anon URL.
