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Va. Board Votes for Nondiscrimination

Va. Board Votes for Nondiscrimination

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Virginia's Board of Juvenile Justice, which oversees correctional facilities housing more than 800 young people, has voted to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation in the programs, going against advice from antigay state attorney general Ken Cuccinelli.

Cuccinelli (pictured) says only the state legislature can designate a special class of citizens, but nonetheless the board voted 5-1 Tuesday for the antidiscrimination measure, The Washington Post reports.

The policy will now go to Gov. Bob McDonnell's office for review. McDonnell, like Cuccinelli, has taken several notably antigay stands.

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Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.