Newly elected Virginia lieutenant governor appoints LGBTQ+ advocate to transition team
Narissa Rahaman, executive director of Equality Virginia, was named as a counselor to Ghazala Hashmi.
November 11, 2025
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Narissa Rahaman, executive director of Equality Virginia, was named as a counselor to Ghazala Hashmi.
Across the country, voters chose inclusion, empathy, and competence over cruelty and division.
"Voters want elected officials and candidates to show how they can improve lives and make our communities and country stronger and safer. Campaigns like this do the exact opposite,” a GLAAD spokesperson said.
Equality Virginia's annual black-tie affair at Richmond’s Main Street Station was extra special as attendees celebrated same-sex couples’ right to get married.
His administration’s “model policies” roll back protections the previous Democratic governor implemented to affirm the identities of vulnerable transgender kids.