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Virginia Beach Parents Sue to Force Schools to Adopt Glenn Youngkin's Anti-Trans Policies

The school board in Virginia's largest city recently deadlocked on whether to enact the Republican governor's model policies.

Virginia Library Temporarily Avoids Closing Over LGBTQ+ Books Controversy

A temporary lifeline for Samuels Public Library fuels a broader struggle over free speech, discrimination, and community values as residents and officials clash over LGBTQ+ books.

Virginia Beach Students Push Back Against Glenn Youngkin's Anti-Trans Policies

The students have been attending every school board meeting for the past year to speak out.

Virginia's Glenn Youngkin Pardons Man Involved in Altercation Over Trans Restroom Policy

Scott Thomas Smith wrongly claimed a student who assaulted his daughter was gender-fluid. After a contentious school board meeting, Smith was convicted of disorderly conduct and obstruction of justice.

Virginia Mom Gives Impassioned Defense of LGBTQ+ Library Books: Video

This is the type of allyship that deserves a standing ovation.

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This Small Virginia Town Could Lose Its Library Over LGBTQ+ Book Brawl

Some conservative parents are claiming books with LGBTQ+ themes are essentially pornography.

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Glenn Youngkin Scrambles as Virginia Schools Reject His Anti-Trans Policies

The conservative governor is trying to figure out how to force districts that refuse to discriminate against their students to implement his policies.

Question on Sexually Explicit School Library Books Upsets Virginia Parents

They say they can’t access their children’s school records without first answering a question they believe is political and asked in bad faith.

Arlington Schools Chief Rejects Youngkin’s ‘Discriminatory’ Trans Policies

He says his school system will stick to its inclusive policies which are in accordance with Virginia state law.

Glenn Youngkin Goes After Transgender Kids in Revised School Policies

His administration’s “model policies” roll back protections the previous Democratic governor implemented to affirm the identities of vulnerable transgender kids.

Glenn Youngkin Strips LGBTQ+ Young People of Resources in Virginia

The Republican who claims to be all about parental rights continues to dismantle gains built by his two Democratic predecessors.

SCOTUS Lets Trans Woman's Discrimination Suit in Virginia Go Forward

The high court declined to review a lower court's decision that she had cause to sue under the Americans With Disabilities Act. Justices Alito and Thomas begged to differ.

KKK Flyers Protest Pride Celebrations at Virginia Elementary School

The racist group purportedly claiming responsibility proudly participated in the 2017 Unite the Right rally.

Pat Robertson, Conservative Anti-LGBTQ+ Televangelist, Dies at 93

Robertson helped imbue the Republican Party with conservative Christianity, turning it in the nightmare it is today.

Attacker Injures Two at Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly's Virginia Office

Two staff members were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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Southern Queers: New Study Reveals the Reality of LGBTQ+ People in the South

While bucking some stereotypes, the study emphasizes the need for LGBTQ+ safe spaces in southern states.

Maryland Woman to Face Judge After 34-Hour Standoff Over Kidnapping of Ex-Girlfriend

She had locked herself in her SUV with a gun and refused to come out, but patient police negotiators managed to get her to surrender.

Transgender Teen’s Question on Bathrooms Stumps Va.'s Republican Governor

During a CNN town hall, Glenn Youngkin couldn’t answer the young transgender man's question about which bathroom the governor would have him use.

Youngkin Latest GOP Gov. Skeptical of AP African American Studies

The right worries that white kids could be taught the truth about the Black experience in the United States over time.

Va. Republican Calls Pete Buttigieg 'Pete Buttplug'

He's not the first one to make the homophobic comment.