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Our Holy Union

February 15, 2014

I am reminded of how far we’ve come in 41 years. Back then, ours was “the love that dared not speak its name.” There was no political support for gay rights – let alone broader LGBT rights – in either party.

Attorney General Mark Herring Will Not Defend the Marshall-Newman Amendment

January 24, 2014

We commend Attorney General Herring for his thoughtful legal review and for maintaining the independence of the Attorney General’s office. His decision will put Virginia on a path to the right side of history and the right side of the law.

The Most LGBT Friendly Statewide Leadership in Virginia History

December 18, 2013

With Mark Obenshain conceding the race for Attorney General today, Virginia is poised to have the most LGBT friendly statewide leadership in its history take office in January.

Got Pride?

December 5, 2013

Prides are popping up in places that people hardly knew existed. As the winds of change shift and our deeds pen the pages of history, what will you have written, when the ink is dry?

Last Report Before Election Day

October 16, 2013

This is my last report before the election. I am really proud of how our LGBT folks have contributed significantly to the work of the DPVA, and Statewide Democrats during…

WE are making history…

October 16, 2013

When Maggie asked me to write another article about LGBT History for LGBT Democrats of Virginia’s October 2013 edition of Our Commonwealth, I thought “Well, October is LGBT History Month,…

Another Day at the Office

October 16, 2013

I could not sleep last Sunday morning as I was thinking about what I would write for this article. What could I say? What emotion could I elicit that would…

Our History, and Our Present

September 9, 2013

I want to invite everyone to read the article written by Cindy Bray, Treasurer of the LGBT Democrats of VA. Cindy is a nationally recognized award winning LGBT historian. She…

Bayard Rustin and The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

September 9, 2013

As I sit here, fifty years after the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, I think, of course, of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Dream that one day…

Knock on Some Doors. Make Some Calls. It’s Time to Volunteer

September 9, 2013

By the time you read this newsletter, Labor Day will have come and gone and we will be in the race to November 5th. It is so vitally important that…

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