ACLU-VA LGBT Rights’s Portfolio

Virginia ACLU is monitoring this bill which appears to be motivated by a decision by circuit court judges in Richmond to fill a district court vacancy with an out gay man whose nomination had failed to get a majority of the votes cast during the 2012 General Assembly Session.

Virginia ACLU opposes this legislation that would require public colleges and universities to recognize and fund student organizations that discriminate in membership practices based on "political" or "religious" beliefs.

Virginia ACLU is monitoring this legislation.

Virginia ACLU is monitoring this bill that would define "bullying" and strengthen the current law requiring school divisions to enact policies against bullying.

Virginia ACLU strongly supports SB 701 which is an inclusive bill that prohibits discrimination against all LGBT public employees. It is monitoring this bill that does not include explicit protections against discrimination based on gender identity and expression.

Virginia ACLU supports this legislation that would assure that the surviving spouses of any marriage recognized in the jurisdiction where their spouse died would have the right to decide about funeral arrangements for their loved one.

Virginia ACLU supports repeal of the constitutional amendment denying LGBT Virginians full marriage equality and denying all unmarried persons the right to make enforceable contractual agreements defining their relationships as affording the rights or benefits of marriage.

Virginia ACLU strongly supports passage of this bill that would protect all state employees from discrimination at work based on age, disability, religion, gender, race, ethnicity, marital status and sexual orientation and gender identity.

Virginia ACLU is monitoring this bill that would define "bullying" and strengthen the current law requiring school divisions to enact policies against bullying.

Virginia ACLU supports this bill which eliminates the unconstitutional provisions of the Code that make it a crime for unmarried couples to cohabit openly.

Virginia ACLU supports this legislation that would assure that the surviving spouses of any marriage recognized in the jurisdiction where their spouse died would have the right to decide about funeral arrangements for their loved one.

Virginia ACLU is monitoring this bill which appears to be motivated by a decision by circuit court judges in Richmond to fill a district court vacancy with an out gay man whose nomination had failed to get a majority of the votes cast during the 2012 General Assembly Session.