It’s the perfect time for that home improvement project you’ve been putting off

The “American Family Association” occasionally provides us with the names of businesses we should patronize because of their inclusive employment policies or other contributions to the cause of equality and a better world. Today’s winner is The Home Depot. Among the AFA’s many complaints, “(m)ost grievous is The Home Depot’s deliberately exposing small children to […]

Missoula, Loudoun, and the politics of pee

The most recent community to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity is…Missoula, MT. Missoula joins 129 other localities with such ordinances, including our neighbors to the north in Montgomery County, MD. The ordinance, which was adopted by the Missoula City Council 10-2, “covers discrimination in [housing,] the workplace and public […]

Governor McDonnell, end your silence

Here is the text of the letter from Equality Virginia:
March 6, 2010
The Honorable Robert F. McDonnell
Governor of Virginia
P.O. Box 1475
Richmond, VA 23218
Dear Governor McDonnell:
I write to ask you to end your silence, and to act on behalf of all Virginians.
Since taking office in January, you have chosen not to support efforts […]

Loudoun Officials Join Panel on Gay Rights

Getting this Loudoun Independent article up after the fact - if you attended the program yesterday, please tell us how it went.
Nationwide ‘Standing on the Side of Love’ Day to Advocate for Equality for Everyone
February 10, 2010
By Jason Jacks
A month after Loudoun County banned discrimination against homosexuals within its government, two of the county’s elected […]

Church To Host Panel On LGBT Issues

Leesburg Today
February 12
By Erika Jacobson Moore
Two Unitarian Universalist congregations in Loudoun are coming together this Valentine’s Day to give voice to the subject of civil rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender citizens, and the panel will include two of county’s elected representatives, John Stevens, chairman of the School Board, and Supervisor Stevens Miller […]

Standing on the Side of Love

We are boldly standing on the side of love in the face of fear.
On February 14th, Loudoun County will be one of over 80 communities across the nation holding a Re-imagining Valentines Day event. Especially after the damage and embarrassment caused to our county by the behavior of the Sterling supervisor, this healing […]

Phelps-A-Thon

This is just a brilliant idea, from Driving Equality. Apparently, the pathological Phelps clan is planning to pay a visit to the GMU campus, and it’s been turned into a fundraising opportunity for the GMU Pride Alliance: For every minute of the Phelps’ revolting presence, the Pride Alliance will be collecting funds pledged by supporters. […]

Good for Virginia, good for Republicans

This is great news. Delegate Tom Rust (R-86) has introduced a bill (HB 1726) that would permit “coverage under a group life insurance policy to be extended to insure any class of persons as may mutually be agreed upon by the insurer and the group policyholder.” The passage of this bill would mean that Virginia […]

First they came for McDonalds, then they came for Pepsico…another AFA boycott

I sure hope that William A and his parents don’t like Pepsi products, because the openly anti-capitalist American “Family” Association is staging another boycott. I received their boycott kit in the mail today, which included: A cover letter, a “Boycott Pepsi - COMPANY BECOMES MAJOR BACKER OF THE HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA WITH $1,000,000 IN GIFTS […]

2008 Northern Virginia GLBT Voter’s Guide

This non-partisan Voter’s Guide presents comprehensive information on the voting records and stated positions on GLBT issues of the candidates in the November 4, 2008 election, including the Presidential, Senate and Congressional races.
Be an informed voter, and whatever your choice, make your voice heard November 4. There are now extended hours for absentee voting in […]

keep looking »