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Month of Action: Contact Your Town, City & County Local Elected Officials

Submitted by Doug in Mount Vernon on November 25, 2008 - 12:48pm.

OK folks, so here's what we need you to do over the next few weeks.

 

During the next month we’ll be coordinating efforts to contact all of our county and town elected officials. Shortly after we get started, we’ll also expand to contacting our state delegates and senators about co-sponsoring a statewide non-discrimination bill.  Equality Virginia will be working with legislators to introduce a bill in the Virgnia General Assembly in the next session that would make it illegal to discriminate against any public employee based on sexual orientation or gender identity.  Local support is crucial to that bill’s success.

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Grassroots Action Month: Ending Discrimination in State Employment

Submitted by linda on November 11, 2008 - 7:11pm.

Currently, in Virginia, we can be fired for being gay or transgender. We can be fired simply for being perceived as gay or transgender.  read more »

Lez Foodies Wine Tasting

Submitted by linda on November 11, 2008 - 10:14am.
Lez Foodies of Northern, VA, a group of self proclaimed lesbian "foodies," will hold a wine tasting at a Ballston area wine bar (Metro accessible) on Tuesday, December 2nd at 7:30pm.  The evening will include shared appetizers and selected wine tastings with the bar's sommelier. The cost for food, wine, tax and gratuity will be about $35 per person.  read more »