On January 24th about 15 folks from Fairfax County went down to Richmond for a day of lobbying the Virginia legislature about issues important to the GLBT community.  read more »

A campaign mailer sent by Virginia State Senator Jay O’Brien attacks challenger George Barker for his support of gay issues, distorting comments made by Barker at an Equality Fairfax sponsored candidate forum.  The mailer is attached to this posting.
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I had the pleasure on Saturday of being asked to speak at a human sexuality course at George Washington University on behalf of EF. It was a graduate level class full of students learning how to be counselors and they wanted us to speak about what it's like to be part of a minority group. Of course, my experiences aren't necessarily the same as another person's, but at least it gives them my perspective as well as stories I could relate from other people.  read more »

The recent debate over whether the Democratic Congress should pursue a version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) that did not include explicit protections for transgendered persons has come to a positive conclusion.  It seems our community is sticking together, and I couldn't be more pleased.  read more »

Well, last night was a very successful event for Equality Fairfax when we held our first ever state legislative candidate forum with our "Putting the 'Fair' in Fairfax" Senate Discussion Forum.  read more »

Today is a great day! Not just because of tonight's Senate Candidate Discussion Forum that will be held over at MCC NOVA. No, because, finally, after years and years and years of effort, and after repeated attempts by alarmist religious leaders making false claims about the proposed Hate Crimes law, the Matthew Shepard Act has passed the US Senate as an amendment to the defense authorization bill. This is cause to celebrate!  read more »

I wanted to jot down some quick facts on the records of the two candidates who will meet in person tomorrow night for the "Putting the 'Fair' in Fairfax" State Senate Candidate Discussion Forum. Both State Senator Jeannemarie Devolites-Davis and former state Delegate Chap Petersen are scheduled to attend the event. We thought it would be useful to present a few facts about the candidates' histories prior to the event.  read more »

Yesterday's news about the Court of Appeals decision in Maryland, denying the right of marriage to gay and lesbian couples, certainly was discouraging.  read more »

I didn't expect the high court in Maryland to get it so wrong. They reversed a lower court decision that struck down Maryland's ban on same sex marriage.  read more »

EF had a booth at Centreville Day on Saturday, September 15th. I, along with a few other volunteers worked the 3:30-5:30 shift in the afternoon. The weather was beautiful and a few supportive people had stopped by to say hello.  read more »