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Every year, Equality Virginia monitors LGBTQ-related legislation introduced to the Virginia General Assembly and advocates on behalf of Virginia’s gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer community.

Now that the Virginia Values Act protects LGBTQ Virginians from discrimination in housing, employment, credit, and public accommodations, we are pivoting our organizational priorities to respond to the disparities, discrimination, and violence that LGBTQ people, especially transgender people and people of color, continue to experience in Virginia.

We are honored to present you with our 2020 and 2021 Legislative Scorecards, compiled meticulously by our Equality Virginia staff.

The 2020 General Assembly session was historic and life-changing for Virginia’s LGBT community! Never before has our state legislature passed so many pieces of LGBTQ-friendly legislation.