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19 May 2012
Virginia: Republicans block first openly gay judge 41 Senior Democrats in Virginia have cried foul after Republicans in the general assembly moved to block the appointment of what would have been the state's first openly gay judge.
20 January 2012
Virginia gay adoption battle kicks off 1 At the General Assembly in Richmond, Virginia, a battle is heating up over whether adoption agencies should be allowed to discriminate against prospective parents based on their sexual orientation.
7 June 2011
Trans prisoner files lawsuit after botched self-castration attempt 21 A trans inmate in a Virginia prison has filed a federal lawsuit months after a botched attempt at self-castration, claiming the state failed her because of its refusal to provide a sex-change operation.
5 June 2011
Row after Federal Reserve flies gay pride rainbow flag in Virginia 70 The US Federal Reserve bank's decision to fly the gay pride rainbow flag outside the headquarters of the Richmond Federal Reserve in Virginia has sparked a row in a state where homosexuality is still technically illegal.
26 May 2011
Transgender woman attacked by mob in Virginia 25 A transgender woman in Virginia was attacked by a mob outside a store last Saturday afternoon.
1 December 2010
Virginia politician says airport patdowns are ‘part of the homosexual agenda’ 62 A politician in the US state of Virginia has caused bemusement by claiming that airport security patdowns are "part of the homosexual agenda".
24 February 2010
Judge orders arrest of missing ex-gay mother 12 A US judge has ordered the arrest of a woman who disappeared with her seven-year-old daughter after failing to hand her over to her other mother.
19 February 2010
Ex-gay mother avoids charges in custody battle 6 An American woman who refused to give her ex-partner access to their child is not facing criminal charges.
26 January 2010
Ex-gay mother given 30 days to appear before court + An American woman who refused her former lesbian partner access to their child has been ordered to appear before court within 30 days.
7 January 2010
Lesbian in custody dispute issues appeal for missing daughter 7 The non-biological mother of a seven-year-old girl has issued an appeal to the US public to find her after the child's biological mother defied a court order to hand over custody.
4 January 2010
Woman fails to hand child to lesbian ex-partner 6 A US woman who was ordered to hand over custody of her child to her lesbian ex-partner could be charged with parental abduction for failing to comply with a court order.
30 December 2009
Birth mother ordered to hand over child to lesbian ex-partner 72 The biological mother of a seven-year-old Vermont girl has been ordered by a court to hand her over to her former partner.

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