Saturday, February 23, 2013

Virginia House subcommittee kills employment-nondiscrimination bill

A Virginia House of Delegates subcommittee voted Tuesday to table SB701, a bill that would prohibit discrimination in public employment based on a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity, effectively killing the measure for the remainder of the session despite widespread support for LGBT employment protections across the commonwealth, including among Republicans in the state Senate.

MORE: http://www.metroweekly.com/poliglot/2013/02/virginia-house-subcommittee-kills-employment-nondi.html