Virginia

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Issues

• Marriage
  2006 – Anti-same-sex marriage constitutional amendment banned marriage for same-sex couples
2004– Anti-same-sex marriage statute banned marriage and any other forms of partnership recognition for same-sex couples
1997 – Anti-same-sex marriage statute banned marriage for same-sex couples

• Domestic Violence
  Has domestic violence laws that explicitly exclude same-sex survivors of domestic violence
• Second-Parent Adoption
  It is unclear whether the state adoption law permits second-parent adoptions.
• Hate Crimes
  Has hate crime laws that do not include crimes based on sexual orientation or gender identity

Statewide LGBT Organizations

Equality Virginia
http://www.equalityvirginia.org

Bisexual

BiNET USA
http://www.binetusa.org

LGBT Youth

Outright Roanoke
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/outright_roanoke

Richmond Organization for Sexual Minority Youth
http://www.rosmy.org

Religious Organizations

Soul Force
http://www.soulforce.org

Campus Resources

George Mason University - Office of Diversity Programs and Services
http://www.gmu.edu/student/msaf

University of Virginia - Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Resource Center
http://indorgs.virginia.edu/lgbtrc

Health and HIV/AIDS

Northern Virginia AIDS Ministry (NOVAM)
http://www.novam.org