Stand Up Charlottesville Rally

Meeting Notes

Spring 2004 Forum

Virginians Stand Up for Equality
UVA Pride and a coalition of 120+ organizations across the state of Virginia worked together to rally June 30th, 2004 and protest HB751. There is still work to do. Find out more at http://StandUpForEquality.org. Here's what we did for our Charlottesville Rally, as part of the state-wide protest

UVa Pride News & Announcements

Reluctant victim: Evan Kittredge dies after surgery
Evan Kittredge didn't measure his life by what happened November 1, 1996, so in the days after his October 14 death from complications following heart surgery, friends and family closed ranks to protect his memory and declined to speak with the Hook
Posted 10/27/2006

Virginia May Allow Gay Domestic Partner Benefits
365Gay.com, 25 Feb 2005: Less than three weeks after Virginia's legislature passed the first phase of a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage it is now considering legislation that would allow private companies to offer health insurance to employees' domestic partners.
Posted 3/1/2005

Amendment to ban gay unions is passed in Virginia
Seattle times, February 27, 2005:
Posted 3/1/2005

Political Notebook: Legislative attainments are mixed
Daily Progress, February 27, 2005 good session for public universities and a bleak one for gay Virginians ambled toward a close this weekend.
Posted 3/1/2005

Yes Virginia, you're pro-gay again
NYBlade Blog, 25 Feb 2005
Posted 3/1/2005

VA Legislature Sends Another Harsh Message to Gay Men and Lesbians: "You Are Not Welcome Here"
People for the American Way, 28 Feb 2005: Legislature gives preliminary OK to discriminatory anti-gay constitutional amendment
Posted 3/1/2005

Virginia lawmakers OK gay marriage ban
Gay.com UK, 1 March, 2005:Lawmakers in both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly have approved a constitutional amendment, which would forbid same-sex couples from marrying.
Posted 3/1/2005

Hate Slime
Slate, Feb 24, 2005: The Orwellian new law that wasn't.
Posted 2/25/2005

Legislature Gay Prayer Angers Virginia Lawmakers
Associated Press, February 19, 2005 : “Holy One, convict those who are using their power not to lead or to guide but to harm the gay and lesbian citizens, a small minority in this commonwealth,” Peevey said.
Posted 2/22/2005

Legal gay partnerships before Christmas
Politics.co.uk, 21 Feb 2005 : New legislation that will enable gay couples to register their relationship as a civil partnership will come into force before Christmas this year.
Posted 2/22/2005

A marriage amendment is a lost cause - by definition
Roanoke Times, Feb 20, 2005: Opinion Editorial
Posted 2/22/2005

Voters expected to be passionate about marriage
Roanoke Times, Feb 20, 2005: Groups such as Equality Virginia may organize meetings before the issue
Posted 2/22/2005

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