- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, no restrictions
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Unknown
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✔ Recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✔ Banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
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Homosexual activity in Virginia is legal.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Virginia is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Virginia is legal, no restrictions.
Gender-Affirming Care in Virginia is unknown.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Virginia is recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Virginia is illegal in some contexts.
LGBT employment discrimination in Virginia is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Full discrimination protection in state employment. As well as full discrimination protection in city of Charlottesville. Sexual orientation discrimination protection Only in the Alexandria. As well sexual orientation in the county of Arlington.
LGBT housing discrimination in Virginia is no protections.
However, the Human Rights Campaign states, "The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires grantees and participants of HUD programs to comply with local and state non-discrimination laws that include sexual orientation and gender identity.
HUD also prohibits inquiries regarding the sexual orientation or gender identity of a prospective tenant or applicant for assisted
housing in every state (March 2012)."
Serving openly in military in Virginia is legal.
Intersex infant surgery in Virginia is unknown.
Blood donations by MSMs in Virginia is legal.
Equal age of consent in Virginia is equal.