Virginia kills anti-trans bathroom bill without debate
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/01/20/virginia-kills-anti-trans-bathroom-bill-without-debate/
Pink News/By Joseph Patrick McCormick 20th January 2017, 12:42 AM
"The state of Virginia has done away with a bill similar to North Carolina's which would limit transgender bathroom use.
The Republican-controlled panel at the General Assembly, did away with the bill without debate. "
Similar story, from a domestic source:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-transgender-bathroom-bill-dispatched-quickly/2017/01/19/87179250-de85-11e6-8902-610fe486791c_story.html (https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-transgender-bathroom-bill-dispatched-quickly/2017/01/19/87179250-de85-11e6-8902-610fe486791c_story.html)
BTW, the delegate who proposed the bill, Bob Marshall (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Marshall_%28Virginia_politician%29), frothed pretty much the way you would expect. I won't bother to link to those stories, though, since your imagination can probably do a better job than he could.
Also BTW: it seems Mr. Marshall is, ah, quite a character, even beyond this one bill. He has a Wikipedia page all to himself, and the section on his career in the Va. House of Delegates is rather -- entertaining -- if you have a certain sense of humor.
Good news on a sad day.
As a Virginian, I can tell you Bob Marshall is a huge joke and it doesn't surprise me that he couldn't garner the support for another trash bill.
Ah Virginia, I have a love/hate relationship with the place. I lived there for many years, and was born there however, so I follow the new of course. There have been many concerning bills as of late, last year there was one related to preventing changes on Birth Certificates which really worried me. I am glad this one, as the last ones have been killed, Virginia is a much more accepting place than the politics would have you believe (at least, NoVA is.)