This #GivingTuesday support Equality Arlington’s advocacy mission for the LGBTQ+ community! You can donate at: www.equalityarlington.org Learn more about some of our 2025 accomplishments here: www.equalityarlington.org/advocacy

🚨🏳️‍⚧️CALL TO ACTION: Please submit a public comment before 12/17/25 to the Virginia Board of Health to let them know you are opposed to their proposed anti-trans regulation: tinyurl.com/ProtectTrans... 🚨 You can read Equality Arlington’s statement here: www.equalityarlington.org/news/2025-12...

🏥🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏥Open Enrollment season is upon us! Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace health insurance open enrollment began November 1st and continues through January 31st. Find help with open enrollment with the following resources: ⛑️ Out2Enroll: www.out2enroll.org/enrollment-h...

🏳️‍⚧️🕯️On Transgender Day of Remembrance, we honor the lives of all of the trans folks who have been taken from us because of anti-trans violence. Equality Arlington is committed to working to keep our community safe for trans individuals and all LGBTQ+ individuals. Learn more at equalityarlington.org. 🩷

🚨🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Equality Arlington sent a letter to the Arlington County Board and County Manager with recommendations to shore up the public health and healthcare safety nets in Arlington to ensure that LGBTQ+ residents maintain access to lifesaving services. www.equalityarlington.org/news/2025-11...

🎄🏳️‍🌈 Save the date for Equality Arlington’s Holiday Social on Thursday, December 11 from 7-10 PM at WHINO in Ballston Quarter! Wear your most festive holiday attire and join us for food, drinks, and community. The event is free and open to all! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🎅

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️On Tuesday Virginia voters rejected—from the Governor’s race down to our local school board race—dehumanizing and discriminatory rhetoric and policies against transgender and LGBTQ+ individuals! Thank you, Virginia, for making clear that taking away our civil rights is a losing campaign strategy.

🗳️TODAY IS ELECTION DAY🗳️ and this election will have direct impacts on the health, safety, and welfare of LGBTQ+ residents in Arlington! Find out more about your polling place and the ballot here: vote.arlingtonva.gov/Elections 🗳️We need YOU to vote for pro-equality candidates!

🗳️Early voting ends on NOV 1st (Election Day is NOV 4th) and this election will have direct impacts on the health, safety, and welfare of LGBTQ+ residents in Arlington! 🏳️‍🌈We need YOU to vote for pro-equality candidates to give all of us a chance to have safer and healthier lives.

❤️🏳️‍🌈THANK YOU to the Arlington LGBTQIA+ Advisory Committee for requesting a role in selecting the next Director of Arlington County’s Office of Human Rights! Equality Arlington has been clear that the county must do more to enforce anti-discrimination laws protecting LGBTQ+ residents and workers!

🏳️‍🌈Would you like a hand painted rainbow brick to display in or outside of your home? Then join Equality Arlington’s Rainbow Brick Club and support our LGBTQ+ advocacy mission with a monthly donation! Rainbow bricks are free for our club members. 🤗 🏳️‍🌈 Join Today: www.equalityarlington.org/donate

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Arlington County's LGBTQIA+ Advisory Committee will hold its next quarterly meeting on Monday, October 27 from 6:30 PM to 8 PM. The meeting will be virtual through MS Teams and you can find the information to join the meeting or sign up for public comment here: www.arlingtonva.us/Government/C...

The October Equality Arlington Meeting is Thursday, 10/23 at 6:30 PM at Arlington Central Library (Bluemont Room)! Learn more about Equality Arlington’s advocacy efforts and provide your feedback on issues important to the LGBTQ+ community! All are welcome! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

🚨Equality Arlington condemns Lt. Governor Winsome Earle-Sears’ anti-LGBTQ+ remarks during the gubernatorial debate last night. She said firing workers for being gay and denying a gay marriage license are not discrimination—both are illegal in Virginia. www.equalityarlington.org/news/2025-10...

Equality Arlington’s Coming Out Party is TOMORROW from 4-6 PM at Freddie's Beach Bar! We’ll be celebrating National Coming Out Day with: 🏳️‍🌈Coming Out Stories from Arlingtonians 🏳️‍⚧️Emcee and Drag Performer, Jackson B. Nite 🏳️‍🌈Remarks from Senator Danica Roem 🏳️‍⚧️Food and drinks

We can’t wait for Equality Arlington’s Coming Out Party THIS SATURDAY, October 11 from 4-6 PM at Freddie's Beach Bar! We’ll celebrate National Coming Out Day with: 🏳️‍🌈Coming Out Stories from Arlingtonians 🏳️‍⚧️Drag Performance 🏳️‍🌈Remarks from Senator Danica Roem 🏳️‍⚧️Food and drinks Please RSVP on our website!

🗳️Early voting has started and this election will have direct impacts on the health, safety, and welfare of 🏳️‍🌈LGBTQ+🏳️‍⚧️ residents in Arlington! 🗳️We need YOU to vote for pro-equality candidates to give all of us a chance to have safer and healthier lives.

❤️🏳️‍⚧️We are very excited to announce that Senator Danica Roem will be a guest speaker at Equality Arlington’s Coming Out Party on Saturday, October 11 from 4-6 PM at Freddie's Beach Bar! Please RSVP to the free event here: forms.gle/TwEj53gKhtag.... #NationalComingOutDay

🍦Thank you to Equality NoVa and Freddie's Beach Bar for hosting their 2025 Annual Ice Cream Social for candidates and elected officials to engage with LGBTQ+ constituents! It was great to see Bethany Sutton for Arlington Public Schools, Senator Adam Ebbin, and Senator Danica Roem at the event! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🗳️ Equality Arlington sent the candidates running for County Board in November’s General Election a questionnaire about issues impacting Arlington, VA. We provided grades based on how their responses could positively affect the LGBTQ+ community. More here: www.equalityarlington.org/news/2025-09...

Equality Arlington is at Green Valley Day at Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary School until 5 PM today! Come say hi 🤗🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

The September Equality Arlington Meeting is Thursday, 9/25 at 6:30 PM at Clarendon Presbyterian Church! Learn more about Equality Arlington’s advocacy efforts and provide your feedback on issues important to the LGBTQ+ community. All are welcome! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Join us for Equality Arlington’s Coming Out Party on Saturday, October 11 from 4-6 PM at Freddie's Beach Bar! We’ll be celebrating National Coming Out Day with: 🏳️‍🌈Coming Out Stories from Arlingtonians 🏳️‍⚧️A Drag Performance 🏳️‍🌈Remarks from a special guest 🏳️‍⚧️Food and drinks Please RSVP on our website!

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️LGBTQ+ RIGHTS ARE ON THE BALLOT IN VIRGINIA! Make a plan to vote to ensure that we elect pro-equality candidates for Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General, County Board, and School Board. Learn more about preparing to vote at vote.arlingtonva.gov/Elections 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

🚨CALL TO ACTION🚨- Join us for a rally for trans students at 6:15 PM tomorrow night before the Arlington School Board meeting! Please help us show the School Board that Arlington will never turn its back on any of our students! 🏳️‍⚧️ #LGBTQ #TransRights

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Join Equality Arlington’s Rainbow Brick Club by becoming a monthly donor! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 As our nonprofit looks to grow to meet the increasing advocacy needs of the LGBTQ+ community in Arlington, we invite you to help protect LGBTQ+ residents thrive in Arlington: www.equalityarlington.org/donate.

❤️🏳️‍⚧️❤️Thank you @beyer.house.gov for standing with @apsva.us and our transgender students and families against illegal and discriminatory attacks from the Trump administration! ❤️🏳️‍⚧️❤️

❤️🏳️‍⚧️❤️ Today, Equality Arlington joined parents and community groups across NOVA to thank our school districts for refusing to comply with the Trump administration’s illegal demands that they begin discriminating against trans students. ❤️🏳️‍⚧️❤️ #LGBTQ #TransRights www.equalityarlington.org/news/2025-08...

A HUGE thanks to the ~200 people who came out to tell APS to keep supporting trans kids! We heard from students, teachers, administrators, elected officials, and our community yesterday loud and clear: do not give up on our kids!

Tomorrow, March 1st is the Transgender Unity Rally in DC! The Trans Unity Coalition is organizing their 10th annual rally that will meet at 9:30 AM for a rally at the Capitol, then concludes with a march to the White House. Please consider joining them to march for trans rights!

I’m with the crowd outside the APS building calling on our school board to keep Arlington inclusive. There’s no place for hate.

This evening, I addressed the importance of ensuring LGBTQ+ students and staff feel safe, respected, and supported in their educational environment. APS maintains an inclusive space where every student can thrive. I commend the Superintendent and School Board for their stance on this matter.

Come out today! We're gathering at 6:00, the rally kicks off at 6:15, and the school board meeting is at 7:00!

Join us and AGIA tomorrow afternoon at the Keep APS Inclusive Rally! We're meeting in front of the Syphax building to tell APS to keep defending the rights of trans students and to not back down to the illegal pressure to erase transgender students coming from the Trump Administration!

Thanks to everyone who showed up to our Call to Action last Saturday at the County Board meeting in support of LGBTQ+ rights! We see and hear you and will keep fighting for you. #arlingtonva #transrightsarehumanrights #LGBTQRightsAreHumanRights

We’re working to ensure @arlingtoncountyva.bsky.social protects LGBTQ+ rights, but we need YOU! Join us at the County Board meeting on 1/25 @ 9:30 am to fight for our residents. Click below to attend, & come make signs with us at 6:30 pm on 1/23 @ Clarendon Presbyterian! forms.gle/c1NU9u3BwrAK...

These executive orders on banning federally funded entities from recognizing trans people or disallowing them from using the bathroom are not self-executing or immediately enforceable. They require formal rule making at a minimum. They are a scare tactic. Ignore and do not comply in advance.

It has come to our attention that some are exploiting a tragic assault to demonize the LGBTQ+ community and our allies. Our hearts go out to the victim of this crime and we support all efforts to discover what happened and prevent it in the future. 🧵(1/2)

Given the ongoing legislative assault against the LGBT+ community, see our letter to our representatives highlighting legislation in the VA General Assembly that would protect our safety and well-being as well as the legislation that would do us great harm. www.equalityarlington.org/news/2025-01...

We're having our first meeting of 2025 at Clarendon Presbyterian Church next Thursday, the 23rd! There is, to put it lightly, a lot to do to prepare for the coming years, so we would love to share what we're getting up to and hear your input. www.facebook.com/events/52187...

Republicans' Child Predator Empowerment Act does not protect women. What it does do is open young women and girls up to invasive physical examination, regardless of how they identify. It’s invasive and increases the risk of abuse. I voted no.

From all of us at Equality Arlington, happy #GivingTuesday! Your support helps us continue to empower and uplift our LGBTQ+ community right here in Arlington, VA 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Donate here: www.paypal.com/donate/?host...

Thank you @equalityarlington.bsky.social for holding this town hall! Arlington county officials are here to DEFEND TRANS RIGHTS! It was great to hear about the passion & commitment that not only our elected officials have but our community too!

The LGBTQ+ Town Hall begins shortly! We have a good crowd ready to talk with our elected officials about our needs in the coming years.

Tonight’s the night! Get more info and spread the word here: bit.ly/3BgGCuc

Join us 12/2 for a Town Hall featuring elected leaders @maureencoffeyva, Bethany Sutton, & @BarbaraFavola as we discuss protections and priorities for Arlington’s LGBTQ+ community following the election. We will be addressing concerns/needs/sharing ways you can fight with us. Are you're coming?

Today and every day, we honor the memories of our transgender siblings who we’ve lost to violent crimes, and let these blatant acts of transphobia fuel our fire as we continue to work to make this world safer for all transgender individuals. #TransgenderDayOfRemembrance

Join us on 12/2 for a Town Hall featuring elected leaders Maureen Coffey, Bethany Sutton, & Barbara Favola as we discuss protections and priorities for Arlington’s LGBTQ+ community following the election. We will also be addressing any concerns/needs/sharing ways supporters can fight along with us.

This week, we remember and mourn the lives lost to hate and transphobic violence – and continue fighting to lift up and protect our transgender and non-binary communities. #transgenderawarenessweek 🏳️‍⚧️

They are torturing children for the sheer cruelty of it. Crisis calls from LGBTQ+ youth spiked by 700 percent after Election Day 19thnews.org/2024/11/elec... via @19thnews