Equality Arlington

🏳️‍⚧️🪡The Arlington Trans Youth Quilt is taking shape! Thank you to the volunteers who helped us assemble dozens of youth-made and ally squares to lift up the voices of trans and non-binary youth in Arlington! ❤️

Join us on 3/7 for the final quilt assembly event: www.punchbowl.com/partypage/2a...

We are excited to announce that Amy Killelea, EA’s Health Policy Lead, has been reappointed to the NAIC as a 2026 Consumer Liaison Representative! We are grateful that Amy will continue in their role as an advocate for LGBTQ+ residents’ healthcare needs and the Arlington community. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏥

‼️🗳️VOTE TOMORROW if you live in the Pentagon City, Crystal City, or Aurora Highlands neighborhoods for your next Virginia State Senator (SD-39)! Find out more information at vote.arlingtonva.gov/Elections

YOU belong in Arlington and we’re so glad you’re here 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❤️

🚨🏳️‍⚧️CALL TO ACTION: Let the U.S. CMS know you OPPOSE their proposed regulation to ban Medicaid and CHIP coverage for gender affirming care for trans youth!
🚨Please submit public comment before 2/17/26 to the Federal Register to let them know you are opposed: tinyurl.com/CMSYouthGAC

🚨🏳️‍⚧️CALL TO ACTION: Let the U.S. CMS know you OPPOSE their proposed regulation to ban federal funding for hospitals that provide gender affirming care for trans youth!
🚨Please submit a public comment before 2/17/26 to the Federal Register to let them know you are opposed: tinyurl.com/CMSHospitals...

Equality Arlington has launched our ❤️🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Youth Quilt Project 🏳️‍⚧️❤️ to lift up the voices of transgender youth in Arlington!
If you want to participate in the quilt project (we have free supplies and quilt patches), please contact: board@equalityarlington.org!

The January Equality Arlington Meeting is TONIGHT, 1/29 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! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Equality Arlington is very excited to welcome Jamee Hood to the Board of Directors! Learn more at www.equalityarlington.org/about.

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

The January Equality Arlington Meeting is Thursday, 1/29 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! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

🏛️🏳️‍🌈Equality Arlington met with the Arlington General Assembly delegation to advocate for our 2026 legislative priorities and the needs of LGBTQ+ Arlingtonians.
🏛️Read our 2026 Priorities and let your representatives know you also support the LGBTQ+ community: www.equalityarlington.org/news/2026-01...

🏳️‍⚧️Equality Arlington signed a joint letter with orgs from 6 Northern Virginia school districts urging Virginia Attorney General-Elect Jay Jones to protect transgender students in Northern Virginia.

You can read the full letter here: www.equalityarlington.org/news/2026-01...

🚨🏳️‍⚧️CALL TO ACTION: Let the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services know you OPPOSE their proposed gender dysphoria regulation before 1/20!
🚨Please submit a public comment before 1/20/26 to the Federal Register to let them know you are opposed: tinyurl.com/HHSGenderDys...

Equality Arlington wishes you a happy new year! You are loved and we have your back in 2026–let’s build a better world for all of us. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

🏳️‍🌈Support Equality Arlington’s fight for LGBTQ+ Arlingtonians in 2026 by joining our Rainbow Brick Club! 🏳️‍🌈

You can become a monthly donor at: www.equalityarlington.org/donate

In the face of dangerous federal actions targeting gender-affirming care, 46 Virginia organizations are standing together. We signed a joint statement calling on VA leaders to defend evidence-based healthcare & trans youth and reject political interference in medicine
www.equalityarlington.org/news

🎄❤️🎅THANK YOU to everyone who came to Equality Arlington’s Holiday Social tonight at WHINO! It was wonderful to spend time with so many lovely people. ❤️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❤️🎄 Happy Holidays!

🎄🏳️‍🌈 ☃️ Equality Arlington’s Holiday Social is TOMORROW, 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! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🎅

🎄🏳️‍🌈 Equality Arlington’s Holiday Social is THIS 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! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🎅

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...
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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! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🎅

Democrats say Virginia voters rejected anti-trans platforms  • Virginia Mercury For much of 2025, Democrats in Virginia campaigned on addressing affordability issues and federal funding cuts handed down by President Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress. Virginia’s ...

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️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!