I AM MY OWN WORST ENEMY

Immediately after being inaugurated as the new governor of Virginia this weekend, Terry McAuliffe has issued an executive order banning anti-LGBT discrimination against state employees. 

The executive order states that employees cannot be discriminated against on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression — the first time an ordinance in Virginia has called for protection based on gender identity.

McAuliffe’s 16-minute inaugural addressed touched on past bipartisan successes, but also called for new and inclusive innovation going forward to create equal opportunities “for all of Virginia’s children — no matter if you’re a girl or a boy, no matter what part of the Commonwealth you live in, no matter your race or religion, and no matter whom you love.”

"There is still work to do to," continued McAuliffe, according to a prepared transcript published by the Washington Post. “We must work to ensure that the children of new immigrants to Virginia have equal educational opportunities. To ensure that someone can’t lose a job simply because they are gay. And to ensure that every woman has the right to make her own personal health care decisions.”