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2003 SESSION
032876928Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 2.2-1201.1 as follows:
§ 2.2-1201.1. Employment discrimination prohibited.
No state agency, institution, board, bureau, commission, council, or instrumentality of the Commonwealth shall discriminate in employment based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability or sexual orientation.
"Sexual orientation" means having or being perceived as having an orientation toward heterosexuality, bisexuality, or homosexuality. "Sexual orientation" does not include sexually deviant disorders ("paraphilias") as defined by the American Psychological Association.