From NBC News: "When Democrats gained a trifecta by winning control of both houses of the Virginia Legislature in the 2019 election, the state became more like than unlike the others: Trifectas, where one party controls both chambers and the governorship, are more common than they are not, according to Ballotopedia.

(Above: Virginia Capitol designed by Thomas Jefferson where his form of democracy is now being enacting into laws for gay people.)

For Del. Danica Roem, a Democrat and Virginia's first openly transgender state lawmaker, the difference a Democratic trifecta has made can be best seen in the state's recent record on LGBTQ legislation.

'We could get barely anything done that was positive and helpful under a Republican majority, and we were constantly on defense prior to the 2017 elections,' Roem said. 'In 2016 alone, Republican legislators filed nine anti-LGBTQ bills, and in 2017, the year of my election, my predecessor alone just himself filed four anti-LGBTQ pieces of legislation.' " (For Full Article Click Here.)