VA to be first Southern state banning LGBT discrimination.

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam is set to sign the Virginia Values Act, a sweeping LGBTQ anti-discrimination law. (Photo: Shutterstock)

This week, Virginia’s Democratic-lead legislature passed the Virginia Values Act, a law that adds sexual orientation and gender identity to the state’s pre-existing civil rights protections banning discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations.

The state’s House and Senate must…