It's a new name for a local organization, as the Arlington-Alexandria Gay and Lesbian Alliance (AGLA) morphs into "Equality NoVa."
The switch will take place over coming months, and is designed in part to show the organization's growth into the broader local region.
"We will be conducting community-engagement events over the next year to ensure our name change reflects the wishes of the community, and also to solicit input on what we as an organization need to be focusing on," the organization's president, Daniel Hays, said in a recent e-mail to members.
The organization was founded (as the Arlington Gay and Lesbian Alliance) in 1981, making it the oldest continuously operating LGBT organization in Virginia. "Alexandria" was added seven years ago after an organization specifically for that community ceased operations. A similar organization in Fairfax County also no longer is operating, with what now will be known as Equality NoVa moving in to fill the void.
For information, see the Website at www.agla.org.
