In the summer of 1974, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors considered and passed Virginia's first human rights ordinance.  The Fairfax ordinance followed Washington, DC's landmark human rights act by a year.  Despite testimony in support of adding sexual orientation to the ordinance, it was not added.  The ordinance protected rights in employment, housing, public accomodations, education, and credit practices and established a Human Rights Commission.

David Aikens' article

Eva Freund's testimony