Virginia County’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Office Wants Employees to Reveal Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation

Survey reported to be costing taypayers $78,000

Coles District Supervisor Yesli Vega reads an email from an anonymous county employee regarding a survey sent to all county employees by Prince William County's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Office on March 14, 2023. Screenshot/Board of County Supervisors Meeting

Public employees in Virginia’s Prince William County are being asked to disclose their gender identity and sexual orientation in a taxpayer-funded survey.

Yesli Vega, who represents the Coles District on the Board of County Supervisors, brought the online survey from the county’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Office to light in an email to her constituents on Feb. 26.