All posts by John Riley
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NCAA will allow individual sports to determine whether trans athletes can compete
The NCAA will allow individual sports to develop their own criteria for transgender athletes wishing to compete in sports.
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Meet Duke, Mr. Mid-Atlantic Leather 2022, the ultimate “jock-cowboy”
As a gay youth in Kansas, Duke struggled to find his place in the world. As Mr. Mid-Atlantic Leather 2022, he believes he's finally found...
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Justice Department will help trans student fight Florida’s anti-trans bathroom ban
The Justice Department will argue that a Florida transgender male student barred from the boys' bathroom was a victim of discrimination.
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LGBTQ conference “Creating Change Remixed” to be held virtually from March 19-20
An amended version of the annual LGBTQ organizing and activist conference Creating Change will be held virtually from March 19-20.
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Lesbian couple found tortured, shot and dismembered in Mexico
Mexican authorities are continuing to investigate the murder of a lesbian couple who was found tortured, shot and dismembered.
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Supreme Court gay marriage plaintiff Jim Obergefell to run for political office
Jim Obergefell, the lead plaintiff in the landmark 2015 Supreme Court case that legalized same-sex marriage across the country, is running for a seat i...
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Gay travel company slams ‘homophobic’ gay cruise story in New York Times
The CEO of an LGBTQ travel company has accused the New York Times of "homophobia" for an article on the risk of COVID-19 on gay...
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BYU moves to restrict student demonstrations after LGBTQ protests
Brigham Young University has restricted where students may hold demonstrations and is threatening to discipline critical students.
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Doctors refusing to treat LGBTQ people? These Republicans want to make it happen.
South Carolina lawmakers delay vote on a "right of refusal" bill over fears it will be used against people not vaccinated against COVID-19.
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California becomes first state to require insurance to cover at-home STI tests
California has become the first state in the nation to require insurance to cover the costs of at-home STI tests.
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FDA urged to scrap abstinence requirement for gay and bisexual blood donors
LGBTQ advocates are urging the FDA to eliminate the deferral period for gay and bisexual blood donors
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Loudoun County pulls nonbinary author’s graphic novel from school libraries
Loudoun County Public Schools has banned a controversial graphic novel from school libraries due to concerns about sexually explicit content.
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Transgender man beaten at Denver train station, kicked out of Uber following attack
A transgender man in Denver says he was beaten up at a train station, and discriminated against by his Uber driver after escaping the attack.
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Gay activist who challenged Florida’s same-sex marriage ban found dead in landfill
Police are investigating the death of Florida gay marriage activist Jorge Diaz-Johnston, who was found dead in a landfill last Saturday.
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New York photographer who doesn’t want to photograph same-sex weddings appeals case dismissal
A New York wedding photographer is appealing a federal judge’s decision throwing out a lawsuit she brought challenging LGBTQ protections in the state’s nondiscrimination law. ...
