All posts by John Riley
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The Race for DC’s Ward 2: Bolton, Downs, Fernández and Pinto address LGBTQ issues
In a special Metro Weekly forum, Ward 2 Council candidates make their pitch to LGBTQ voters
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NRCC runs second anti-LGBTQ ad attacking Texas Democrat over transgender surgery
The National Republican Campaign Committee has doubled down on its attacks against the Democrat in a Texas congressional race, accusing her of supporting base closures...
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Amy Coney Barrett served as trustee for three private schools with LGBTQ-hostile policies
Former students claim Trinity Schools' policies discriminate against children of same-sex couples and LGBTQ people
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Transgender male employee sues Sweetgreen for sexual harassment and discrimination
Lawsuit claims supervisors refused to recognize his gender identity or stop a fellow employee from claiming him as "her property"
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Pope Francis calls for civil union laws for same-sex couples
Pontiff's comments mark a revolutionary departure from church doctrine on the issue of same-sex relationships
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State Department aides balked at Mike Pompeo’s plan to address anti-LGBTQ group
Aides took issue with Pompeo's participation in event after learning the group supports conversion therapy
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Algerian authorities convict 44 people for attending gay wedding
Attendees were charged with public indecency and violating COVID-19 quarantine following police raid
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Trans woman beaten by mob claims police laughed at her while she ‘bled on the floor’
Kendall Stephens claims police were "unsympathetic" and "trivialized" her injuries
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Texas allows social workers to turn away LGBTQ people
Under a new rule change, social workers in Texas will now be allowed to turn away LGBTQ clients based on their personal religious beliefs.
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Campaign pushing for pro-LGBTQ ballot initiative in Michigan turns in more than 480,000 signatures
Legislature has 40 days to approve amendment adding LGBTQ protections to civil rights law, or else it ends up on 2022 ballot
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Florida county sheriff accused of targeting gay men in sex sting
LGBTQ advocates question whether sheriff's decision to publicize arrests is an "election-year stunt"
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Review: LGBTQ rock-climbing doc ‘Who’s On Top?’ is a heavy-handed metaphor for life
Four LGBTQ mountain climbers attempt to scale Oregon's Mount Hood in Devin Fei-Fan's overlong film
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‘The Right Girls’ review: Trans migrant documentary leaves a lot of stones unturned
Timothy Wolfer follows four transgender people in 2018's infamous "caravan" of refugees
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Review: ‘Out Loud’ charts the beginnings of the Trans Chorus of Los Angeles
A feel-good documentary about finding one's voice, in singing and in life
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HRC president Alphonso David will help create Ruth Bader Ginsburg statue in Brooklyn
Commission is comprised of family, friends, and colleagues of Ginsburg's, as well as civil rights leaders
