All posts by John Riley
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Survivor of Chechnya’s anti-gay purge is kidnapped by his own father
Zelimkhan Akhmadov's family has reportedly been encouraged -- or threatened -- to murder him as part of an "honor killing"
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Illinois governor receives mixed reaction for officiating gay wedding
Illinois Family Institute says governor's actions show he isn't interested in courting social conservatives
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Gay couple is publicly caned 86 times in Indonesia’s Aceh province
Victims were punished for violating Sharia law prohibitions on homosexuality
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Bill introduced in Congress to ban use of gay and trans panic defenses
Bill would stop use of a victim's LGBTQ identity to justify a defendant's violent actions against them
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Tennessee man charged with hate crime for anti-gay assault
Brandon Wiley claims he attacked the 39-year-old victim after the man grabbed his penis
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Pennsylvania school board comes under fire for showing LGBTQ anti-bullying videos
A Pennsylvania school district is under fire after parents objected to a local high school airing a series of videos on LGBTQ bullying during the...
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More than 30 members of Congress demand information on TSA treatment of transgender travelers
A group of more than 30 congressional Democrats is demanding answers from the Transportation Security Administration about its treatment of transgender travelers. The members of...
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Fighting Back: Transgender Activist Charlotte Clymer
When a local restaurant asked trans activist Charlotte Clymer to leave for using the women's restroom, they picked a fight with the wrong person
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Mr. Nice Jewish Boy DC has big changes for this year’s pageant
Jeremy Gilston: "We definitely wanted to up the ante this year"
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Study: Transgender veterans are as healthy as their cisgender peers
A new study finds the mental and physical health of transgender veterans is similar to the health of cisgender veterans, adding more evidence to support...
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Madison, Wis., City Council passes ban on youth conversion therapy
On Tuesday, the Madison City Council voted to ban the practice of conversion therapy on LGBTQ-identifying youth, reports the Wisconsin State Journal. The ban will...
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U.S. House Appropriations Committee approves adoption discrimination amendment
Other Republican-led legislatures have passed similar bills allowing agencies to reject LGBTQ and other prospective parents
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Hawaii Supreme Court rejects appeal from B&B that refused to rent to a lesbian couple
Business violated the state nondiscrimination law when they refused to rent Diane Cervelli and Taeko Bufford a room
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Second defendant pleads guilty to charges related to Missouri transgender teen’s death
James Grigsby has been sentenced to four years in prison for helping dispose of 17-year-old Ally Steinfeld's remains
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D.C. Council introduces bill to repeal Initiative 77 and keep tipped wage system intact
Supporters and opponents of I-77 dig in their heels, but Councilmember Mary Cheh says a compromise could be in the works
