All posts by John Riley
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Prominent LGBTQ activist in Turkey arrested at his home in Ankara
Ali Erol, a prominent Turkish LGBTQ activist, was arrested and detained in his home in Ankara on Friday, Feb. 2, according to human rights observers....
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Survey: Gay men prefer Eagles over Patriots in Super Bowl LII
When Super Bowl LII kicks off on Sunday, it’s probably best to be wearing green and white if you enter any gay bar that might...
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RNC approves resolution supporting Trump’s transgender military ban
Resolution calls being transgender "a disqualifying psychological and physical" condition
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“We Pledge Texas” campaign will highlight Texans’ opposition to anti-LGBTQ discrimination
Campaign will enlist, and publicly share names of, center-right Texans opposed to anti-LGBTQ laws or policies
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Capital Pride’s 2018 theme “Elements of Us” will focus on diversity
Year-long theme celebrates the diversity of the LGBTQ community and intersecting identities
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Activists launch “No Gay? No Way!” campaign to influence location of Amazon HQ2.0
Campaign urges Amazon to set up second headquarters in a state with full LGBTQ protections
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Creating Change brought LGBTQ rights — and the families demanding them — to Congress
More than 500 Creating Change attendees overran the Hill to lobby for pro-LGBTQ legislation
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Robert York’s 50th birthday blowout will raise money for local charities
Robert York and Town Danceboutique are teaming up to benefit local LGBTQ organizations
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Virginia lawmakers kill hate crime bills even as anti-LGBTQ attacks increase
The Virginia General Assembly has defeated a bevy of bills that deal with bias-motivated crimes, particularly those that target LGBTQ victims, even as the number...
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Jamaica bans anti-gay U.S. pastor Steven Anderson
A controversial Arizona pastor who once celebrated the deadly mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando was been banned from yet another country as he...
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Lambda Legal to continue fight in case of Mississippi funeral home that refused to cremate gay man
LGBTQ legal organization files request to substitute husband's nephew as plaintiff after husband's death
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HRC endorses New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for re-election
Longtime LGBTQ ally will also speak at HRC's New York gala on Feb. 3
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Trump’s State of the Union speech omits mention of LGBTQ rights
President Trump carefully avoided any mention of the LGBTQ community as he reflected on his first year in office in his State of the Union...
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Lesbian firefighter’s sex discrimination claim upheld by court
Court finds that existence of anti-LGBTQ discrimination does not negate a claim of sex-based discrimination
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Lambda Legal and allies decry Trump’s “relentless assault” on LGBTQ rights
Advocates offer "pre-rebuttal" to Trump's State of the Union address, focusing on nominations of anti-LGBTQ judges
