All posts by John Riley
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Senate shuffle may open up opportunities
LGBT candidates could seek promotion in wake of Mikulski retirement
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AG Racine urges Supremes to support gay marriage
D.C.’s Attorney General Karl Racine on Friday joined a growing chorus of voices calling on the Supreme Court to legalize marriage equality via a nationwide...
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Suspect in Deoni Jones slaying to undergo further mental observation
Gary Niles Montgomery, the man accused of stabbing transgender youth Deoni Jones in the face as she waited at a Northeast D.C. bus stop in...
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Herring files amicus brief in favor of marriage equality
Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring (D) on Thursday filed an amicus brief arguing in favor of marriage equality ahead of April 28, when the U.S....
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SMYAL launches scholarship program
Supporting and Mentoring Youth Advocates and Leaders (SMYAL) announced March 5 that it is launching a scholarship program aimed at providing financial assistance to LGBT...
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Tidying up Maryland’s equality statutes
Maryland already enjoys marriage equality and is one of a minority of states with legal protections for transgender people. For lawmakers, however, that’s not enough....
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Latino GLBT History’s new board members
The Latino GLBT History Project (LHP), the nonprofit organization focused on collecting, preserving and educating the public about the history, culture, heritage, arts and social...
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Kelly Clarkson doesn’t care if her daughter is gay
— Singer and former American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson, in an interview with Pride Source, when asked how she would feel if her youngest daughter, River...
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Charlotte City Council rejects LGBT ordinance
Nondiscrimination ordinance fails after exempting bathrooms, locker rooms and showers
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Sen. Barbara Mikulski will not run for a sixth term
Longest-serving female U.S. Senator announces retirement
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“The Gay Best Friend Must Die,” decrees HuffPo writer
— Huffington Post contributor Tré Easton, in a Feb. 27 column entitled, The Gay Best Friend Must Die, examining the archetype of the gay best friend...
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Transgender advocate to run against Hoyer
Kristin Beck, a well-known transgender advocate for open military service for LGBT people and a former member of the SEAL Team Six counterterrorism unit, earlier this...
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GLAA names award recipients
The Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance of Washington, D.C. (GLAA) has announced it will honor three people nominated as Distinguished Service Award recipients for 2015....
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South Carolina college with two gay athletes issues statement on homosexuality
“We believe the Bible teaches that monogamous marriage between a man and a woman is God’s intended design for humanity.” — A statement issued and...
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Surrogacy Struggle
Following two hearings earlier this month, advocates for gestational surrogacy are continuing their push for two bills that set forth standards for gestational carrier agreements,...
