All posts by John Riley
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Poth To Ask for New Trial
The legal team for the former Marine convicted of stabbing a fellow Marine while uttering a homophobic epithet has been granted additional time to file...
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UHU To Unveil New Mobile-Screening Unit
Us Helping Us, People Into Living Inc. (UHU), the local support group for HIV-positive black gay men, will unveil its new mobile health-screening unit Friday,...
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Maryland Senate committee approves gender identity nondiscrimination bill
The Maryland Senate’s Judicial Proceedings Committee passed along a party-line vote Thursday a nondiscrimination bill that would extend protections in employment, housing, credit and public...
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Greg Zehnacker's Death Hits Beyond Green Lantern
Greg Zehnacker, co-owner of the gay bar Green Lantern and a longtime fixture in the D.C. area's nightlife scene, died in his sleep Tuesday morning,...
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Will
With this week's issue, we're relaunching Nightlife Coverboy as Coverboy: Bartenders Edition. Each week, we will feature one of the gay community's most personable drink...
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Valentine's Day Demonstrations for Marriage
Virginians of various faith communities hoping to extend equal rights to LGBT people will host 23 demonstrations at county courthouses across the commonwealth on Valentine's...
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Remembering Deoni Jones
It's been two years since Deoni Jones, a 23-year old transgender woman, was stabbed in her face and killed while waiting at a Northeast D.C....
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DC Council Passes Bill for LGBT Youth
The D.C. Council this week unanimously passed for a second time the LGBTQ Homeless Youth Reform Amendment Act, aimed at addressing shelter and support services...
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Insurance bill passes Va. Senate with bipartisan support
A bill that would allow public institutions of higher education and localities in Virginia to expand health insurance coverage to a spouse, partner or other...
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Time To Test
Federal and local health organizations, along with a number of local churches, will observe National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, Friday, Feb. 7, encouraging people, particularly...
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Stonewall Sports Offering Dodgeball
Stonewall Dodgeball will launch its inaugural season in March as part of Stonewall Sports, the nonprofit LGBTQ sports association raises money for various charitable causes...
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Chat-Line Assailant Sentenced to 16 Years
The Washington man convicted of stabbing another man he met through a dating chat line has been sentenced to 16 years in prison, according to...
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Judge in Virginia marriage-ban case says she’ll issue ruling ‘soon’
U.S. District Court Judge Arenda L. Wright Allen today told parties in the case of Bostic v. Rainey, which is challenging Virginia’s constitutional amendment banning...
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Maryland Gender-Identity Bill Enters Round 8
Marking the eighth year in a row for the effort, LGBT-rights advocates testified Tuesday before the Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee in favor of a...
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Va. House approves giving legislators standing to defend gay-marriage ban
The Virginia House of Delegates voted 65-32 Monday morning to pass HB706, a bill that would amend the Code of Virginia to allow the General Assembly...
