All posts by John Riley
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Biden taps gay Obama staffer Gautam Raghavan for Office of Presidential Personnel
Former Obama White House staffer will be entrusted with recruiting and vetting more than 4,000 government appointees
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New York City Police seeking man who punched bus rider because he thought teen was gay
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has called on New York's Hate Crimes Task Force to investigate alleged bias-motivated attack
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Providence City Council member resigns from leadership post after calling transgender activist “it”
Michael Correia made comments about a Black trans activist's breasts and misgendered her in recorded conversation
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Gay couple says someone smeared feces on their Christmas lawn decorations
Eureka Police are investigating the vandalism incident as a hate crime
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Gay Virginia Delegate Mark Levine announces run for lieutenant governor
A progressive Democrat, Levine would be the first LGBTQ and first Jewish person elected to statewide office in Virginia
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Virginia county GOP censures Rep. Denver Riggleman for officiating gay wedding
Outgoing Republican congressman says he's weighing a bid for governor as an independent
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DC to temporarily end indoor dining at 10 p.m. on Dec. 23
Latest restrictions on bars and restaurants were prompted by higher number of new COVID-19 cases
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Federal judge strikes down Ohio law blocking trans people from amending their birth certificates
Court finds Ohio's policy, which was made more restrictive in 2016, "does not pass constitutional muster"
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Federal judge orders Wisconsin to provide surgery to trans inmate
Judge James Peterson found that prison officials' denial of surgery to Nicole Campbell violated her constitutional rights
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Global religious leaders call for ban on conversion therapy
A new initiative, "The Good Fruit Project," has been launched to educate people of faith about the harms of conversion therapy
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New Jersey makes it easier for trans people to change their name
Trans people were previously required to announce their desired name change in a local newspaper two separate times
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DC Council passes hate crimes omnibus bill, bans gay and trans “panic” defenses
Bill expands types of crimes that can be prosecuted, and allows D.C.'s Attorney General to seek civil damages for hate crimes
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Bhutan lawmakers vote to roll back part of anti-gay sodomy law
Penal code has been amended to clarify that same-sex relations don't violate prohibition on "unnatural sex"
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Pennsylvania man displays transphobic sign attacking Health Secretary Rachel Levine
Sign, which has since been changed, initially read: "Don't let a man in a dress rule us, Waterford."
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Catholic archbishop of Mexico City expresses support for same-sex civil unions
Cardinal Carlos Aguiar says that if a person chooses to enter a civil union, it's a form of "freedom."
