All posts by John Riley
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Michigan funeral home must pay $130k to trans trailblazer Aimee Stephens’ estate
Aimee Stephens successfully sued her former employer for sex discrimination after being fired for transitioning on the job
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Prisoner sues Georgia Department of Corrections for failing to fix anti-trans policies
Ashley Diamond claims Georgia Department of Corrections has failed to abide by terms of an earlier 2016 settlement
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New Jersey teachers made homophobic comments about colleague during Zoom class
Mayor of Dumont promises investigation into incident involving disparaging anti-LGBTQ comments
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View thousands of AIDS Memorial Quilt panels virtually in new World AIDS Day exhibit
Each state's display pulls together select panels honoring those lost to HIV to commemorate World AIDS Day
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How Washington, D.C. is commemorating World AIDS Day 2020
Online events and remembrances, as well as free testing, are hallmarks of the 33rd Annual World AIDS Day in the DMV area.
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Us Helping Us holds virtual gala with America’s Got Talent’s Cristina Rae
Hour-long gala, held virtually, will feature speeches, entertainment, and recognition of special honorees
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Biden taps lesbian campaign advisor Karine Jean-Pierre as deputy press secretary
Jean-Pierre is part of an all-female White House communications team
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ANC Rainbow Caucus urges DC Council to ban LGBTQ “panic” defenses
Bill's passage has been delayed by COVID-19 pandemic and increased workload for Judiciary Committee
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Chaya Milchtein: a mechanic with a Georgia runoff cause
A queer femme automotive educator is raising money for the Georgia U.S. Senate runoffs.
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Sean Patrick Maloney, openly gay Congressman, wants to be Democrats’ elections “quarterback” in 2022
“I think we have become a country where it’s very hard for anyone to understand that there are people who don’t already agree with them,”...
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John Aravosis is driven by a desire for change — and he’s not stopping post-Trump
"Trump has got to be delegitimized and it’s going to take years," says the AMERICAblog founder
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DCATS hosts art sale featuring works by transgender artists on Black Friday
Proceeds from event directly benefit National Binder Exchange Program that links trans males with chest binders
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President-elect Biden taps gay man as White House Social Secretary
Carlos Elizondo previously served as social secretary to the Bidens during the Obama administration
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NMAC to honor Nancy Pelosi and Barbara Lee with its first-ever “Hill Champion Awards”
Ceremony honoring longtime HIV/AIDS advocates will be streamed live on Dec. 1, as part of World AIDS Day
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Only 14% of LGBTQ voters supported Trump, post-election poll finds
Initial exit polling showing higher support for Trump was flawed and had large margins of error, critics say
