All posts by John Riley
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LGBTQ people are more likely to be victims of intimate partner violence, especially amid COVID-19 pandemic
Additionally, LGBTQ youth of color more likely to report experiencing dating violence than their white non-LGBTQ peers
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D.C. to install rainbow art at 17th and P Streets NW to mark Pride Month
Installation in District's Dupont Circle neighborhood is part of the Department of Transportation's Art in the Right of Way program
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Three Kansas Republicans resort to anti-transgender attacks in U.S. Senate race
Attacks come in wake of Supreme Court's decision finding that LGBTQ employees are protected by the Civil Rights Act
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Mondaire Jones poised to become one of two first-ever openly gay Black members of Congress
A lawyer who ran on a progressive platform, Jones is favored to win the November election for a suburban New York congressional seat
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Trump was “surprised” by SCOTUS decision on LGBTQ workplace discrimination
In interview with Christian Broadcasting Network, Trump says court is "supposed to be in our favor"
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Gay Bronx congressional candidate Ritchie Torres leads anti-gay rival
City Councilmember leads fellow Councilmember Ruben Diaz Sr., who has become known for his outspoken anti-LGBTQ views
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More than 670,000 people sign petition calling for release of hanged trans woman’s autopsy
Online petition alleges that Tete Gulley was not suicidal and urges Portland police to probe deeper into her death
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HRC President Alphonso David: Senate Republicans’ policing “reform” bill is “offensive”
Civil rights groups call Republican bill a "non-starter" and the "wrong solution" to addressing racial bias in policing
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California bans official state travel to Idaho in protest of anti-transgender laws
California AG Xavier Becerra calls birth certificate and transgender athlete bills "plain and simple discrimination"
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Prominent “ex-gay” conversion therapy group Hope for Wholeness disbands
Group's founder came out as gay last year and denounced the central premise behind conversion therapy as "a lie."
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Trump administration defends Idaho’s anti-trans athlete law
Attorney General William Barr says allowing trans athletes to compete in women's sports is "fundamentally unfair to female athletes"
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Whitman-Walker Health and others sue Trump administration for stripping LGBTQ health care protections from ACA
Lawsuit argues that rolling back protections will harm LGBTQ people, and overly burden the organizations that serve them
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HRC endorses Mondaire Jones in suburban New York congressional race
Progressive candidate would be the first openly gay black member of Congress if elected
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Transgender woman’s family says prison video footage shows her death was preventable
Lawyer for Layleen Polanco's family alleges guard knocked on her cell door for more than 90 minutes before seeking medical help
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LGBTQ groups praise Supreme Court’s decision preserving DACA program for “Dreamers”
Several pro-equality groups praised the Supreme Court's decision preserving the DACA program for young immigrants, including LGBTQ youth.
