All posts by John Riley
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United Nations report calls for an end to “cruel, inhuman, or degrading” conversion therapy
U.N. report says that conversion therapy practices around the world "may amount to torture"
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Federal court orders State Department to recognize citizenship of gay couple’s daughter
Court finds that the children of married same-sex couples, at least one of whom is a U.S. citizen, are entitled to U.S. citizenship
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Wyoming Supreme Court clears path for transgender woman to change the gender marker on her birth certificate
Lower court had refused to issue a court order to allow a trans woman to amend her birth certificate
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Chicago high school student charged with fatally shooting transgender woman
Orlando Perez told police that he returned to Selena Reyes-Hernandez's apartment a second time to shoot her lifeless body
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No charges will be filed against Colorado State Patrol trooper who shot transgender woman in May
HRC says Thompson's behavior prior to shooting demonstrates she was "in crisis" and should have received help
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Supreme Court LGBTQ Ruling: 5 Bizarre Excerpts From Conservative Dissents
Five arguments the high court's dissenting conservatives made that may have gone unnoticed
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Virginia Congressman Denver Riggleman defeated in GOP convention after officiating gay wedding
Freshman congressman loses in a landslide to a self-described "biblical conservative" and immigration hard-liner
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HUD crafting rule to allow single-sex homeless shelters to turn away transgender people
Rule says individual shelters may set their own criteria for determining a person's sex, but standards must be applied equally
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Joe Biden, Ariana Grande, Anne Hathaway and other celebrities condemn Trump’s rollback of LGBTQ health care protections
HHS's revised rule on sex-based discrimination also flies in the face of the Supreme Court's views on sex discrimination
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BHT Foundation awards emergency grants to racial justice and civil rights organizations
LGBTQ nonprofit vows to center social justice organizations or those working with marginalized populations in its grant process
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Supreme Court rules Civil Rights Act protects LGBTQ people from discrimination
High court finds Title VII's prohibitions on sex-based employment discrimination apply to LGBTQ people
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Global Pride to focus on racial justice, uplift Black Lives Matter movement, on June 27
Celebration will feature a full slate of artists and public figures, including Joe Biden, Todrick Hall, Laverne Cox, Kesha and others
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Colorado bill barring gay and trans panic defense heads to governor for signature into law
Once signed by Jared Polis, Colorado will become the eleventh state to ban the use of the defense tactic
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North Carolina church vandalized with swastika, anti-gay messages, and other graffiti
The pastor of Johnsonville Church of God says the congregation is "praying for" and "forgives" the culprit
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Ohio transgender woman Riah Milton shot to death during alleged robbery
Two suspects, including a 14-year-old girl, have been arrested for Milton's murder, while another suspect remains at large
