All posts by John Riley
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Philadelphia police seeking community’s help in finding killer of transgender woman Dominique “Rem’mie” Fells
Friends say the freelance fashion designer was seen arguing with a man days before her severed body was pulled from the Schuylkill River
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Republican congressman faces primary challenge after officiating a gay wedding
Denver Riggleman was previously censured with a "no confidence" vote for marrying two campaign volunteers
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Trump administration eliminates transgender protections from Affordable Care Act
Final rule rolling back LGBTQ protections drops on fourth anniversary of Pulse nightclub massacre
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Republican National Committee adopts its 2016 platform verbatim, including anti-LGBTQ provisions
Platform planks on same-sex marriage, gay adoption, and conversion therapy run counter to GOP's insistence that Trump is pro-LGBTQ
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Republicans argue Trump has ‘taken unprecedented steps to protect LGBTQ community’
Nation's largest LGBTQ organization accuses RNC of "gaslighting" LGBTQ Americans by claiming Trump has helped them
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Three transgender candidates running for the Vermont House of Representatives
All three women took inspiration from Christine Hallquist's bid for governor in 2018
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Human Rights Campaign endorses Kristen Browde in bid to become New York’s first transgender Assemblywoman
If she manages to win the primary on June 23, Browde would be favored in the general election
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Lambda Legal testifies that black and brown LGBTQ people are more vulnerable to state-sponsored violence
Legal organization notes that negative interactions with the criminal justice system are often rooted in systemic anti-LGTBQ discrimination
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Capital Pride, The DC Center, and other LGBTQ orgs to hold educational forum on defunding police
June 15 event will explain how "defund" strategy works and offer advice on responding to D.C.'s proposed funding increase for MPD
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Jacksonville City Council approves LGBTQ protections in human rights ordinance
Jacksonville's mayor has previously promised to sign "fix" to 2017 ordinance into law
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Athletes urge NCAA to move 2021 events from Idaho due to anti-trans law
Professional athletes, student-athletes, and civil rights groups say NCAA shouldn't reward Idaho for violating its own guidelines on inclusion
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Indy Pride will no longer involve uniformed police officers in its Pride celebrations
LGBTQ organization signals desire to stand in solidarity with Black Lives Matter in protesting police brutality
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Kansas City mayor pardons man who filmed police officers’ alleged assault of transgender woman
Roderick Reed's video footage of Breona Hill's arrest led prosecutors to file excessive force charges against the two officers involved
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West Virginia voters elect first out transgender official to Wheeling City Council
Mental health professional ran on local issues like improving infrastructure and addressing scourges of poverty and drug addiction
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Man threatens to carry out Pulse-style attack against Casa Ruby
Community center's founder says the man making the threats is the former abusive partner of one of their clients
