All posts by John Riley
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Transgender woman in Puerto Rico killed after using women’s restroom
Neulisa Luciano Ruiz, also known as Alexa, was allegedly pursued after false rumors spread about her on social media
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Kentucky Democrat’s bill would restore state benefits to veterans discharged for being LGBTQ
Bill would also apply to veterans discharged for "medical reasons" in an attempt to hide their LGBTQ identity
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California congressman introduces bill to add third gender marker for U.S. passports
Bill allows nonbinary and intersex people to obtain accurate passports without surgery or a doctor's note
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Supreme Court to rule on anti-gay discrimination by taxpayer-funded foster care agencies
Court will decide whether child placement agencies that discriminate based on religion are entitled to taxpayer funds
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Kentucky governor calls for passage of nondiscrimination law and ban on conversion therapy
Andy Beshear is the first Kentucky governor to speak at the annual Fairness Campaign rally for LGBTQ rights
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Seattle-area Catholic high school accused of forcing two LGBTQ teachers to resign
Archdiocese insists the teachers resigned from their jobs voluntarily and chose when they wanted to resign
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Trump appoints openly gay ambassador as acting Director of National Intelligence
Richard Grenell becomes the first out LGBTQ person appointed to a Cabinet-level position
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Florida Democrat calls primary challenger “batty boy,” an anti-gay slur
State Rep. Al Jacquet issues apology for using slur, but challenger Omari Hardy dismisses it as "damage control"
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Team DC’s annual LGBTQ+ student-athlete scholarship program is open for applications
The scholarships help support athletes in their post-secondary endeavors
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French city cuts ties with Polish “sister city” over anti-LGBTQ policy
Mayor of Tuchow, Poland, implies that the decision to sever ties was politically motivated
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Arizona House committee approves bill barring transgender females from women’s sports
Bill would allow cisgender female athletes to sue if they lost competitions or opportunities because of transgender inclusion
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Ohio Republicans introduce bill to deny gender-affirming health care to trans youth
More than 1,800 parents of transgender children condemn "mean-spirited" bills as politically-motivated attack
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Alaska state employee heads to court to challenge trans surgery exclusion in health care plan
Lawyers for an Alaska transgender state employee will appear in court on Wednesday to argue that a provision in the state’s employee health insurance plan...
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Former gay surgical resident claims he was harassed by supervisors at Brooklyn Hospital Center
Chad Jensen claims superiors made vulgar jokes about him and spread false rumors alleging he was promiscuous
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Iowa man convicted of stealing and burning Pride flag charged with indecent exposure in jail
Adolfo Martinez previously cited Biblical opposition to homosexuality as justification for his earlier crime
