All posts by John Riley
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Man gets six months in jail for assaulting gay couple at New York State Fair
A man who pleaded guilty to attacking a gay couple at a rock concert during the New York State Fair in August will serve six...
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Woman charged with setting fire to building housing a transgender advocacy organization
A Pittsburgh-area woman has been accused of allegedly setting fire to a building that housed a transgender drop-in center and service organization. Victoria Parker, 28,...
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Gay man’s killer charged with violating parole after being released from prison
A Texas man convicted in the 1991 beating and stabbing of a gay man outside a Houston-area nightclub is back in custody after being charged...
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New Jersey governor signs bill banning use of gay or trans panic defense
On Tuesday, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill into law prohibiting the use of “gay or trans panic” defenses by criminal defendants accused...
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California lawmakers seek pardon for gay civil rights leader Bayard Rustin
A pair of California lawmakers have asked Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) to issue a posthumous pardon to Bayard Rustin, an openly gay civil rights leader...
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Man dies while attending Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend
Police and paramedics responded to reports of an unconscious person, but were unable to revive them
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Baltimore is city with highest STD rates, D.C. ranks in top 20
Gonorrhea, syphilis, and chlamydia reached an "all-time high" in 2018
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With his last act as Councilmember, Jack Evans introduces bill to reimburse Capital Pride Alliance
Bill would waive future fees for city services needed to carry out Capital Pride's annual festivities
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Tennessee governor says he’ll sign anti-gay adoption bill
Critics warn of longer waiting times for children seeking permanent placements and a possible economic backlash to the bill
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Arizona Republican pulls her sex ed bill after criticism that it’s “anti-gay”
Sylvia Allen insists her intention was to give parents a say in what their children are being taught
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MPD Special Liaison Branch Supervisor Brett Parson to retire after 26 years of service
Lt. David Hong will succeed Parson as SLB supervisor, which oversees MPD's LGBT Liaison Unit
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Spotlight: Puppy Park XII at MAL
Now in its 12th year, the annual MAL event provides a space dedicated to fun and frivolity for those into puppy play
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MAL Weekend hosts Centaur MC are a leather “band of brothers”
The Centaur MC are a social club dedicated to brotherhood, philanthropy, and promoting the leather/kink community
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Two Virginia Senate subcommittees pass pro-LGBTQ measures
Bills to ban conversion therapy, eliminate surgical requirement for changing gender marker on birth certificate approved
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Tennessee Republicans pass bill allowing adoption agencies to turn away gay couples
Bill shrinks pool of available foster and adoptive parents in the name of protecting religious beliefs
