All posts by John Riley
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SMYAL to open second house, with 14 additional beds, for LGBTQ homeless youth
Supporting and Mentoring Youth Advocates and Leaders, the LGBTQ youth advocacy organization for the D.C. area, has announced they will open a second house for...
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Almost half of all transgender Southerners say they experience “high levels” of violence
Percentage of those experiencing harassment or violence rises to nearly 3 in 5 among trans women or femmes
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Senate confirms LGBTQ opponent Howard Nielson to lifetime federal judgeship
Nielson once argued that a gay judge weighing in on the Proposition 8 case could not be impartial
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DC Black Pride 2019: Everything You Need To Know
DC Black Pride emphasizes events that bring the community together and celebrates our collective truths
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Women in the Life celebrates its dance parties, magazine, and place in the history of D.C.’s black lesbian community
Women in the Life’s 25th Anniversary Resilience Reunion kicks off Friday, May 24
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Trump administration wants to allow shelters to discriminate against transgender people
Shelters would be allowed to skirt Equal Access Rule by housing people based on their biological sex at birth
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Trump administration sued for refusing to answer freedom of information requests about HHS’s LGBTQ nondiscrimination rules
Lambda Legal believes outside groups may have influenced HHS officials to adopt anti-LGBTQ policies
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Poland’s Law and Justice Party uses LGBTQ people as bogeyman ahead of 2019 elections
Ruling party casts LGBTQ rights as foreign "threat" in attempt to activate socially conservative voters
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Westboro Baptist Church protests Morehouse and Spelman Colleges over their transgender admission policies
Fundamentalist church also pickets Clark Atlanta University commencement ceremonies
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Muhlaysia Booker, the trans woman attacked by a mob in Dallas, found shot to death
The 27-year-old becomes fourth transgender person to be violently killed this year
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State laws effectively banning abortion significantly harm LGBTQ people
Recent laws in Alabama, Georgia, and other states may carry significant consequences, particularly for transgender individuals
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U.S. House passes the Equality Act, a landmark LGBTQ rights bill
Bill prohibiting anti-LGBTQ discrimination passes over Republican objections, and is now headed to the U.S. Senate.
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Civil rights groups rally after Trump’s judicial nominees won’t say whether segregation is unlawful
Civil rights groups rally in protest of Wendy Vitter and other Trump nominees who are silent about landmark desegregation case
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Social conservatives proposing “compromise” to weaken Equality Act’s protections
Civil rights groups are worried that any compromises would weaken protections for LGBTQ people
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JaxKnife Complex is the latest Drag Queen Story Hour host to promote a love of books
"I think it's a really good opportunity for parents to show their kids that the world is a creative place"
