All posts by John Riley
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DC Center hosts discussion for trauma survivors in wake of Capital Pride Parade disruption
Social workers will be on hand to help people suffering from trauma to work out their feelings
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62% of Americans say they’ve become more supportive of transgender rights over past 5 years
63% of Americans say they support transgender people serving openly in the military, PRRI survey finds
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Capital Pride 2019: A parade interrupted and a jam-packed festival
Not even a massive disruption at Saturday's parade could stop D.C.'s LGBTQ community from enjoying Capital Pride weekend
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2 out of every 5 LGBTQ youth have seriously considered suicide, study says
National survey by The Trevor Project finds more than 7 in 10 LGBTQ youth experience discrimination due to their identity
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Pride Month: Every DC-area Pride event to keep the celebrations going
June and July offer people in the DMV plenty of opportunities to celebrate their LGBTQ identity
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Botswana High Court strikes down laws banning same-sex relations
On heels of two trans rights cases, high court finds colonial-era law penalizing homosexuality unconstitutional
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Philadelphia’s first openly gay deputy sheriff found dead in office
Those close to Dante Austin, who took his own life, believe he was struggling with depression prior to his death
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Congressional bill would ban use of gay and trans panic defenses
Bill would prevent defendants from using a victim's LGBTQ identity to justify crimes like murder and assault
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New Jersey judge orders conversion therapy provider to dissolve — again
Group was ordered to dissolve 4 years ago, but reconstituted under another name to continue promoting conversion therapy
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Trump administration sued for allowing health care workers to deny care to LGBTQ people
Lawsuit argues that the exemption violates federal law and threatens patients' ability to access health care
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AIDS Walk & Music Festival Baltimore raises more than $150,000 for HIV services
Proceeds from event nearly double the amount raised from last year's AIDS Walk and Run
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Capital Pride 2019: The Parade may have ended abruptly, but DC’s LGBTQ community vows to keep celebrating
Pride-goers describe the chaos as false reports of a shooting spread through the crowd: "Everyone was just running. It looked like a movie scene."
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Florida Republican Mike Hill apologizes for laughing at suggestion that gays be executed
Mike Hill says he regrets the "tone" of his response to question about introducing a bill to put gay people to death
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Donald Trump celebrates Pride month by banning U.S. embassies from flying Pride flag
Embassies can hang or display the flag elsewhere on their grounds, but not on flag poles
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NYPD Commissioner apologizes for raid that sparked Stonewall Riots, calling it “wrong”
Apology marks reversal for New York Police Department, which had previously refused to admit wrongdoing
