All posts by John Riley
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Supreme Court will hear cases on anti-gay and anti-transgender workplace discrimination
Court to decide whether the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act protects LGBTQ people from employment discrimination
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Idaho transgender woman’s surgery stalled pending 9th Circuit decision
Lawyers for Adree Edmo hope the 9th Circuit will find denying her surgery violates her Eighth Amendment rights
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Michigan woman’s lawsuit over Planet Fitness’s transgender policy will move forward
Yvette Cormier claims the gym failed to inform her of its unwritten pro-transgender locker room policy
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Dallas police claim suspect was paid $200 to beat up transgender woman
Attack on Muhlaysia Booker, caught on videotape, is being investigated as a potential hate crime
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GLAAD calls for Sarah Sanders’ resignation after Mueller Report reveals she lied to press
White House Press Secretary also criticized for spreading misinformation about Trump's transgender military ban
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California school district settles discrimination lawsuit brought by lesbian teacher
Julia Frost claims she was retaliated against her for highlighting discrimination against LGBTQ students
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Morehouse College will begin admitting transgender male students in 2020
However, under new policy, transgender females who transition at school will not be allowed to matriculate
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University of Aberdeen revokes Sultan of Brunei’s honorary diploma
The University of Aberdeen has revoked an honorary degree it bestowed on the Sultan of Brunei in 1995 after the Southeast Asian ruler’s country passed...
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Buttigieg responds to Pence: My problem is when your “religious beliefs are used as an excuse to harm other people”
South Bend mayor says his quarrel is with how the vice president uses his beliefs to justify anti-gay discrimination
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St. Petersburg mayor has been receiving hate mail intended for Pete Buttigieg
Call it a case of mistaken identity. Rick Kriseman, the mayor of St. Petersburg, Fla., has been receiving hate mail at his official email address....
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Supreme Court refuses to take up man’s death penalty appeal alleging anti-gay juror bias
Death sentence remains in place despite allegations jurors chose death penalty instead of life in prison
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Upstate New York town must pay $25,000 to gay couple for refusing them a marriage license
Clerk denied Dylan Toften and Thomas Hurd's marriage license, citing religious objections to same-sex marriage
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American Medical Association calls Trump’s transgender troop ban medically “deficient”
AMA takes issue with classification of transgender status as a type of "deficiency" to be fixed
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Transgender woman beaten into unconsciousness by mob in Dallas
Transgender woman beaten into unconsciousness by a mob in Dallas
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Pete Buttigieg officially launches 2020 presidential campaign
South Bend mayor casts his campaign as an antidote to the policies and politics of President Trump
