All posts by John Riley
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Brother, Help Thyself to hold annual grant awards ceremony on Feb. 2
$75,000 in grants to be awarded to 32 area organizations honoring their work in the LGBTQ and HIV communities
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Virginia House Committee to hear pro-LGBTQ housing and employment bills this afternoon
Bills head to a hostile Rules Committee, even as polls show widespread support for LGBTQ protections
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Transgender woman sues NYPD for charging her with “false personation”
A transgender woman is suing the New York Police Department for discrimination after officers mocked and humiliated her by slapping her with a “false personation”...
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D.C. mayor signs first law prohibiting conversion therapy on adults
Bill seeks to protect LGBTQ adults who are unable to make their own health care decisions
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Polls show even Virginia Republicans support nondiscrimination bills
Poll results underscore that anti-LGBTQ Virginia House Republicans are out of step with their own constituents
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Emërson Anicëto is Mr. Mid-Atlantic Leather 2019
Anicëto wants to use his title and platform for the greater good
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Trump administration allows foster care agency to discriminate against gay couples
Miracle Hill Ministries' argues their religious beliefs should permit them to discriminate against prospective parents
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Retired Navy SEAL calls Trump’s transgender military ban “bullshit”
Kristin Beck says arguments being used to justify a ban on transgender troops are flawed
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Openly gay South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg forms presidential exploratory committee
Buttigieg's message focuses on generational change as he takes steps towards a 2020 run for the White House
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ACLU asks Supreme Court to keep Boyertown school district’s trans-friendly restroom policy in place
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a brief asking the Supreme Court to refuse to take up a challenge to a Pennsylvania school district’s...
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Oscars update: Over half of all Best Picture nominees are LGBTQ-inclusive films
Hollywood is receiving praise from one of the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organizations for the number of LGBTQ-inclusive films and out individuals who have...
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Supreme Court says Trump administration should be allowed to carry out its transgender military ban
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump and the U.S. Department of Defense should be allowed to ban certain transgender people...
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Virginia Senate passes bills on employment protections and fair housing
On Friday, the Virginia State Senate overwhelmingly approved two pro-LGBTQ bills that prohibit discrimination in public employment and in housing, giving both measures their largest...
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Trevor Project donates ‘gay bunny books’ to Karen Pence’s homophobic school
Book casts vice presidential bunny's namesake as a gay rabbit who marries another male rabbit
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Lesbian claims Chili’s denied her a promotion because she failed to “dress more gender appropriate”
Arizona resident Meagan Hunter has filed an EEOC complaint accusing her employer of sex discrimination
