All posts by John Riley
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Activists launch “No Gay? No Way!” campaign to influence location of Amazon HQ2.0
Campaign urges Amazon to set up second headquarters in a state with full LGBTQ protections
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Creating Change brought LGBTQ rights — and the families demanding them — to Congress
More than 500 Creating Change attendees overran the Hill to lobby for pro-LGBTQ legislation
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Robert York’s 50th birthday blowout will raise money for local charities
Robert York and Town Danceboutique are teaming up to benefit local LGBTQ organizations
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Virginia lawmakers kill hate crime bills even as anti-LGBTQ attacks increase
The Virginia General Assembly has defeated a bevy of bills that deal with bias-motivated crimes, particularly those that target LGBTQ victims, even as the number...
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Jamaica bans anti-gay U.S. pastor Steven Anderson
A controversial Arizona pastor who once celebrated the deadly mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando was been banned from yet another country as he...
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Lambda Legal to continue fight in case of Mississippi funeral home that refused to cremate gay man
LGBTQ legal organization files request to substitute husband's nephew as plaintiff after husband's death
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HRC endorses New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for re-election
Longtime LGBTQ ally will also speak at HRC's New York gala on Feb. 3
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Trump’s State of the Union speech omits mention of LGBTQ rights
President Trump carefully avoided any mention of the LGBTQ community as he reflected on his first year in office in his State of the Union...
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Lesbian firefighter’s sex discrimination claim upheld by court
Court finds that existence of anti-LGBTQ discrimination does not negate a claim of sex-based discrimination
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Lambda Legal and allies decry Trump’s “relentless assault” on LGBTQ rights
Advocates offer "pre-rebuttal" to Trump's State of the Union address, focusing on nominations of anti-LGBTQ judges
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Virginia Senate votes 29-10 to approve employment and fair housing bills
The Virginia Senate approved two pro-LGBTQ bills that ban discrimination in public employment and housing. The bills, patroned by Sens. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria) and Jennifer...
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Agent of Change: Rea Carey is leading the fight for LGBTQ equality
Facing the hostile realities of a Trump presidency, the National LGBTQ Task Force's Rea Carey believes fighting back matters now more than ever
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Kimberley Bush to lead DC Center for three months
While The Center's director David Mariner takes a much-needed break, Kimberley Bush steps in to keep things running
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Sue Hyde: The government has “fully engaged itself in the process of erasing us”
Donald Trump is aiming to wreak havoc on the LGBTQ community, but the National LGBTQ Task Force's Sue Hyde is determined not to let him...
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Mike Pence breaks tie, paving way for confirmation of anti-gay Sam Brownback
New religious freedom ambassador refused to answer whether "religious freedom" justifies imprisoning or killing LGBTQ people
