All posts by John Riley
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Gavin Grimm’s legal team argues Title IX still applies to trans students
Legal brief urges 4th Circuit Court of Appeals to adopt a broader interpretation of sex discrimination law
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Texas House passes anti-LGBTQ adoption bill
Texas would become the sixth state to allow child placement agencies to turn away same-sex parents
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Metro DC PFLAG’s Penthouse Cocktail Party raises funds poolside
Annual fundraiser takes place Thursday, May 11
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Groups organizing campaign against Trump’s Army Secretary nominee
Mark Green's comments on LGBTQ issues, Muslims, Latinos, and women have stoked controversy
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Demonstrators protest upcoming Trump “religious liberty” order
Rumors of a "religious freedom" executive order sparked protests outside the White House
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Gay man sues Mississippi funeral home for refusing to cremate husband
Humiliating refusal of service highlights what behavior would be condoned under a "religious freedom" law
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Trump allegedly planning to sign anti-LGBTQ “religious liberty” executive order on May 4
Language on religious exemptions is similar to leaked draft of a previously proposed order
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Angela Merkel urges Putin to investigate anti-gay purge in Chechnya
German chancellor also criticizes crackdown on protesters demonstrating against anti-gay persecution
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LGBTQ advocates reintroduce Equality Act in Congress
On Tuesday, members of Congress reintroduced a bill that would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include protections for people who are discriminated...
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Kentucky judge refuses to hear adoption cases involving LGBTQ parents
A family court judge in Kentucky has announced he will no longer hear adoption cases involving “homosexual parties” because he believes “as a matter of conscience”...
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Fairfax school board member taking part in FRC panel on “transgender ideology”
LGBTQ advocates and their liberal allies are decrying a decision by a Fairfax County School Board member to take part in a Family Research Council panel discussion on...
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Pro-gay congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen won’t run for reelection
Florida GOP congresswoman has been a strong supporter of LGBTQ rights and a leader within her party
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Supreme Court rejects challenge to California conversion therapy ban
Pacific Justice Institute lawsuit had argued the law restricted therapists' First Amendment rights
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Trump appoints HHS assistant spokeswoman with history of anti-trans rhetoric
President Trump has appointed noted anti-abortion activist Charmaine Yoest as Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. News...
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Woman demoted for anti-gay bias has her lawsuit thrown out of court
A New Jersey appeals court has refused to reinstate a lawsuit brought by a high-ranking state official who sued the state after it demoted her...
