All posts by John Riley
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Study: Transgender identity should not be classified as a “mental disorder”
Mental health issues among transgender individuals are largely fueled by stigma, rather than transgender identity itself, a recent study has found. As a result, the...
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Making a Splash: DC Aquatics Club
DCAC offers practice for people who want to swim competitively, and those who just want a good workout
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Exclusive Interview: The Drag Queens of Pulse Nightclub
The drag queens of Orlando's Pulse nightclub talk about their tour, how they're coping with the fallout from last month's massacre, and the overwhelming support...
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Gavin Grimm’s lawyers ask Supreme Court not to intervene in case
Lawyers for Gavin Grimm have filed papers with the U.S. Supreme Court responding to a motion from the Gloucester County School Board. Earlier this month, the...
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North Carolina spending $176,000 to defend HB 2
North Carolina legislators have raided disaster relief money to help cover legal fees
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Berning Mad: LGBT Sanders supporters on whether they’ll vote for Clinton
We asked LGBT Sanders supporters if they’ll vote for Hillary Clinton in November. Unsurprisingly, responses were mixed.
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Pulse Nightclub to become a permanent memorial
Details yet to be revealed about whether Pulse will reopen elsewhere
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Democrats putting on “gayest convention ever”
When it comes to LGBT issues, Democrats aren’t clowning around. In looking to provide a contrast with the Republicans, who held their convention in Cleveland...
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Jason Collins praises Hillary Clinton in Democratic convention speech
–Jason Collins, a former player for the Brooklyn Nets for 13 years and the first openly gay man in the National Basketball Association (NBA), addressing...
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McCrory mocks transgender people at Trump rally
Gov. Pat McCrory (R) mocked transgender people at a rally in Winston-Salem, N.C. on behalf of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Monday, reports The Washington...
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Dan Savage slams Log Cabin Republicans as ineffective
Columnist decries "useful idiots" who help to mask GOP's bigotry in order to help anti-gay Republicans win office
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Orrin Hatch pushes back against Carson’s anti-trans remarks
–Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), in an interview with Michelangelo Signorile on Sirius XM, responding to comments made by failed presidential candidate Ben Carson at the Republican...
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Mike Pence’s Problematic Politics
Gay Republicans reflect on Donald Trump's selection of cultural conservative Mike Pence as a running mate
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Ben Carson compares being transgender to changing ethnicities
–Failed GOP presidential candidate and former neurosurgeon Ben Carson, in a speech before the Florida delegation at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, according to...
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Debauched Duo: Absolutely Fabulous
Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley revisit the AbFab roles that made them comedic icons
