All posts by John Riley
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Department of Education guarantees bathroom access to transgender students
Obama administration guidance seeks to ensure students are treated equally according to gender identity
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Capital Pride Alliance announces Heroes and other award winners
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced the recipients of its 2016 Capital Pride Heroes Awards, Engendered Spirits Awards and Bill Miles Award, which will be...
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Two men arrested in slaying of transgender woman Keyonna Blakeney
Montgomery County Police have arrested two men in the murder of transgender woman Keyonna Blakeney at a Red Roof Inn in Rockville last month. Police...
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Alex Newell and Melanie Martinez added to roster for Capital Pride Concert
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that singer Melanie Martinez, of Season 3 of The Voice, and actor and singer Alex Newell, best known for his...
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Gavin’s Story: Gavin Grimm is the new face of the transgender movement
When his high school offered Gavin Grimm a modified broom closet as a restroom, he not only refused to use it, he sued the school...
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Second convention pulls out of Nashville over anti-LGBT law
Centers for Spiritual Living says therapist exemption bill violates its principles of equality for all
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ACA pulls 2017 national conference over Tennessee counseling exemption bill
The largest counseling association in the world has announced it has canceled its 2017 conference scheduled for Nashville in response to Tennessee’s recently passed counseling...
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Evans, Gray top GLAA candidate ratings ahead of June 14 primary
Just as they did when they sparred in 2014’s mayoral Democratic primary, Councilmember Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) and former Mayor and Councilmember Vincent Gray (D-Ward...
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Funeral services set for Vincent Hill (Vicki Voxx)
Family asks for donations to Washington Regional Transplant Community in lieu of flowers
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Gay man settles with Catholic school in Mass. discrimination lawsuit
An all-girls Catholic school in Massachusetts that was found to have discriminated against a gay cafeteria worker when it found out he was married to...
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Virginia AG Herring: Anti-LGBT discrimination “can” constitute sex discrimination
Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring, in responding to requests from members of the General Assembly, issued an opinion finding that anti-LGBT discrimination could — and...
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Eric Holder to speak at Lawyers for SMYAL event
Supporting and Mentoring Youth Advocates and Leaders (SMYAL), the local organization for LGBT youth in the D.C. Metro area, will play host to former U.S....
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Business leaders file amicus brief in Washington State discrimination case
An alliance of businesses and trade associations is coming to the aid of a gay couple who claims that they were discriminated against by a...
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Sparring lawsuits over HB 2 set off battle over “state-sponsored discrimination”
The Obama administration has taken its firmest stance in favor of transgender rights after the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the state...
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ACLU sues Mississippi over “religious freedom” law
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Mississippi have filed a challenge to Mississippi’s HB 1523, a purported “religious freedom” law that...
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