All posts by John Riley
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Total Embodiment: An interview with Aydian Dowling
Bodybuilding helped Aydian Dowling embrace his identity as a transgender male
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Amicus briefs back trans male’s fight in Maryland parentage case
More than 45 organizations and legal scholars are coming to the support of a Maryland transgender man embroiled in a bitter child custody case who...
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LGBT advocates call on Deal to veto Georgia “religious freedom” bill
An alliance of pro-LGBT organizations submitted more than 75,000 email petitions to Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal (R), asking him to veto a religious freedom bill...
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South Dakota governor vetoes anti-trans bathroom bill
The transgender community, both across the nation and in South Dakota, is breathing a sigh of relief after Gov. Dennis Daugaard vetoed a bill that...
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Scruff users prefer Clinton for president
Trump is the most popular among the scant Republicans on the gay social app
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Freedom to Work’s Tico Almeida to be honored with Stevens Award
The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation has announced it will honor LGBT civil rights attorney Tico Almeida of Freedom to Work with the 2016 Stevens...
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Kasich says to “move on” from same-sex marriage issue
–Republican presidential candidate and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, speaking at with journalist Douglas Blackmonat the University of Virginia’s Miller Center of Public Affairs as part of...
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Dan Savage slams critics for attacking Hillary Clinton’s previous stance on marriage equality
Prominent gay columnist pens tirade against progressives demanding purity on same-sex marriage.
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Transgender woman sues Kansas over refusal to amend birth certificate
A transgender woman in Kansas is suing the state Department of Health and Environment over an internal policy under which they deny all requests from...
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AMPA to honor plaintiffs at center of marriage equality cases
The American Military Partner Association (AMPA), the chief organization advocating on behalf of LGBT servicemembers, veterans and their families, announced on Thursday that they will...
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LGBT groups file consumer fraud complaint against conversion therapists
A coalition of LGBT groups has filed a historic federal consumer fraud complaint against a Virginia-based organization that claims that its therapists and counselors can...
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McCrory threatens retaliation against Charlotte nondiscrimination ordinance
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory and his fellow Republicans from the GOP-dominated North Carolina General Assembly are on the warpath against a recently approved ordinance...
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Virginia civil celebrants say religious exemption bill unnecessary
On Valentine’s Day, Gerylee Baron, a civil celebrant appointed by the Alexandria Circuit Court to perform weddings, married a couple celebrating their 29th anniversary. “I’d...
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DNC LGBT-themed web ad calls on Senate to fill Scalia’s seat
There’s nothing quite like election-year squabbling between the major parties, particularly when a Supreme Court seat hangs in the balance. Faced with a Republican-controlled Senate,...
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Study: 1 in 6 gay or bisexual men will contract HIV in their lifetime
A study released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finds that if current HIV diagnosis rates persist, about 1 in 6...
