All posts by John Riley
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Texas school board candidate who called Obama a gay prostitute loses election
Mary Lou Bruner loses in an upset after her inflammatory Facebook posts come to light
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Atlanta is awarded Super Bowl LIII following Deal’s veto of anti-gay bill
Atlanta is being richly rewarded with the chance to host a Super Bowl following a skirmish earlier this year over a bill that was being...
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New online poll finds Tennesseans divided over therapist exemption bill
A new poll shows Volunteer State residents are more closely divided than previously thought over a new Tennessee law that allows mental health counselors and...
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Charlotte has lost $285 million and 1,300 jobs thanks to North Carolina’s anti-LGBT law
On Monday evening, the Charlotte City Council stood firm against calls for them to reverse course and rescind their city’s LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance, but that...
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Clinton campaign refuses to fill out transgender issues questionnaire
A national transgender advocacy organization is criticizing the Clinton campaign for promising — and then backtracking — to fill out its political questionnaire on issues...
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Tennessee the latest state on the list for prohibited D.C. government travel
Councilmember David Grosso’s bill to ban state-funded travel to any locality with anti-LGBT laws is looking like a wise proposal, as D.C. adds yet another...
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Charlotte City Council considering repealing nondiscrimination ordinance
It’s the potential “compromise” that seems premised on the idea of the LGBT community and its allies doing more of the compromising. According to the Charlotte...
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Oklahoma lawmakers keep pushing anti-transgender bills
An Oklahoma Senate committee has moved forward with a bill that would require schools to grant religious accommodations to students who object to sharing restroom,...
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Liberty Counsel asks Virginia Supreme Court case to take up their Fairfax lawsuit
The right-wing legal organization challenging Fairfax County Public Schools’ (FCPS) nondiscrimination policy has asked the Virginia Supreme Court to hear their lawsuit. Liberty Counsel has...
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Victims of Philadelphia gay bashing file civil lawsuit against attackers
Victims are seeking compensation for injuries as well as for pain and mental anguish stemming from the attack
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House passes defense bill with anti-LGBT provision intact
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a defense appropriations bill with a provision that will potentially allow employment discrimination against LGBT people by federal contractors....
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Court date set for men arrested in Keyonna Blakeney murder
The two men arrested in last month’s slaying of transgender woman Keyonna Blakeney have been scheduled for a preliminary hearing on June 10 at 10...
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Storyteller: José Carrasquillo
Every few years, José Carrasquillo revisits D.C. to remind us why our theater scene is, in fact, magical
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Supreme Court’s refusal to hear student debt collection case is good news for transgender students
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision not to hear a little-publicized case about student debt collection could have far-reaching ramifications for the transgender community. The Supreme...
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Kentucky Democrats select openly gay mayor to challenge Rand Paul
Kentucky Democrats have selected Lexington Mayor Jim Gray, an openly gay man, to challenge Republican Sen. Rand Paul for his Senate seat. Gray, who came out...
