All posts by John Riley
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Cherry Fund Bears Fruit for Local Organizations
The Cherry Fund, the local not-for-profit all-volunteer organization that holds charity dance events to raise funds for HIV/AIDS service organizations, will host a beneficiary reception...
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Wanda Alston Foundation gains charitable organization status
The Wanda Alston Foundation, the local organization that provides services and programs to serve LGBTQ youth and operates the Wanda Alston House, the city’s only housing...
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HAHSTA Report Bears Good News on HIV Front
The District of Columbia Department of Health’s HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STD and Tuberculosis Administration (HAHSTA) released its annual report Wednesday highlighting the progress that HIV/AIDS advocates...
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Calling All Candidates
Groups seek to increase LGBT representation on D.C.’s ANCs
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D.C. Council Mulls Reparative Therapy Ban
Councilmember Yvette Alexander (D-Ward 7) presided over a nearly five-hour hearing on Friday where she listened to testimony for and against a bill pending before...
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Rebranding AIDS Walk
Annual fundraiser for Whitman-Walker Health's HIV research changes name to reflect advances in treatment
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Maryland Primary Results Mostly Positive for LGBTs, Allies
Voters in Maryland went to the polls Tuesday to determine Democratic and Republican nominees for various offices in the state from governor down to the...
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Snowden Jumps into At-Large Race
Courtney Snowden, the former president of DC Black Pride and a local political and LGBT rights activist, announced Monday she plans to enter the race...
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Maryland Man Sentenced in Bias-Related Attack
A Maryland man who pleaded guilty in March to hitting a transgender woman multiple times with a handgun during an altercation in Northeast Washington was...
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Lanier Hosts Town Hall Meeting
Metropolitan Police Department Chief Cathy Lanier, several department heads within MPD, government leaders and community activists from within the LGBT community came together on Tuesday,...
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Wilson Greets Westboro with Show of Strength
D.C. high school holds student-organized counter-protest to show support for LGBT community
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Bowser Secures Stein’s Blessing
LGBT Democrat club members fall in line behind party nominees
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Wilson High School Principal Comes Out on Pride Day
“You know, what I kept thinking is: how can I be the principal of Wilson High School, and oversee a Pride Day, and tell kids...
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New Roost for DC Eagle
The owners of the DC Eagle, the D.C. area’s primary gay leather/levi bar that was forced to shutter its doors temporarily in January after its landlord...
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Efforts to Repeal Maryland Trans Bill Fall Short
Supporters of LGBT equality in Maryland are celebrating a hard-fought victory after opponents of a transgender nondiscrimination bill failed to turn in the requisite number...
