All posts by John Riley
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OHR Launches ”#safebathroomsDC”
The D.C. Office of Human Rights (OHR) today launched a new public-awareness campaign, ”Safe Bathrooms DC,” aimed at making it easier for transgender people in...
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Next Gen Nominations Open
The Next Generation Leadership Foundation (NGLF), the D.C.-based, national nonprofit aimed at encouraging and mentoring LGBT youth leaders, announced Thursday that it has opened nominations...
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Bowser Beats Gray for Dem Nomination
District voters went to the polls April 1 to select nominees from each of the city’s four major political parties for various offices in this...
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Virginia judge stays gay-marriage suit pending 4th Circuit decision
A federal judge in Virginia on Monday stayed the case of Harris v. Rainey, one of two cases challenging Virginia’s voter-approved constitutional amendment banning any...
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Maryland conservatives weighing challenge to transgender-rights bill
The conservative political site MDPetitions.com is asking visitors to the website to fill out a survey on whether they would support gathering petition signatures aimed at...
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Poll shows majority of Virginians support same-sex marriage
A new poll by Quinnipiac University finds that half of all Virginian voters support allowing same-sex couples to marry, with marriage equality supporters leading opponents...
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Maryland House passes transgender-rights bill
The Maryland House of Delegates passed a bill to prohibit discrimination against transgender people in employment, housing, credit and public accommodations by a vote of...
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Andrew Barnett’s Goodbye
After nearly a decade, Andrew Barnett is bidding the organization he has worked for goodbye. The 31-year-old Barnett, who started as an intern and later...
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Maryland Republicans signal fight on transgender-rights bill
A bill that would extend protections to transgender Marylanders by prohibiting various forms of discrimination based on a person’s gender identity passed its second reading...
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LHP Ceremony Celebrates Women
The Latino GLBT History Project (LHP) will offer its third annual ”Mujeres en el Movimiento” awards ceremony and networking happy hour Friday, March 28, honoring...
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Maryland House committee approves gender identity bill
The Maryland House Health and Government Operations Committee passed SB 212, a bill that would prohibit discrimination in employment, housing, credit and public accommodations based on...
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Charge Against Sahle Dropped
A D.C. Superior Court judge last week disposed a case against one of two women accused in the June beating a local drag performer in...
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POEFV Rallies On
A group of about 50 people, led by the pro-LGBT group People of Faith for Equality in Virginia (POFEV), gathered behind the Loudoun County Circuit...
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Goucher Poll shows widespread support for Maryland’s gender-identity bill
The Goucher Poll, conducted by the Sarah T. Hughes Field Politics Center at Baltimore-based Goucher College, released findings Wednesday showing widespread support for Maryland’s gender-identity...
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Pettigrew To Lead Wanda Alston Foundation
The Wanda Alston Foundation, which operates the Wanda Alston House providing housing for homeless and at-risk LGBT youth in the District, announced Tuesday that Ken...
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