All posts by John Riley
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Valentine's Day Demonstrations for Marriage
Virginians of various faith communities hoping to extend equal rights to LGBT people will host 23 demonstrations at county courthouses across the commonwealth on Valentine's...
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Remembering Deoni Jones
It's been two years since Deoni Jones, a 23-year old transgender woman, was stabbed in her face and killed while waiting at a Northeast D.C....
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DC Council Passes Bill for LGBT Youth
The D.C. Council this week unanimously passed for a second time the LGBTQ Homeless Youth Reform Amendment Act, aimed at addressing shelter and support services...
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Insurance bill passes Va. Senate with bipartisan support
A bill that would allow public institutions of higher education and localities in Virginia to expand health insurance coverage to a spouse, partner or other...
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Time To Test
Federal and local health organizations, along with a number of local churches, will observe National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, Friday, Feb. 7, encouraging people, particularly...
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Stonewall Sports Offering Dodgeball
Stonewall Dodgeball will launch its inaugural season in March as part of Stonewall Sports, the nonprofit LGBTQ sports association raises money for various charitable causes...
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Chat-Line Assailant Sentenced to 16 Years
The Washington man convicted of stabbing another man he met through a dating chat line has been sentenced to 16 years in prison, according to...
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Judge in Virginia marriage-ban case says she’ll issue ruling ‘soon’
U.S. District Court Judge Arenda L. Wright Allen today told parties in the case of Bostic v. Rainey, which is challenging Virginia’s constitutional amendment banning...
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Maryland Gender-Identity Bill Enters Round 8
Marking the eighth year in a row for the effort, LGBT-rights advocates testified Tuesday before the Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee in favor of a...
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Va. House approves giving legislators standing to defend gay-marriage ban
The Virginia House of Delegates voted 65-32 Monday morning to pass HB706, a bill that would amend the Code of Virginia to allow the General Assembly...
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Md. Senate Committee Sets Hearing for Gender Identity Bill
The Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee will hold a hearing Tuesday afternoon to take up SB 212, the ''Fairness for All Marylanders Act of 2014,''...
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Adam Ebbin announces congressional run for Virginia’s 8th District seat
State Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax counties), Virginia’s first and only out gay General Assembly lawmaker, announced Thursday that he has filed paperwork to...
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Mulling Over Marijuana
It's the one area of public policy that still prompts giggles and bad jokes about junk-food cravings, but the push to reform the nation's laws...
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BHT Offers Cash and Kudos
Brother, Help Thyself Inc. (BHT), a local LGBT organization offering support to local nonprofits for the past 36 years, awarded more than $75,000 in grants...
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UPDATED: Dana Beyer Running for Maryland Senate
Dr. Dana Beyer, a transgender-rights activist who serves as the executive director of Gender Rights Maryland, announced Thursday morning that she plans to run for...
