All posts by John Riley
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Full Rhode Island Senate Republican Caucus supports gay-marriage bill
Supporters of marriage equality in the Ocean State got a huge boost Tuesday morning from Senate Republicans, just hours ahead of a scheduled vote by...
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DC Health Clinic Now Recommending Meningitis Vaccination for Some Gay and Bi Men
Whitman-Walker Health, the local nonprofit community health center that specializes in HIV/AIDS and LGBT-sensitive care, is advising self-identified gay and bisexual men, as well as...
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WWH Speaks to D.C. Meningitis Concerns
Local health experts say there's no cause for concern among gay and bisexual men in the District who might be worried about contracting meningitis following...
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Medical Marijuana Makeover
Pat Hawkins is trying to remake the image of medical marijuana as the District prepares to make it a reality. Hawkins, a clinical social worker,...
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R.I. marriage-equality group airs online ads, plans “Weekend of Action” ahead of expected Senate vote
Rhode Islanders United for Marriage, the group seeking to legalize marriage equality in the Ocean State, released two online advertisements Monday and will hold three...
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New Hope Ministries To Settle Discrimination Suit
A transgender woman who was turned away from a D.C. women's temporary homeless shelter due to her gender identity has won her fight against the...
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Choi Appealing Conviction
Prominent gay rights activist and former Army Lt. Dan Choi has filed notice with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia that he...
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Montgomery Again Found Competent To Stand Trial
The Northeast D.C. man accused of killing transgender woman Deoni Jones last year by stabbing her in the face as she waited at a Northeast...
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Six-Way Race Splits Support
Shawn Thomas is in a personal state of election fatigue. The 36-year-old Adams Morgan resident says he can't remember a time in recent years when...
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Watching the Detective
Jaime Wojdowski is ready to accept your complaints. An equal-opportunity specialist and investigator for the D.C. Office of Human Rights (OHR), Wojdowski investigates complaints from...
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UPDATED: GLAA Asks Two D.C. Council Candidates To Apologize
Following an April 8 candidate debate featuring the six candidates running for an at-large seat on the D.C. Council, D.C.'s nonpartisan Gay and Lesbian Activists...
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Mark Herring Releases ''Equality Agenda'' for Virginia
Virginia state Sen. Mark Herring (D-Loudoun, Fairfax counties), one of two Democrats seeking to become the commonwealth's next attorney general, yesterday released an ''equality agenda''...
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D.C. Allen Makes $25,000 DC Center Donation
Washington businessman D.C. Allen, owner of 14th Street's Crew Club gay gym and spa, on April 2 announced a donation of $25,000 to The DC...
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Poth Trial Delayed
The trial of Michael Poth, the former Marine accused of fatally stabbing fellow Marine Philip Bushong during an altercation in D.C.’s Barracks Row neighborhood in...
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Crowd Rallies in D.C. for Transgender Health
A crowd of more than 100 people rallied at the Columbia Heights Plaza Saturday, March 30, to demonstrate support for equal treatment in health care...
