All posts by John Riley
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D.C. Attacks Prompt Meeting on Crime
Local activists, community members, business owners and officers of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) gathered at The DC Center, Washington's LGBT community center, Friday to...
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Fecteau Pursuing Public Office
Ryan Fecteau, the Catholic University of America (CUA) student who spearheaded the effort to have CUA recognize an LGBT student group as an official campus...
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Libertarian Party candidates for governor, House earn spots on Virginia ballot
Move over, Terry McAuliffe and Ken Cuccinelli: there’s a third candidate on the ballot in the governor’s race this November. The Libertarian Party of Virginia...
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Howard Theatre Stabbing Suspect Sentenced
A D.C. Superior Court judge Friday sentenced Ali M. Jackson, 20, of Washington, to eight years in prison and three years supervised release after pleading...
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Baltimore Shooting Case Delayed
{Joseph Alexander “Alex” Ulrich, Jr (Photo by File photo)} The trial of a Baltimore man accused of killing a gay man in a shooting in...
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Transgender Woman Shot in NE
The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is investigating a shooting involving a transgender woman that occurred Thursday morning in the 6000 block of Eads Street NE,...
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Celebration and song after the Supreme Court's marriage equality decisions [video]
Metro Weekly talks with those gathered outside the Supreme Court to get their reactions on DOMA, Prop 8 and the state of LGBT rights in...
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Suspect Arrested in Stanton Road Stabbing
Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced today that an arrest has been made in connection with the stabbing attack of a transgender woman...
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UPDATED: Competency Contested in Deoni Jones Case
On the day that a D.C. Council bill named in memory of the murdered transgender woman Deoni Jones unanimously passed the first of two required...
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D.C. Drag Entertainer Beaten in Viral Video
A recently posted video that's gone viral shows a violent altercation involving a gay man who works as a drag entertainer and two women, which...
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UPDATED: Transgender Woman Suffers Knife Attack in Southeast D.C.
The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is investigating the case of a transgender woman who was hospitalized after being stabbed up to 40 times. The attack...
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UPDATED: National Cathedral Sets SCOTUS-related Prayer Service
With focus on the Supreme Court’s upcoming release of opinions in two cases, one challenging the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the other challenging California’s...
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Teaming Up for HIV Testing
Whitman-Walker Health, the community nonprofit center that specializes in LGBT culturally competent care and HIV/AIDS, will be partnering with Walgreens pharmacy stores and Greater Than...
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McAuliffe’s LGBT supporters stand by him on Virginia marriage amendment
The political action committee (EVPAC) for the Commonwealth’s major LGBT rights group, Equality Virginia, released endorsements Friday for the three statewide offices on the ballot...
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Delaware Gov. Jack Markell signs transgender bill into law
Gov. Jack Markell (D) Wednesday evening signed into law a transgender rights bill that prohibits discrimination in employment, housing, insurance and public accommodations and includes...
