All posts by John Riley
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Allegations Aimed at Anne Arundel Police Chief
Anne Arundel County Executive Laura Neuman launched an investigation last week into allegations that the county's top law enforcement officer, Chief Larry Tolliver, used homophobic...
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Family Research Council posts videos of Corkins shooting, interrogation prior to sentencing
The conservative Family Research Council (FRC) this week posted two videos of accused shooter Floyd Lee Corkins II to its YouTube page pointing the finger...
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Allies on the Ice
As far as the D.C.-area hockey community is concerned, the time to end any stereotypes of hockey as a virulently homophobic sport filled to the...
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R.I. Senate passes gay-marriage bills, 26-12, sending them back to House for final vote
The Rhode Island State Senate overwhelmingly approved amended House and Senate versions of a marriage-equality bill on a 26-12 vote Wednesday evening, sending the measures...
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Rhode Island Senate committee approves two gay-marriage bills
The Rhode Island State Senate Judiciary Committee today approved two bills – H5015 and S38 – aimed at legalizing same-sex marriage in the Ocean State,...
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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...
