All posts by John Riley
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Furr Sentenced to Probation, Community Service
Kenneth Furr, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officer accused of shooting his service weapon while off-duty at a car of five people, including two transgender...
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Leather and Feathers
It was a fixture in the D.C. gay community for 40 years, but on Oct. 31 The Leather Rack quietly closed. On Nov. 1, it...
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Cathedral To Celebrate Same-Sex Weddings
The Washington National Cathedral, among the most prominent Episcopal churches in country, announced Tuesday that, effective immediately, same-sex weddings may be celebrated at the cathedral....
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Whitman-Walker Expanding
Whitman-Walker Health, the local nonprofit community health center that specializes in HIV and other LGBT-related health issues, announced this morning it will open a new,...
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Tying the Knot in Maryland
Raise a glass to toast marriage equality. As of midnight, Jan. 1, same-sex couples in Maryland could legally marry, following a decades-long effort to secure...
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UFCW Celebrates Maryland Marriages
{Nic Ruley (L) and Brett King of Chicago just before getting married in the Montgomery County Judicial Center Jan. 2 (Photo by Ward Morrison)} It...
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Service with SMYAL
A board member of the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL), the District's only organization dedicated to addressing the needs and concerns of LGBT youth,...
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Dwyer Charged in Boat Crash
An anti-gay lawmaker from Anne Arundel County who once spearheaded an attempt to impeach Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler (D) is facing five charges stemming...
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Pipeline-Protest Charge Against Choi Dismissed
A D.C. Superior Court case against longtime gay rights activist Lt. Dan Choi, who made headlines for protesting the military's now-defunct ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell''...
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End of Omega
Longtime Dupont Circle-area club Omega has closed its doors, according to an announcement posted earlier today on Facebook from the bar's general manager, Perry Morehouse....
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2012: The Year in Review
The year may have at times seemed like little more than a presidential campaign, but 2012 saw its share of sorrows and bright spots. By...
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Maryland Marks Historic Win
It was a long time in the making, but advocates of marriage equality now have four electoral victories in their ''win'' column – up from...
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Tempest in a Deep-Fat Fryer
One of the saltier controversies of 2012 was the fury surrounding fast-food restaurant Chick-fil-A, its financial ties to anti-gay causes and its outspoken president's opinion...
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Year of Kameny Controversy
It's been more than a year since local gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny died and yet he has still not been laid in his final...
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CUAllies Rejected
Two weeks after the Catholic University of America rejected the proposal for CUAllies, a student organization for LGBT students and their allies, the club's lead...
