All posts by John Riley
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Carson Charged
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia has filed an indictment against LaShawn Carson, the woman arrested following a two-week investigation into the...
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Robinson Trial Date Rescheduled
A man accused of attacking a transgender woman in D.C.'s Chinatown neighborhood in August had his trial on a charge of simple assault pushed off...
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Virginia House passes anti-bullying bill, 93-6
The Virginia House of Delegates overwhelmingly passed a bill Monday that would define the term “bullying” and instructs individual school boards to adopt policies and...
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Committee finds Maryland Del. Burns violated ethics rules asking Ravens to silence Ayanbadejo
A Maryland legislative ethics committee has found that Del. Emmett Burns (D-Baltimore Co.) committed a “particularly egregious abuse of public resources” by writing a letter...
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Anti-Bullying Task Force Presents Guidelines to Mayor Gray
At a Thursday press conference, the task force responsible for devising guidelines for a comprehensive D.C. anti-bullying policy presented its plan to Mayor Vincent Gray...
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BHT Grantees Include SMYAL, Gay Men's Chorus
Brother, Help Thyself, a local grassroots group that provides financial support and resources to assist local nonprofit organizations for the LGBT and HIV/AIDS communities in...
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Va. House passes bill giving student groups more leeway to discriminate
The Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill Thursday that could allow student organizations at Virginia public universities to openly discriminate against potential members without...
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GLOV Elects New Officers
The LGBT anti-hate-crime group Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV), a program of The DC Center, this week announced its newly elected officers for 2013....
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Bill repealing Virginia’s ban on unmarried cohabitation set for Senate vote
If Virginia legislators take action this week, “living in sin” with one’s boyfriend or girlfriend will be a step closer to legalization in the commonwealth....
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GLAA Releases 2013 Agenda
The Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance of Washington, D.C., (GLAA) launched its 2013 Election Project Monday, Jan. 28, releasing a policy brief on local issues...
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Gender-identity nondiscrimination bill introduced in Maryland Senate
LGBT allies in the Maryland General Assembly introduced a bill Tuesday that would extend nondiscrimination protections to transgender individuals in the Free State, prohibiting the...
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Delay in Transgender Stabbing Trial
Gary Niles Montgomery, the 56-year-old Washington man accused of stabbing and killing Deoni Jones, a transgender woman, at a Northeast D.C. bus stop, was today...
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Senate committee unanimously passes bill amending Va. law to allow cohabitation
A Virginia Senate committee unanimously approved a bill that would allow unmarried couples to cohabitate without fear of prosecution by the Commonwealth. All fifteen members...
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Md. Scout pack pulls gay-inclusive nondiscrimination policy
Under the threat of losing its charter, a local Maryland Cub Scout pack has ended its LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination policy. The group’s National Capital Area Council...
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Nondiscrimination bill passes Virginia Senate 24-16, heads to House
SB701, a bill to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity or expression in state employment, passed the Virginia Senate Friday morning by...
