All posts by John Riley
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Shining a Light on Question 6
It's about 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6. In the twilight, several people gather at a parking lot in Owings Mills, Md., awaiting instructions from Mark...
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Robinson Hearing Postponed
The case against a man accused of attacking a transgender woman in Chinatown in August has been continued to next month after the defendant's lawyer...
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Howard Theatre Stabbing Suspects Arraigned
The three suspects accused of stabbing a gay teenager outside the Howard Theatre in June were arraigned this morning in D.C. Superior Court, with all...
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Maryland Marriage Opponents Air First Commercial Against Question 6
Opponents of marriage equality have begun airing the first of what is expected to be many commercials opposing Question 6, the ballot referendum that would...
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Polling Gives Maryland Marriage Equality an Edge
Maryland voters are on track to approve Question 6, a November ballot measure that would allow gay and lesbian couples to obtain civil marriage licenses,...
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Casa Ruby Covergirls
A local makeup artist who recently launched his new brand of cosmetics is giving back to the local LGBT community, offering makeup and fashion instruction,...
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Corkins Status Hearing Set for Late October
Floyd Lee Corkins II, the Herndon, Va., man accused of shooting a security guard at the D.C. headquarters of the anti-LGBT Family Research Council (FRC),...
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Shaw-Area Stabbing Trial Set for January
Three defendants accused of taking part in the stabbing of a gay teenager outside the Howard Theatre, near T Street and Florida Avenue NW, in...
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Choi Cases Continue Amid Recusal, Writ of Mandamus and High-Level Subpoenas
A day before the Sept. 25 criminal hearing for gay rights – and environmental – activist Lt. Dan Choi, accused of failing to obey an...
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New Poll Shows Maryland’s Question 6 Winning, Fueled by Boost from African-Americans and Independents
Poll data released Wednesday has more good news for supporters of marriage equality. The poll of 813 registered voters, conducted by Annapolis-based Gonzalez Research &...
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Suspect in Chinatown Transgender Assault Arraigned
A man accused of assaulting a transgender woman in Chinatown in August was arraigned in D.C. Superior Court today, Sept. 28, on a charge of...
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Maryland Pro-Equality Forces Court Key Demographics Through Ads, Phone-Banking to Catholics, Rural Voters and African-Americans
Marylanders for Marriage Equality, the coalition of labor, religious and community groups seeking to uphold Maryland’s marriage-equality law by approving the Question 6 referendum at...
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MPD Tracking Anti-LGBT Assaults
Since Sept. 11, five different District residents have been approached by strangers on the street and physically attacked, groped, threatened or robbed while having homophobic...
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Gov. O'Malley Makes Pitch for Marriage Money
With about 40 days to go until the Nov. 6 election, Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) made a plea yesterday to activists supporting marriage equality...
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African-American Pastors Rally in Support of Maryland's Question 6
A group of prominent African-American religious leaders from Maryland, as well as other parts of the country, endorsed Maryland's Question 6 at a press conference...
