All posts by John Riley
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Mizeur fundraising on pace to beat O’Malley’s, but running fourth among likely Md. gov. candidates
Maryland Del. Heather Mizeur (D-Montgomery Co.), who could become the Free State’s first out lesbian candidate for governor should she officially announce such a bid,...
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Support building among Va. General Assembly members for SB701
Senators A. Donald McEachin (D-Richmond, Henrico, Hanover, Charles City counties) and Adam Ebbin (D-Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax counties), the chief co-patrons of SB701, the bill that...
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DC Log Cabin endorses Patrick Mara for Council in April special election
The DC Log Cabin Republicans, the District’s top political organization for LGBT conservatives, unanimously endorsed DC Council candidate Patrick Mara Wednesday, ahead of an April...
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Gay Judge Confirmed by Virginia Legislature
The Virginia General Assembly voted today to confirm Richmond General District Court Judge Tracy Thorne-Begland, Virginia's first out gay judge, to the bench. Thorne-Begland has...
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Virginia House subcommittee kills bill to repeal gay-marriage ban
A Virginia House subcommittee Monday tabled a bill to repeal the Marshall-Newman Amendment, the 2006 amendment to the Virginia state constitution that banned any and...
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McCaskill reinstated as Gallaudet’s chief diversity officer
Dr. Angela McCaskill, the chief diversity officer at Gallaudet University at the center of the local debate over gay marriage, was reinstated last week, following...
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Rhode Island gay-marriage supporters launch new campaign
Several local and national organizations announced this morning the launch of Rhode Islanders United for Marriage, a campaign to legalize marriage equality in the state. The...
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Del. Dwyer partially attributes same-sex marriage for his drinking ahead of August boat crash
A Maryland delegate who has made opposition to marriage equality one of his signature issues told the Maryland Gazette in an interview that marriage equality...
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Trans Rights Top Maryland Activists' ''To-Do'' List
If the third time wasn't quite the charm, maybe the seventh time will be, with some of Maryland's LGBT community leaders hopeful that 2013 will...
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Activists Blast Furr Sentence
Members of the District's LGBT community are slamming the decision yesterday by D.C. Superior Court Judge Russell Canan to suspend the sentence of Metropolitan Police...
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''Howard Three'' Accept Plea Deal
Three individuals accused of stabbing and attempting to rob a gay minor in front of the D.C.'s Howard Theatre in June pleaded guilty yesterday to...
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Floyd Lee Corkins Status Conference Continued
The status conference of a 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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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....
