All posts by John Riley
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GLAA and Stein Ready for Races
When it comes candidates courting LGBT votes, the District enjoys an abundance of office seekers and incumbents. Several candidates running for political office tested their...
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HRC Adds $1 Million to Marriage-Equality Campaigns
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest LGBT civil-rights organization, announced today that it would contribute $1 million to assist pro-equality groups in four...
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Montgomery Indictment Expected by Next Month
Government prosecutors say they expect Gary Niles Montgomery, a 55-year-old homeless man accused of fatally stabbing Deoni Jones, a transgender woman, to be indicted within...
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Maryland Marriage Effort Counters Anti-Equality TV Campaign
With the ball back in their court, marriage-equality advocates fighting for Question 6, the ballot measure that would allow gay and lesbian couples to obtain...
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Baltimore Anti-Marriage Fliers Target Race
Chris Wulin walked out his door in late September to find his neighborhood covered in fliers. One was in his door, another in his windshield,...
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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 &...
