All posts by John Riley
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Obama Urges Support For Maryland Marriage Bill; O’Malley Vows to “Do All He Can,” Spokeswoman Says
Marriage equality supporters in Maryland got a boost from President Obama, who told a crowd at Baltimore’s Hyatt Regency hotel on Tuesday, June 12, that...
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BREAKING: Mendelson Wins Interim Chair, Michael Brown Takes Interim Pro Tem
Just one month after a special election in Ward 5 to replace former Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr., Council Chairman Kwame Brown (D), first elected in...
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Gray Wows at Town Hall
Speaking at a June 7 Capital Pride town-hall meeting at the Charles Sumner School at 17th and M Streets NW, Mayor Vincent Gray (D) received...
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Maryland Marriage Equality Supporters Expand Campaign, Planning for November Referendum
Marylanders for Marriage Equality, the coalition of groups fighting to uphold Maryland’s recently passed marriage equality law, announced on May 7 that they had opened...
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Mixed Messages Outside Town Hall
Just as Mayor Vincent Gray (D) was hitting all the right notes before a crowded room at the second annual ''Political Roundtable'' Capital Pride town-hall...
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Montgomery College To Host LGBT Consortium
Montgomery College's Takoma/Silver Spring campus will host a daylong consortium Friday, June 22, aimed at determining best practices for promoting LGBT acceptance on college campuses....
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Home Front and ''Heroes''
Wallace Corbett knows HIV better than most. As co-chair of the DC Community Coalition (DCC), a cross-section of people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS...
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Council Passes Anti-Bullying Bill
The D.C. Council unanimously passed a comprehensive anti-bullying bill Tuesday adding the District to the list of 15 states that have passed anti-bullying laws with...
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Full Council Approves Beninda, Budd
The D.C. City Council unanimously confirmed the nominations of two transgender women to the 15-member D.C. Commission on Human Rights during a June 5 legislative...
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IHOP Shooting Suspect Rejects Plea Deal
A woman accused of shooting a gay man inside a Columbia Heights IHOP Restaurant in March rejected a plea deal this morning, sending her case...
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2012 Pride of Pets Canceled
The popular Pride of Pets ''fun dog show,'' traditionally held late-June in Dupont Circle, has been canceled this year due to a scheduling conflict, the...
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Town Hall Tackles Youth Homelessness
Representatives of both local and national D.C.-based nonprofit groups shared their experiences of working with homeless LGBT youth Thursday night, May 31, at the ''LGBT...
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Capital Pride Hosts Interfaith Service
Even in the midst of chaos and activity, there's always time for quiet reflection. So, too, amid a flurry of Pride activities, is there an...
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Local Gay Legislators Win Fellowships
Two local LGBT legislators will be Harvard-bound this summer. The Gay & Lesbian Victory Institute, the educational and research arm of the Gay & Lesbian...
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Whitman-Walker Launches Transgender Legal Clinic
Whitman-Walker Health, the nonprofit community health center specializing in HIV/AIDS and LGBT health care, announced today that it will provide a free, ongoing legal clinic...
