All posts by John Riley
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AGLA Awards 2012 Scholarships
The Arlington Gay & Lesbian Alliance (AGLA), a nonpartisan LGBT organization in Northern Virginia, awarded two public high school seniors with $2,000 scholarships at the...
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Kameny Home Sold
The house of Franklin E. Kameny, a leader in the gay civil rights movement who died in 2011 at age 86, has been sold, according...
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Committee Approves Beninda, Budd
The D.C. City Council's Committee on Aging and Community Affairs today approved the nominations of two well-known transgender women, Alexandra Beninda and Earline Budd, to...
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Maryland Marriage Equality Foes Submit Referendum Signatures, Proponents Ready Campaign
Marylanders for Marriage Equality, the coalition seeking to uphold the Free State’s recently passed marriage equality law, issued a statement on May 29 outside the...
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DC Black Pride Goes Back to School
With attendees filtering in and out, about 150 people filled the schoolyard of the Francis-Stevens Educational Complex Sunday, May 27, at any given time, all...
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GLAA Issues ''Manifesto Against Religious Bullies''
The Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance of Washington, D.C., (GLAA) issued its ''Manifesto Against Religious Bullies'' today, just as the DC Black Pride weekend is...
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Carson Hearing Postponed
A scheduled May 22 status hearing for LaShawn Carson, accused of shooting a gay man at a Columbia Heights IHOP Restaurant, has been postponed. A...
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New Poll Shows Voters Support Maryland Marriage Equality Bill, Buoyed By Increased Black Voter Support
A strong majority of Marylanders would vote to uphold Maryland’s recently passed marriage equality law if it is taken to a referendum in November, a...
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Release, Change of Bond Denied for Furr
Kenneth Furr, the off-duty Metropolitan Police Department officer who allegedly shot at a car containing five people, including at least two transgender women, remains held...
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Virginia's Vexing Politics
As the saying goes, ''Virginia is for lovers.'' While few would argue the tourism slogan applies to gay people, one might wonder when the state...
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NAACP President Hopes Group’s Support for Marriage Equality “Will Be a Game-Changer”
Following the May 19 endorsement of a resolution by its board of directors supporting marriage equality, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People...
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LGBT Locals Cheer Obama's Marriage-Equality Stance
To say that the reaction of the D.C. area's LGBT community to President Barack Obama's endorsement of marriage equality was favorable would be the understatement...
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Stein-Backed McDuffie Wins in Landslide
Judging from the results, the Ward 5 special election was a cakewalk for Kenyan McDuffie. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, not including absentee and...
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Judge Finds Probable Cause in Barracks Row Stabbing
The trial of a Marine accused of killing a fellow Marine following an incident where he allegedly called the victim a ''faggot'' will move forward...
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Virginia Legislators Reject Gay Nominee
The Virginia House of Delegates today rejected the nomination of an openly gay man to Richmond General District Court, denying him the 51 votes needed...
