All posts by John Riley
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With Marriage Done, Maryland Gender Identity Bill Gets a Senate Hearing
With marriage equality out of the way, transgender Marylanders are hoping there is enough goodwill — and enough time left in the 2012 legislative session...
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Trans Group Decries DC Police Chief for “Abdicating” Responsibilities, But Lanier Shoots Back
A local organization today accused Metropolitan Police Department Chief Cathy Lanier of “abdicating” her responsibility to keep transgender people safe, but Lanier retorted that the...
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LGBT Activists Reject Marion Barry, Yvette Alexander
If elections were solely decided by the LGBT community, some incumbent councilmembers would be serving on borrowed time. Incumbent Councilmembers Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) and...
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Opponents Begin Push for Maryland Marriage Equality Referendum on November Ballot
The bill hasn’t been signed yet, but opponents seeking to overturn Maryland’s recently-passed marriage equality bill are already organizing in preparation for an expected referendum....
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BREAKING: Maryland Senate Passes Marriage Equality 25-22, Bill Heads to O’Malley for Signature
The Maryland Senate passed HB 438, a bill legalizing marriage equality in the Free State, by a 25-22 margin after its third reading Thursday afternoon,...
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Marriage Equality Bill Weathers Amendments in Maryland Senate; Afternoon Vote Expected
The Maryland Senate resumed debate today concerning amendments to HB 438, a bill to legalize marriage equality, just a day after opponents were able to...
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Baltimore County Passes Gender-Identity Bill
The Baltimore County Council passed a transgender rights bill prohibiting discrimination against people based on their sexual orientation or gender identity or expression on a...
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Maryland Senate Delays Debate Over Marriage Equality Bill One Day as Opponents Regroup
The Maryland Senate has postponed debate over a bill to bring marriage equality to the Free State, allowing opponents extra time to determine a strategy...
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''Conscience Clause'' Bills Pass through Legislature
With today's vote in the Virginia House of Delegates, it's now up to Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) to sign – or not – a measure...
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Maryland Senate Vote Expected Wednesday on Marriage Equality Bill
The Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee voted largely along party lines Tuesday, Feb. 21, in favor of HB 438 (pdf), a bill to legalize marriage equality....
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Baltimore County Nears LGBT Protections
The County Council of Baltimore County heard hours of testimony Feb. 14 from both sides on a bill that would prohibit discrimination against people based...
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Suspect Makes Court Appearance in Jones Killing
D.C. Superior Court Judge Juliet J. McKenna on Saturday, Feb. 11, ordered that Gary Niles Montgomery, 55, of Northeast D.C., be held without bond as...
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Suspect Arrested in Deoni Jones Stabbing
The Metropolitan Police Department announced Friday evening that they have arrested a suspect who is accused of fatally stabbing 23-year-old transgender woman Deoni Jones, also...
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Maryland House Committees Host Joint Marathon Hearing on Marriage Equality
Like Rocky Balboa, marriage equality...
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Virginia Adoption Bill Passed
The Virginia Senate today passed a bill that critics say indirectly bans LGBT people, and potentially other subgroups, from becoming adoptive or foster parents. All...
