All posts by John Riley
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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...
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“Conscience Clause” Bill That Could Bar Gay Foster Parents Moves Forward in Virginia Senate
The so-called “conscience clause” bill that would allow private child placement agencies to discriminate against prospective adoptive or foster parents based on sexual orientation, family...
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Remembering Deoni Jones
About 200 people gathered Tuesday evening at the intersection of East Capitol Street and Sycamore Road NE in the city's Benning Heights neighborhood for a...
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PFOX Pushes Student Outreach
Parents of students at Kensington's Albert Einstein High School got a surprise along with their children's report cards, Feb 1. Typically, individual public schools will...
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Transgender Woman Killed [UPDATED]
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the death of a transgender woman who was stabbed yesterday at a bus stop in the District's Benning Heights...
