All posts by John Riley
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Kameny To Be Honored on Capitol Hill
The official memorial service for Frank Kameny, the pioneering gay-rights activist who died Oct. 11 at age 86, will be held on Capitol Hill Tuesday,...
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Carrie Evans Named Executive Director of Equality Maryland
Equality Maryland, the state's primary LGBT-advocacy organization, announced Nov. 10 it has hired attorney and longtime activist Carrie Evans as executive director. The news comes...
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Mendelson Fields Testimony
Longstanding tensions and the often rocky working relationships between LGBT activists and members of the Metropolitan Police Department were once more highlighted during a three-hour...
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Ebbin Elected
Del. Adam Ebbin (D-Arlington) was elected as Virginia's first openly gay state senator Nov. 8, even as other politicians who oppose LGBT equality won victories...
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Ebbin Elected to State Senate in Virginia Amid Dem Losses
Del. Adam Ebbin (D-Arlington) was elected as Virginia’s first openly gay senator in the state’s Nov. 8 elections, even as other politicians who oppose LGBT...
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Farewell to a Fighter
(Photo by John Riley)} Hundreds of members of the LGBT community and local civic leaders gathered at the historic Carnegie Library in D.C.'s Mount...
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Furr Likely To Get Plea Deal
Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Worm told D.C. Superior Court Judge Ann O'Regan Keary at a felony status hearing Nov. 4 that the government is close...
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Montgomery College Adopts LGBT Measures
Montgomery College, a community college in Maryland, is rolling out a campaign to make the environment at its three campuses more inclusive of LGBT students,...
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Sorting Out Solutions
A group of LGBT people of color and community organizations held a modified town-hall forum Thursday, Oct. 27, to address violence and discrimination against people...
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Walking for Whitman-Walker
Rain and snow flurries may have kept some away, but failed to dampen the mood of some 5,000 participants in Washington's 25th Annual AIDS Walk...
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National Register to Accept Kameny House
The house and office belonging to recently deceased gay civil rights pioneer Frank Kameny will be added to the National Parks Service's Register of Historic...
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Life in the Fast Lanes
The Capital Halloween Invitational Tournament (CHIT) is celebrating its 30th Anniversary Oct. 28 through Oct. 30 at the AMF Annandale Lanes in Annandale. The annual...
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Attacking Indifference
Washington residents, government agencies and community groups rallied at an Oct. 24 town hall to sound an alarm about problems facing ''black LGBTQI youth'' in...
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Gansler Warns of Ballot-Box Fight
Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler told supporters of marriage equality that he believes same-sex marriage will be passed by Maryland's General Assembly and signed into...
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Kameny's Artifacts on Display at Smithsonian
The tributes to local gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny continue in the days following his death on Oct. 11, with the Smithsonian offering the public...
