1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (806+ words) By John Riley on July 29, 2026 @JRileyMW GxBar, an LGBTQ-friendly salon in Kyiv, was vandalized by unidentified individuals who poured blood and left severed pig heads and entrails around its main entrance. The vandalism targeted the GxBar Special salon, which has…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (605+ words) By John Riley on July 24, 2026 @JRileyMW Republicans in Congress have added six anti-LGBTQ riders to the annual State Department funding bill for fiscal year 2027. Democrats have denounced the riders as “poison pills” that could jeopardize the bill’s passage and unfairly…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (973+ words) By John Riley on June 22, 2026 @JRileyMW A new report from the Wanda Alston Foundation and the LGBTQ+ Politics Research Initiative at Loyola Marymount University finds that many LGBTQ young adults in D.C. are struggling with housing costs, financial instability, mental health…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (427+ words) By John Riley on May 28, 2026 @JRileyMW The District of Columbia Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs is promoting four city-sponsored events in June to commemorate LGBTQ Pride Month. “These moments are designed to honor our history, elevate our community, and celebrate…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (750+ words) By Will O'Bryan on December 22, 2025 The year’s nearly out. Sometimes that calls for taking sweet stock of the past months’ wonderful events. Coming to the end of 2025, on the other hand, is more like getting to that denouement in the…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (666+ words) By John Riley on January 27, 2026 @JRileyMW GLAAD has released new data showing that 1,042 anti-LGBTQ incidents were reported across 47 states and the District of Columbia in 2025 — a 5% increase over the previous year, according to the organization’s ALERT Desk Anti-LGBTQ Extremism Reporting…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (549+ words) By John Riley on March 1, 2026 @JRileyMW At its annual reveal party, the Capital Pride Alliance unveiled the theme for 2026 Capital Pride: “Exist. Resist. Have the Audacity!” The theme is rooted in what the organization calls “the undeniable truth that our…...

7+ mon, 6+ day ago   (375+ words) By John Riley on February 6, 2026 @JRileyMW Capital Pride Alliance, the organization behind D.C.’s annual “Pride in the Nation’s Capital” celebration, has selected 13 new members to join its board of directors. The new members will serve alongside the existing 12 board members,…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1277+ words) By John Riley on January 16, 2026 @JRileyMW A new report finds that acceptance of LGBTQ people is declining across the United States, with nearly three in ten LGBTQ adults saying attitudes toward their community have worsened. On Thursday, January 15, the Human…...

8+ mon, 4+ week ago   (575+ words) By Will O'Bryan on December 14, 2025 The sweeping scope of that hostility, from discharging all Trans service members from the U.S. military to the pettiness of erasing rainbow crosswalks, transpired at breakneck speed. To meet the challenge of the moment, the Task…...