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Mary Emily O'Hara


Mary Emily O'Hara is an LGBTQ reporter. Her work has appeared in Rolling Stone, NBC Out, Daily Dot, Broadly, Vice, the Daily Beast, the Advocate, Huffington Post, DNAinfo, Al Jazeera, and Portland's Pulitzer Prize-winning newsweekly Willamette Week, among other outlets.

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Queer Review aims to find the country’s most LGBT-friendly businesses

The process of finding LGBT-friendly businesses has long been a trial-and-error minefield.

On Jul 25, 2015 by Mary Emily O'Hara

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Obama delivers on promise to talk LGBT rights with Kenyan leader

'When a government gets in a habit of people treating people differently, those habits can spread.'

On Jul 25, 2015 by Mary Emily O'Hara

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Judge rules 50 Cent must pay revenge-porn victim $7 million

Nice try, Fitty—but you can't just file bankruptcy to get out of trouble.

On Jul 25, 2015 by Mary Emily O'Hara

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9 badass queer history accounts you need to follow

Time to brush up.

On Jul 25, 2015 by Mary Emily O'Hara

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In the wake of Charleston shooting, new poll finds that race relations are at a low

Black Americans think race relations are at their worst since 1997.

On Jul 24, 2015 by Mary Emily O'Hara

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Trans community mourns India Clarke, the 10th trans woman of color murdered this year

Her family is raising funds online for the funeral.

On Jul 23, 2015 by Mary Emily O'Hara

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Woman kills attacker with his gun, unknowingly takes out a serial killer

A suspected serial killer who targeted sex workers has been killed by one of his victims.

On Jul 23, 2015 by Mary Emily O'Hara

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Civil rights 2.0: What the Equality Act of 2015 means for LGBT Americans

It's the most sweeping anti-discrimination law for LGBT people ever proposed.

On Jul 23, 2015 by Mary Emily O'Hara

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Meet the world’s first all-transgender fashion modeling agency

Apple Models is scouting online for the next generation of transgender supermodels.

On Jul 22, 2015 by Mary Emily O'Hara

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Internet comes to the rescue of two hugging dogs about to be put down

When these two puppies hugged in puppy jail, it broke the Internet's cold, cold heart.

On Jul 21, 2015 by Mary Emily O'Hara

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Portland sex workers are setting the record straight with a new magazine

Portland sex workers make their own rules.

On Jul 21, 2015 by Mary Emily O'Hara

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LGBT film festival Outfest shares some of its best entries for free online

Choose from more than 60 films, with more being added on a regular basis.

On Jul 20, 2015 by Mary Emily O'Hara

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LGBT community rallies to #FreeMeaganTaylor, a trans woman arrested in Iowa

The trans woman of color was thrown in jail after hotel staff wrongly assumed she was a sex worker.

On Jul 20, 2015 by Mary Emily O'Hara

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#IfIDieInPoliceCustody trends amid mysterious deaths of Sandra Bland, Kindra Chapman

Today's law enforcement press conference did little to illuminate the deaths.

On Jul 17, 2015 by Mary Emily O'Hara

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Black lesbian couple jailed after alleged assault by off-duty NYPD officer

Officer Salvatore Aquino was also sued for unreasonable force and false arrest in 2011.

On Jul 17, 2015 by Mary Emily O'Hara