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One Colorado’s Alliance-Building Caucuses tackle more than ‘homophobia’

One Colorado’s Alliance-Building Caucuses tackle more than ‘homophobia’

The statewide LGBT advocacy organization has now created three “Alliance Building Caucuses” to address the issues brought forward by the community feedback: the People of Color caucus for LGBT people of color, the White Allies for [...]

OFC Exclusive: Wanda Sykes on LGBT rights, race, and Madonna’s half-time show

OFC Exclusive: Wanda Sykes on LGBT rights, race, and Madonna’s half-time show

Wanda Sykes has become an icon for LGBT rights. Since coming out in 2008 when she married her partner, Sykes has stumped for equality, leading to high-profile recognition from the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation [...]

Civil unions follow a familiar path, but supporters note changing circumstances

Civil unions follow a familiar path, but supporters note changing circumstances

A bill for civil unions passed its first 2012 test in a Colorado Senate committee Feb. 15 by 5-2 vote – identical to the support a similar bill received on that committee last year before it [...]

Romer v. Evans was just the beginning of LGBT rights

Romer v. Evans was just the beginning of LGBT rights

A groundbreaking judgeship, a state senator introduces a bill to establish civil unions and a nationwide path toward equality are just some of the byproducts of the landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Colorado’s [...]

Landmark Supreme Court case Romer v. Evans from Colorado may have spearheaded the movement toward same-sex marriage

A groundbreaking judgeship, a state senator introduces a bill to establish civil unions and a nationwide path toward equality are just some of the byproducts of the landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Colorado’s [...]

Colorado’s civil unions bill advances in state Senate

Colorado’s State Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill establishing civil unions in Colorado on March 7, by a 6-3 vote.  Five Democrats and one Republican voted for the measure.   The bill provides same-sex couples with [...]