Colorado

DENVER -- Most of Colorado’s school districts have yet to update their bullying policies to come into compliance with a 2011 state law protecting LGBT youth, a survey by the state’s largest LGBT advocacy organization shows. [ Read more → ]

Colorado’s LGBT political heavyweights and their allies, incensed over the death of the Colorado Civil Union Act, are preparing a full-scale attack to elect a “pro-equality” majority this November to the state House of Representatives. Their mission is to ensure Republican Speaker of the House... [ Read more → ]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — In another historical moment in the post-"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" era, the the U.S. Air Force Academy this week graduated its first group of openly gay cadets. [ Read more → ]

DENVER -- Despite being given a second chance by Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Republican state House committee on Monday evening killed the Colorado Civil Union Act on a party-line vote, 5-4. [ Read more → ]

DENVER -- The Governor of Colorado on Wednesday said he’ll call the state General Assembly to a special session to take up the unresolved issue of the Colorado Civil Union Act. [ Read more → ]

DENVER -- Unable to reach a compromise on how or when the Colorado Civil Union Act would be debated by the House of Representatives, leaders of both parties announced at about 11 p.m. Tuesday: the bill is dead. [ Read more → ]

In a shocking about-face, a Republican controlled House Judiciary Committee has approved a bill to establish civil unions in Colorado. [ Read more → ]

DENVER -- The Colorado state Senate on Thursday gave its final approval to a bill that would establish civil unions here. But before the Senate even took up the matter, the legislation appeared Dead On Arrival in the House of Representatives. [ Read more → ]

DENVER -- The Colorado State Senate on Wednesday gave its initial blessing to a bill that would establish civil unions here. [ Read more → ]

DENVER -- The Colorado state Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday approved SB-2, a bill to recognize same-sex civil unions. It passed 5-4 on a party-line vote with all Democrats voting yes and all Republicans voting no. The bill will be debated and voted on in the full Senate next week. [ Read more → ]

FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- An alleged attack by three Colorado State University football players has resulted in their suspension, and left four classmates, all freshman, recovering from injuries inflicted during the attack, which allegedly included anti-gay slurs. [ Read more → ]

Two openly gay Denver lawmakers have introduced a resolution to wipe away provisions from the Colorado Constitution deemed unconstitutional and unenforced but still technically on the books in Colorado — including Amendment 2. [ Read more → ]

DENVER -- Statewide LGBT advocacy organization One Colorado is planning a legal challenge to a broadly-written ballot proposal by conservative religious liberty group that could undermine state law protecting LGBT people from discrimination. [ Read more → ]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Two high school yearbook staff members said they were fired, and two others quit in protest after their faculty adviser instructed them to remove the photo of a lesbian couple from the yearbook. [ Read more → ]

About 180 LGBT Coloradans and allies who took to the Colorado Capitol Feb. 27 to share their stories and feelings with lawmakers who are debating a bill that would establish civil unions in the Centennial State. The 2012 lobby day was organized by One Colorado, a statewide LGBT advocacy organization. [ Read more → ]

A Colorado Senate committee on Wednesday evening gave its blessing for a bill to establish civil unions in Colorado. The bill, sponsored by Sens. Pat Steadman and Lucia Guzman, was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee by a vote of 5-2. [ Read more → ]

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum showed his campaign still has life by sweeping Tuesday’s GOP contests in Minnesota, Missouri and Colorado. [ Read more → ]

One Colorado, the group leading the lobbying effort for civil unions here, has repeatedly pledged to support any lawmaker — Republican or Democrat — who supports relationship recognition legislation. This week, campaign finance reports show the group has made good on its promise. [ Read more → ]

DENVER -- Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on Thursday told lawmakers the time has come to allow same-sex couples to form civil unions here. Hickenlooper, addressing a joint session of the Colorado General Assembly, said in his State of the State address Colorado believes in equal rights. [ Read more → ]

DENVER -- When the Colorado Civil Union Act of 2012 is introduced on the first day the General Assembly convenes, it will start a journey for the LGBT community -- and for politicos, alike -- that no one is quite sure where it will end up. [ Read more → ]