Colorado

DENVER -- With only a few hours between the past and the future of relationship recognition for Colorado’s same-sex couples, leaders of the state’s LGBT and allied community seized the present and made their strongest and most public case for marriage equality. [ Read more → ]

DENVER -- A new chapter for Colorado families began today at 12:01 a.m. when hard-fought legislation for civil unions took effect, allowing same-sex couples to form civil unions for the first time. [ Read more → ]

DENVER -- Gay and lesbian couples are expected to line up in Denver and Boulder as civil unions in Colorado become legal just after midnight. [ Read more → ]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Two pro-gun groups conspired with an anti-gay hate group to create political mailers that used a gay couple’s copyrighted engagement photo to attack candidates in the 2012 Colorado Republican primaries, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). [ Read more → ]

DENVER — An unenforced discrimination crime in Colorado is likely coming off the books under a bipartisan agreement inspired by a civil unions bill. [ Read more → ]

DENVER — A bill that would legalize civil unions for gay couples in Colorado was signed into law on Thursday, less than a year after the proposal was blocked in the House by Republicans who opposed it. [ Read more → ]

DENVER — Civil unions for gay couples in Colorado will be signed into law Thursday, less than a year after the proposal was blocked in the House by Republicans who opposed it. [ Read more → ]

FOUNTAIN, Colo. -- A Colorado school district has filed a response to a discrimination complaint filed by parents of a transgender girl who has been denied access to the girls' restroom at her elementary school. [ Read more → ]

WASHINGTON -- LGBT advocacy groups on Tuesday commended the Colorado General Assembly for passing the Colorado Civil Union Act, which provides gay and straight couples the legal benefits, protections, and responsibilities that are granted to married spouses under Colorado state law. [ Read more → ]

DENVER -- A measure allowing civil unions for gay couples has cleared the Colorado Legislature and is headed to the governor's desk, where it's expected to be signed. [ Read more → ]

DENVER -- Marking a big political shift, civil unions for gay couples are expected to get final approval from Colorado lawmakers Tuesday - seven years after state voters chose to ban same-sex marriage. [ Read more → ]

DENVER -- In a historic first, the Colorado’s House of Representatives gave its initial OK to a bill that would establish relationship recognition for same-sex couples. [ Read more → ]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A Colorado school district is refusing to agree to mediation with the family of a transgender girl who wants to return to school. [ Read more → ]

It is the moment Colorado’s LGBT and allied community has been waiting for. Colorado’s House of Representatives will, for the first time, debate a piece of legislation Monday that when passed will create a state recognized relationship status for same-sex couples here. [ Read more → ]

Tim Sagen and Ken Hoole woke up together May 8, 2012, in the bed they've shared for more than four decades expecting that Colorado would stand on the doorstep of legally recognizing their love before they slept again. Instead, legislation to legally recognize civil unions between gay couples stalled.... [ Read more → ]

DENVER -- A bill granting civil unions for same-sex couples in Colorado advanced Friday morning in a third House committee, and now heads to the full House for a vote. [ Read more → ]

DENVER -- A bill granting civil unions for same-sex couples in Colorado has taken another step in the state Legislature as it nears a final debate on the House floor. [ Read more → ]

DENVER -- Civil unions for gay couples advanced a Colorado House committee with one Republican joining Democrats in support of a bill that's expected to become law this year. [ Read more → ]

NEW YORK -- The National Football League (NFL) said Wednesday it will investigate claims by a University of Colorado football player that he was asked about his sexual orientation by at least one NFL team during a scouting interview last week. [ Read more → ]

FOUNTAIN, Colo. -- A transgender advocacy group on Tuesday announced it has filed a complaint with the Colorado Civil Rights Division on behalf of a 6-year-old girl who has been barred from using the girls’ bathrooms at her elementary school. [ Read more → ]