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6/8/19 – LGBTQ+ Fundraiser Punk Photoshoot

EVENT LINK If you make a donation of any amount, you get a free photoshoot. Grab your punk clothes and rainbow it up with your Pride...

Christian cake maker in Lakewood is now suing Colorado in federal...

Following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June that sided with a Christian baker over a never-baked wedding cake for a gay couple in Colorado,...

Guest Post: I’m a veteran who is transgender. These are the...

On 26 July 2017, President Trump used his primary method of communication – Twitter – to drop a bombshell on the U.S. military, stating...

GUEST POST: Why an upside-down rainbow flag is dangerous for LGBT...

At a rally in Greeley Sunday night, moments after taking the stage, Donald Trump unfurled a large rainbow flag with the words “LGBTs for...

News Poem: “Could Be”

Reader Alan Gilbert sent us this poem in response to the tragic shooting in Orlando on Sunday. Check out more of our long-dormant News...

Ugandan LGBT activist asks Colorado students for solidarity

Clare Byarugaba traveled from Uganda this month to plea with Colorado's student activists to support her country’s LGBT community, which has been under government...

Conversion-therapy ban killed again in a divided legislature

  A bill to ban so-called pray-the-gay-away therapy died again under the dome of a divided Capitol for the second year in a row. From The Associated...

Religion still won’t be an excuse to discriminate in Colorado

  House Republicans this week tried again to convince Democrats to allow business owners to discriminate against customers who violate their religious views. The Republican bill...

Suicide shadows Colorado’s ‘pray the gay away’ debate

  Brad Allen was 31 when he planned to stage his suicide to look like an accident. He wouldn't leave a note. “I would just leave...

Video: LGBT Republicans deem Rep. Mike Coffman their “Superfriend” — and...

Face beaming, arms crossed, Rep. Mike Coffman stands proud, his aqua-marine cape blowing in the breeze. His body is a cartoon. His grin is wide....