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Lucia Guzman, John Hickenlooper among One Colorado’s Ally Award winners

Feb 17, 2018

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Ernest Luning

Two Capitol Democrats with a history of blazing trails for LGBTQ equality are among the recipients of One Colorado Education Fund’s annual Ally Awards, the advocacy organization announced this week. Gov. John Hickenlooper is one of three Ally Award winners, and Senate Minority Leader Lucia Guzman, a Denver Democrat, is slated to receive One Colorado’s…
Older LGBT Coloradans get a defense of their healthcare in Denver and D.C.

Nov 12, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Colorado leaders have been fretting about how to prepare for the coming “silver tsunami” of baby boomers who retire, require more public services but pay less in the taxes during their working years. But at the state and federal levels, some Coloradans are working to see that older lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender seniors aren’t…
More Colorado groups file briefs on LGBTQ rights in Masterpiece cake SCOTUS case

Oct 31, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

More groups gave their thoughts to the U.S. Supreme Court Monday on whether a Lakewood baker had the right to refuse to serve a same-sex couple in 2012. Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips said doing so would violate his religious beliefs. Colorado Politics told you last week that Republican state Attorney General Cynthia Coffman had…
Republican Colorado Attorney General Coffman sides with state law, not Masterpiece cake baker

Oct 26, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman is defending the state’s nondiscrimination law to the U.S. Supreme Court and not a Lakewood baker who refused to serve a gay couple, citing his religion. Coffman filed the brief to the high court on behalf of the Colorado Civil Rights Commission, one of the parties in Masterpiece Cakeshop v.…
Lesbian couple sue the late Bill Armstrong’s company for taking away insurance

Aug 18, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

A lesbian couple in Los Angeles is suing a Colorado mortgage-banking company for taking away their spousal insurance, before employee Judith Dominguez lost her job, she alleges, in retaliation for pushing back. Dominguez, 59, worked in a branch office for Greenwood Village-based Cherry Creek Mortgage as a loan originator. She and her wife, Patricia Martinez,…
Senate GOP-led committee passes bill to protect LGBTQ Coloradans

Apr 6, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

The Republican-led Colorado Senate hasn’t been hospitable to legislations supported by the state’s LGBTQ advocates. A bill to extend legal protections based on physical or mental disabilities, sexual orientation and transgender status broke that losing streak Wednesday. House Bill 1188 passed the Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee unanimously. The bill is co-sponsored by Republican…
In surprise turn, Senate ‘kill committee’ green lights gay-rights harassment bill

Apr 6, 2017

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John Tomasic

A state Senate committee packed with a conservative Republican-majority voted unanimously on Wednesday to advance a bill that would stiffen penalties for those who harass Coloradans for being gay or disabled. Gay rights supporters reacted with a jolt after the vote. They had braced for yet another defeat in the infamously hardline State Affairs “kill”…
Daniel Ramos tapped to lead LGBTQ advocacy group One Colorado

Sep 6, 2016

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SARAH KUTA Fresh Water News

One Colorado, the state’s largest advocacy organization for gay and transgender rights, will continue its fight against conversion therapy in the upcoming legislative session under the leadership of its new executive director, Daniel Ramos. Ramos, 29, was picked as the organization’s new leader after a search by its board of directors to replace former director…