lgbt rights

Veteran LGBT advocate Brad Clark takes reins at Denver-based nonprofit Gill Foundation

Dec 6, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Brad Clark, a veteran advocate for gay rights in Colorado and around the country, takes over as president and CEO of the Gill Foundation after the first of the year, the Denver-based nonprofit announced Tuesday. Clark succeeds Courtney Cuff, who left the foundation in October after four years at the helm to work at the…
Colorado lawmakers Leslie Herod, Dominick Moreno start fellowship at Harvard’s Kennedy School

Jul 11, 2017

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Ernest Luning

State Rep. Leslie Herod of Denver and state Sen. Dominick Moreno of Commerce City, both Democrats, started a three-week executive leadership program for LGBTQ officials on Monday at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The David Bohnett Leaders Fellowship, sponsored by the foundation of the same name and the Victory Institute, is awarded annually…
One Colorado to honor Pat Steadman, Jean Dubofsky, Rathod Mohamedbhai and Kaiser

Jul 7, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Twenty-one years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Colorado’s Amendment 2, One Colorado Education Fund is honoring two attorneys who played key roles in the case – former Colorado Supreme Court Justice Jean Dubofsky and former state Sen. Pat Steadman, D-Denver – at the LGBT-rights organization’s annual Ally Awards fundraising event. Dubofsky, the first woman…
Protesters clad in ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ outfits turn out to welcome Mike Pence to Colorado Springs

Jun 24, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Protesters cloaked in red robes and wearing white bonnets like characters in the novel and TV series “The Handmaid’s Tale” greeted Vice President Mike Pence on Friday when he spoke at Focus on the Family headquarters in Colorado Springs. The 1985 Margaret Atwood novel depicts a dystopian society under fundamentalist rule where women are treated…
Republican Attorney General Cynthia Coffman hails equality in Colorado at LGBT pride rally

Jun 19, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado has some of the nation’s toughest non-discrimination laws but still has work to do, Republican Attorney General Cynthia Coffman said at a Denver rally for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered equality Sunday. Coffman, the lone Republican on a stage filled with Democratic elected officials and candidates, told the crowd she could also be the only…
Religious liberty bill fails; Denver chamber hopes it’s for good

Jan 26, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce is tired of debating doomed bills over religious liberty, and, moreover, chamber president and CEO Kelly Brough said arguing over it every year says the wrong thing about Colorado. “The very dangerous and divisive message that comes with this bill is one of lack of respect for others,” she…

lgbt rights

Veteran LGBT advocate Brad Clark takes reins at Denver-based nonprofit Gill Foundation

Colorado lawmakers Leslie Herod, Dominick Moreno start fellowship at Harvard’s Kennedy School

One Colorado to honor Pat Steadman, Jean Dubofsky, Rathod Mohamedbhai and Kaiser

Protesters clad in ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ outfits turn out to welcome Mike Pence to Colorado Springs

Republican Attorney General Cynthia Coffman hails equality in Colorado at LGBT pride rally

Religious liberty bill fails; Denver chamber hopes it’s for good