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Colorado teens seek new state laws to support transgender youth
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Teenagers from the Colorado Youth Advisory Council want to make Colorado a more supportive state for transgender youth. The council presented six policy recommendations to state legislators on Wednesday, two of which targeted issues facing young members of the transgender community. Three of the recommendations will eventually be sent to the Colorado General Assembly for legislators…
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Colorado legislature OKs non-gendered bathrooms, baby changing stations in public buildings
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An effort to add non-gendered bathrooms and baby changing stations to Colorado’s public buildings passed its last major legislative hurdle on Friday. House Bill 1057 requires newly constructed public buildings owned or operated by the government to provide non-gendered bathrooms on each floor where gendered bathrooms are available, beginning in 2024. The buildings would also need to provide…
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Catholic bishops ‘mourn’ abortion bills, call them ‘immoral coercion’
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Catholic leaders said they are “mourning” the enactment of three more abortion laws in Colorado, arguing they remove women’s choice and violate the First Amendment rights of Coloradans who want to support women in carrying a pregnancy through. The Catholic leaders also accused Colorado’s Democratic policymakers of preferring abortion over “life-affirming” care. Gov. Jared Polis…
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Colorado bolsters abortion rights with signing of 3 new laws
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Colorado secured its status as an abortion sanctuary state on Friday, when the governor signed a trio of bills bolstering abortion rights. Gov. Jared Polis gave final approval to the bill package, designed to protect and increase access to abortion in the state, just over one year after Colorado enshrined abortion as a fundamental right. The bills became…
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Colorado Democrats move to shield abortion, transgender care from out-of-state penalties
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Democrats advanced a bill Friday to protect Colorado abortion patients and providers from facing consequences from other states in which abortion is illegal – the second of three bills seeking to strengthen abortion rights in Colorado. Senate Bill 188 would prohibit Colorado from recognizing criminal prosecutions or civil lawsuits regarding legally protected abortion care and enshrine…
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Colorado appeals court finds Masterpiece Cakeshop violated anti-discrimination law again
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For the second time in nearly eight years, Colorado’s second-highest court has agreed Masterpiece Cakeshop, Inc. violated the state’s antidiscrimination law by refusing to sell a cake to an LGBTQ customer. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals concluded the store’s owner, Jack Phillips, ran afoul of the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (CADA) when he…
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Judge grants immunity to prison officials in lawsuit about overcrowding, showering
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Despite the reinstatement of an inmate’s civil rights lawsuit by the federal appeals court based in Denver, a trial judge has granted immunity to prison officials for the allegedly unconstitutional conditions they created in the case. U.S. District Court Judge Raymond P. Moore on Tuesday dismissed the claims of Larry Allen Thompson, who accused officials…
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Colorado legislature honors Transgender Day of Visibility: ‘You are safe here’
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Members of the Colorado legislature honored Transgender Day of Visibility Thursday, celebrating transgender people and their contributions to society, as well as raising awareness of the discrimination they face. Transgender Day of Visibility is recognized globally each year on March 31. Transgender activist Rachel Crandall started it in 2009 in response to the lack of recognition…
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10th Circuit decides government erred in finding no persecution threat to trans woman
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The federal appeals court based in Denver has ordered immigration authorities to reconsider the asylum application of a transgender Honduran woman, deciding by 2-1 that it was clear she would face persecution if deported to her country of birth. An immigration judge previously found there to be no systemic or pervasive violence against transgender Hondurans,…
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10th Circuit finds prison officials had immunity for sexual assault of inmate
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The federal appeals court based in Denver has granted immunity to three officials who allegedly failed to protect an inmate from sexual assault despite hearing about the risk of physical violence to her. In reaching its decision, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit sidestepped the issue of whether…