Tag: Lgbtq
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Federal judge rejects challenge to Colorado’s ‘chosen name’ law, District 27J’s LGBTQ policy
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge on Friday rejected an attempt by two parents to block a 2024 Colorado law requiring public schools to use a student’s chosen name, as well as their school district’s corresponding policy intended to support LGBTQ students. “John and Jane Doe” filed suit…
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10th Circuit declines to upend women’s volleyball tournament in lawsuit over trans player
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The federal appeals court based in Denver declined on Tuesday to order a Colorado Springs-based athletic organization to bar a transgender woman from participating on her college’s volleyball team and alter the record of wins and losses among schools immediately before a tournament is set…
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Federal judge begins trial on Catholic schools’ claims against Colorado preschool program
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge heard arguments and testimony beginning on Tuesday over whether Colorado’s new universal pre-kindergarten program unconstitutionally forces a pair of Catholic preschools to violate their religious beliefs about sexual orientation and gender identity in order to participate as providers. In August, the Archdiocese…
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‘What’s the injury?’ Federal judge wary of Christian school’s challenge to universal pre-K program
A Christian school in Chaffee County argued to a federal judge on Thursday that it should be able to receive state money to participate in the new universal preschool program without having to abide by Colorado’s non-discrimination rules for providers. The Darren Patterson Christian Academy, which enrolls students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, is seeking…
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DOD to upgrade discharge statuses of those hurt by Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
The Department of Defense announced this week it will start proactively upgrading the discharge statuses of some veterans kicked out of the military for their sexual orientation and denied benefits for serving — a good step that does not go far enough some advocates say. Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks said the new initiative…
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Second District 7 debate: Candidates pitch themselves to residents
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A sampling of Denver’s deep diversity was on full display during the second debate among candidates for “lucky” Denver City Council District 7. Flor Alvidrez, Nick Campion, Adam Estroff, Arthur May and Guy Padgett were asked a series of questions about issues facing the district and the…
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City Council considers $300,000 increase to Denver Rescue Mission contract
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver’s Safety, Housing, Education and Homelessness Committee Wednesday approved an amendment to the contract the city has with the Denver Rescue Mission that will cost taxpayers $300,000 more annually if approved. The proposed one-year, $9…
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Masterpiece Cakeshop violated anti-discrimination law again, Colorado appeals court finds
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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Prominent online fundraisers garner more than $1.6 million for Club Q shooting victims, families
Two prominent online fundraisers have raised more than $1.6 million to benefit victims and their families in the days since the Nov. 19 Club Q mass shooting in Colorado Springs, in addition to donations made through various other in-person and online fundraisers. Five people were killed and 18 others were injured in the violence that…
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Colorado appeals to history, tradition in defending anti-discrimination law to SCOTUS
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Colorado is set to defend its anti-discrimination law before the nation’s highest court, filing a brief on Friday that pushes back against a Christian website designer’s refusal to provide her services for same-sex weddings. The U.S. Supreme Court in its upcoming term will hear the case of 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, which asks whether Colorado…