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How Christian-Right Activists Got Anti-Trans Initiatives on Colorado’s Ballot
9+ hour, 16+ min ago (685+ words) Last week, a set of anti-trans initiatives was approved for Colorado's 2026 ballot. The Colorado Times Recorder has been tracking these initiatives, and the anti-LGBTQ activist group Protect Kids Colorado that has pushed them with help from conservative politicians and religious…...
Partners of CO Springs Ministry Push Laws on Gender, Speech, Conscience Nationwide
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (899+ words) Pro-family" groups affiliated with Focus on the Family are working to move state legislatures to the right with bills that grant conscience rights" to medical workers, restrict students" speech, define humans as male and female, promote Turning Point USA in…...
In 2025, Christian-Right Legal Group Made Waves in CO and Beyond
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (575+ words) Four appearances before the Supreme Court. Hundreds of cases in courts and school boards. Support from 14 of President Donald Trump's executive orders. A possible federal judgeship. All in all, it has been a very good year for Alliance Defending Freedom....
Christians Who Don’t Sign Anti-Trans Petitions Are ‘Traitors’ to Jesus, Says Flatirons Pastor
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (961+ words) Colorado's second-largest megachurch has officially joined the push to get anti-LGBTQ measures on the 2026 ballot. The lead pastor at Flatirons Community Church, which has five campuses across the state and plans to expand, called on congregants to sign petitions for…...
2025 Review: LGBTQ Rights Coverage by the Colorado Times Recorder
3+ mon, 6+ hour ago (447+ words) Throughout 2025, Colorado conservatives, emboldened by the Trump administration, have continued to demonize LGBTQ people and fight policies that protect their rights. Fights have continued at the state legislature, local school boards, and more. Here is a roundup of the Colorado…...
DAVIS: Centrists Warned Dems Against Supporting Trans Rights. They Were Wrong.
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (686+ words) Now, after a year of recriminations, special elections, and landslide victories in the two states which held general elections, their theory is not only unsupported by the available evidence, it's directly contrary to it. "You can support transgender rights up…...
What's Next -- Genital Inspections at Book Stores?
8+ mon, 4+ hour ago (480+ words) Header image by Pauline Loroy on Unsplash. This sounds absurd, right? Yet it is a scenario suggested by a July 16 lawsuit filed on behalf of Born Again Used Books of Colorado Springs by the firm Alliance Defending Freedom, the outfit…...
Turning Catholic Churches into Campaign Hubs, Bishops Instruct Churches to Collect Signatures for Anti-Trans Ballot Initiatives
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (828+ words) Stepping up its involvement in anti-trans political campaigns, Colorado's Catholic Bishops have directed parishioners to gather signatures at church to place anti-trans initiatives on next year's election ballot. The campaign for the initiatives is being run by Protect Kids Colorado,…...
Supreme Court To Rule on Whether CO Law Banning 'Therapy' To Convert LGBTQ Youth Into Heterosexuals is Constitutional
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (884+ words) by Anna Claire Vollers The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday is scheduled to hear oral arguments in a case that could reverse or solidify state laws across the country that ban a controversial counseling practice for LGBTQ+ youth. More than half…...
LGBTQ Advocates Launch Fall Grassroots Campaign to Push Back on Anti-Trans Misinformation
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (394+ words) In the midst of rising vitriol aimed at the transgender community by conservative media figures and government officials, One Colorado, the state's largest LGBTQ advocacy organization, is launching a new organizing campaign aimed at "pushing back against anti-trans misinformation" in…...