It’s legal to ask job applicants their age, high school graduation date or birth date. Senate Bill 58 would put an end to answering those awkward questions.
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Posted inEquity
To access housing and elder care, some older LGBTQ adults go back into the closet
What one Colorado researcher calls a “habit of silence” can have damaging impacts on older people’s physical and mental health
Posted inOpinion Columns
Littwin: Somehow, Colorado is ground zero for Supreme Court to chip away at LGBTQ rights
If it’s not a wedding cake baker, it’s a web designer. And this time the court looks like it’s going to vote to limit anti-discrimination law.
Posted inNews
Colorado asks Supreme Court to uphold anti-discrimination law in case of web designer who opposes same-sex marriage
Colorado’s attorney general is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the state’s anti-discrimination laws after a Denver-based graphic designer is requesting the right to turn away custom wedding website services for same-sex couples, according to a brief the AG’s office filed Friday with the U.S. Supreme Court. This fall, the Supreme Court will hear […]
Posted inBusiness, Crime and Courts, Equity, News, Politics and Government
Supreme Court will hear case of Colorado web designer who would refuse service to gay people
By Jessica Gresko, The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a new clash involving religion and the rights of LGBTQ people in the case of a Colorado web designer who says her religious beliefs prevent her from offering wedding website designs to gay couples. The high court said Tuesday it […]
Posted inCrime and Courts, News
Colorado web designer who didn’t want to create wedding websites for same-sex couples loses challenge to anti-discrimination law
By James Anderson, The Associated Press A U.S. appeals court has ruled against a web designer who didn’t want to create wedding websites for same-sex couples and sued to challenge Colorado’s anti-discrimination law, another twist in a series of court rulings nationwide about whether businesses denying services to LGBTQ people amounts to bias or freedom […]
Posted inOpinion, Opinion Columns
Sen. Buckner, Reps. Esgar and Ricks: Our legislation aims to bring accountability and transparency to the insurance industry
This was a historic year at the Colorado legislature. We invested in our state’s small businesses and local economies, we worked to save people money on health care and prescription drugs, we revamped our tax code to benefit working families instead of the most profitable corporations, and we invested in mental health care throughout the […]
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Nicolais: Anti-transgender activists should take a lesson from Colorado
Just over a week ago, to comparatively little fanfare, Gov. Jared Polis signed into law a bill that will make discrimination against anyone based on gender identity expression unlawful. In particular, the bill will protect the rights of transgender Coloradans in the same manner as the law currently protects people based on race, sex or […]
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Colorado lawmakers are poised to add gender identity and expression to anti-discrimination statutes
By Patty Nieberg, The Associated Press/Report for America Colorado lawmakers are considering a bill that would add “gender identity” and “gender expression” to anti-discrimination statutes as state lawmakers across the country are introducing bills aimed at curbing transgender rights. There are 21 states with full nondiscrimination protections that include gender identity, according to the National […]
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Federal court weighs whether Colorado law can require web designer to make websites for same-sex couples
By Colleen Slevin, The Associated Press A Colorado web designer should not have to create wedding websites for same-sex couples under the state’s anti-discrimination law because it would amount to forced speech that violates her religious beliefs, a lawyer told an appeals court Monday. Kristen Waggoner, a lawyer for Alliance Defending Freedom, told a three-judge […]