Details of the failed prosecution paint a picture of potential missteps in the case, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.
LGBTQIA
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 inCartoons
Jim Morrissey: Honoring the resilience and quick action of a Club Q community in mourning
Jim Morrissey’s cartoon honors the actions of patrons who sprung into action to prevent even further loss of life when a gunman opened fire at the welcoming Club Q in Colorado Springs.
Posted inClub Q Shooting
“It was an attack on freedom”: Hundreds remember Club Q shooting victims at vigil
Inside All Souls Unitarian Church in downtown Colorado Springs, people packed shoulder to shoulder in memory of the 5 killed Saturday night
Posted inOpinion Columns
Opinion: Advocacy for the transgender few does not take rights away from the many
Here are some facts in response to baseless claims and misplaced fears
Posted inOpinion, Opinion Columns
Opinion: A queer lens on what happened to Valor Christian’s volleyball coach
I am a Colorado native who also happens to be an educator, who also just happens to be queer. For the past two decades, I have served youth as an educator and advocate for marginalized populations within public, private, and charter schools, and the Division of Youth Corrections. As a queer language arts teacher, adjunct […]
Posted inColoradans, News
Valor Christian students hold protest in support of gay volleyball coach who said he was forced to quit
A student-organized walkout was held at Valor Christian High School in Highlands Ranch on Tuesday afternoon, where demonstrators voiced support for former volleyball coach Inoke Tonga, who said he was forced to quit because he is gay. About 50 students, alumni and parents came together at the planned walkout organized by Valor Christian Junior Lucy […]
Posted inEducation, News
High school volleyball coach says Valor Christian forced him out for being gay
Inoke Tonga, until recently the volleyball coach at Valor Christian High School in Highlands Ranch, claimed through social media that he was forced to leave his job because he is gay. In an Aug. 21 post seen on his Facebook and Instagram accounts, Tonga said that after coaching the private school’s girls volleyball team last […]
Posted inNews
Jack Phillips appeals Colorado court’s ruling on gender transition cake
A Christian baker found to have violated Colorado’s anti-discrimination law by refusing to make a birthday cake for a transgender woman has appealed the ruling to the state appeal appeals court. In a notice filed Monday, lawyers for Jack Phillips asked the appeals court to review the June ruling by a Denver judge by looking […]
Posted inBusiness, News
Masterpiece Cakeshop baker fined $500 for refusing to make a cake celebrating a woman’s gender transition
By Colleen Slevin, The Associated Press A Colorado baker who won a partial victory at the U.S. Supreme Court in 2018 for refusing to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple violated the state’s anti-discrimination law by refusing to make a birthday cake for a transgender woman, a state judge has ruled. In Tuesday’s […]