Mindy Barton

Ask the expert: Frequently asked questions about civil unions

Mindy Barton, Legal Director from The GLBT Community Center of Colorado, gives us the basics

Colorado House committee OKs civil unions bill with bipartisan support

A Colorado Judiciary Committee hearing is underway at the state Capitol. Proponents of the bill have spoken for about two hours. Opponents will begin testifying shortly.

Promised Colorado civil unions bill could pass by Valentine’s Day

Steadman and out lesbian state Sen. Lucia Guzman, D-Denver, will introduce the bill in the Senate on Jan. 9, the first day of the regular session. Ferrandino and out lesbian state Rep. Sue Schafer, D-Wheat Ridge, will carry the bill in the House.

One Colorado to challenge Focus on the Family’s ‘religious freedom’ initiative

Statewide LGBT advocacy organization One Colorado is planning a legal challenge to a broadly-written ballot…

Colo. hospitals aligning with new LGBT inclusive policies

Most Colorado hospitals have updated their policies to reflect a presidential directive to allow same-sex…

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A friend once told me, if you live long enough, you’re bound to get an…

Student hopes sit-in will yield GSA at private-religious high school

Like most of his fellow seniors at Regis Jesuit High School, Shea Dietz is preparing for finals. Anxious for graduation. Day dreaming of summer. His future. But there’s something else: Dietz is planning a sit-in at his school after the administration has refused to allow the senior to form a Gay-Straight Alliance.

Gay high school senior Shea Dietz plans sit-in protest at Denver Catholic high school for right to form Gay-Straight Alliance

Like most of his fellow seniors at Regis Jesuit High School, Shea Dietz is…

Lesbian couple, one of thousands, torn apart by DOMA, immigration policy

When Coloradan Inger Knudson committed her life to Philippa, an English woman, atop Lookout Mountain in 2009, the last thing she feared was her family would be ripped apart by the United States government.

This isn’t over: Supporters of civil union bill vow the fight has just begun

“This isn’t the end,” said One Colorado Executive Director Brad Clark. “Every option is on the table. There are thousands of gays and lesbians building families around the state and we need these protections, and we’re going to do everything we can.”