Colorado lawmakers introduce legislation to protect LGBTQ+ people after Trump's anti-queer policies

Colorado lawmakers introduce legislation to protect LGBTQ+ people after Trump's anti-queer policies

The Colorado legislature has advanced a series of laws to protect the LGBTQ+ community in the face of an increasingly hostile federal government under the direction of President Donald Trump. The citizens of Colorado aided the effort by voting to change the state’s constitution to recognize marriage equality, which was signed into law by Democratic Gov. Jared Polis, who is gay, last week.Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign …

He called for an urgent institutional working table to evaluate the implementation of more effective prevention and protection measures.

Students fear future with fewer resources for queer individuals

In her “Contemporary Queer Issues” course at Columbia, Terri Griffith, an assistant professor in the School of Communication and Culture, asks students to bring in a relevant news story each week about challenges facing the LGBTQ+ community. “We’re really immersed in this right now, and frankly, it feels really scary,” Griffith said.   In the two months since President Donald Trump took office, his administration has issued numerous anti-LGBTQ+ …

Young LGBTQ+ people are made homeless because of who they are – but official stats don't show it

How can we expect homelessness services to respond when the data doesn’t even acknowledge that LGBTQ+ young people exist?