Just over two weeks ago, University of Pennsylvania collegiate swimmer Lia Thomas made history as the first openly transgender woman to win a NCAA Division I title. Her historic win in Atlanta on March 17 made headlines around the country.
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CO Sen. Hopeful: Biden ‘More Interested in Transgender Than the Taliban,’ Calls U.S. Military ‘Weak’
Eli Bremer, a Colorado Springs Republican vying for the state’s U.S. Senate seat, has verbally attacked trans women who serve in the U.S. military and who participate in sports — both collegiately and in the Beijing Olympics — repeatedly over the last several weeks.
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Colorado GOP Wants to Normalize Anti-Trans Hate
There is no more traditional value than love, but it is the one in which conservatives often seem least interested. When it comes to transgender people, for example, they are quick to sideline love for hate.
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GOP Senate Candidate Eli Bremer Compares Trans Athletes Competing in Women’s Sports to Nassar Abuse
Eli Bremer Eli Bremer, a Colorado Springs Republican and candidate to challenge U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) in 2022, again equated transgender women competing in women’s sports with the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal in a radio interview Tuesday. It is the latest example of a pattern of transphobic rhetoric from Bremer since he announced his campaign in August.
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Umbrella-Wielding Activists Prepared for Worst at All-Ages Drag Show
The Parasol Patrol was out in full force at Sunday's all-ages drag show hosted by Denver's Mile High Comics in Sunnyside.
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Colorado lawmaker joins hate group in demonizing transgender individuals
Colorado State Rep. Lori Saine, a Republican from Firestone, shared an article on Facebook from the American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) that condemns what it refers to as “gender ideology” and claims that the acceptance of transgender people amounts to child abuse.
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GOP congressional candidate calls me a “F.A.G.” as part of claim he’s not bigoted against transgender people
If you read my columns, then you are probably familiar with Casper Stockham. He’s the former GOP congressional candidate who regularly posts 100% fake news on his Facebook wall and calls anyone who disagrees with him a racist.
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State House bill seeks less invasive procedure to change a birth certificate
Amid national political attacks on transgender rights, Colorado’s State House passed a bill yesterday that would make it easier for people to change the gender on their birth certificate to the gender they identify with.
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One Colorado defends Colorado’s transgender student rights in face of attacks by the Trump Administration
On Wednesday, February 22, the Trump administration took a stand against transgender rights by rescinding the Obama Administrations order that transgender students be allowed to use the bathroom corresponding with their gender identity.