LGBTQ+ Pride

The Cortez City Council on Tuesday adopted a proclamation declaring June as LGBTQ+ Pride Month despite one council member’s ten-minute-long speech against the measure. Also on Tuesday, Cortez city manager Drew Sanders told the council about an award the city recently received from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada.

A question about Pride Month drew the most sharply differing responses from candidates for the Cortez City Council at a forum Wednesday night.

Learn how Gilbert Baker’s handmade Pride flag became a global symbol of LGBTQ+ identity and inclusion—plus, discover the meaning behind each color in the original design.

As it has in previous years, the Cortez City Council last week passed a proclamation declaring June as Pride Month for LGBTQS+ people. This time, however, the proclamation drew objections from two council members.

A collective of bike enthusiasts in rural Montezuma County, Colorado wants to open up outdoors spaces to more folks in the LGBTQ+ community. They see it as a good alternative to more well established queer gathering places like bars and clubs.

The 22-year-old accused of carrying out a mass shooting over the weekend at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs appeared in court Wednesday afternoon. And Colorado State Representative Barbara McLachlan says the escalating anti-LGBTQ rhetoric we've been seeing is extremely dangerous.

Cortez Mayor Rachel Medina made a statement at Tuesday’s city council meeting about the recent cancellation of a local LGBTQ pride event. The council also approved Juneteenth as an official city holiday gave the go ahead for the Fourth of July fireworks show in Parque De Vida.

An in-person performance celebrating LGBTQ pride month in Cortez has been canceled due to intimidation attempts and security concerns.

Confections bakery in Lufkin, Texas lost customers after posting a picture of its rainbow-iced Pride Month cookies. It's now being flooded with orders and donations, and paying them forward.

The controversial law bars transgender females from playing on female sports teams at public schools. Democrats and LGBTQ advocates said the law is discriminatory and will be challenged in court.