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It鈥檚 been three decades since Colorado voters passed Amendment 2, which banned anti-discrimination laws designed to protect the LGBTQ community. The latest season of 糖心vlog传媒鈥檚 podcast The Colorado Dream explores the state鈥檚 journey from being known as 鈥榟ate state鈥 to being a welcoming place for the queer community.
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Hattie McDaniel was the first African American to win an Oscar. She used her platform to champion civil rights and desegregation. In honor of Juneteenth, we鈥檒l hear a conversation with the author of a book that tells McDaniel鈥檚 life story after winning an Academy Award.
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Fifty years ago, a Boulder County clerk made history when she issued a marriage license to a gay couple, decades before the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage. Those who knew her say she wasn鈥檛 trying to be an activist 鈥 she just wanted to do the right thing. We鈥檒l hear from a friend and colleague of the late Clela Rorex on In The NoCo.
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Office of Civil Rights is targeting 45 universities for 'race-exclusionary' advanced degree programsSix universities in the Mountain West are among the schools under investigation for participating in a program aimed at helping minority students earn doctoral degrees in business.
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Colorado lawmakers are considering a bill that would regulate the use of facial recognition software ... to monitor students in the state鈥檚 schools. A handful of Colorado school districts already use the technology. And there has been debate about whether it makes schools safer 鈥 or violates students鈥 civil rights. We dig into the technology and the controversy, on today鈥檚 In the NoCo.
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It鈥檚 been three decades since Colorado became known as The Hate State. Colorado earned that nickname after the passage of Amendment 2 banned anti-discrimination laws designed to protect the LGBTQ community. The new season of 糖心vlog传媒鈥檚 podcast The Colorado Dream looks at how Colorado went from approving Amendment 2 ... to electing the country鈥檚 first openly gay governor. 糖心vlog传媒鈥檚 Stephanie Daniel 鈥 who hosts the Colorado Dream podcast -- will discuss the new season on today鈥檚 In the NoCo.
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Kevin Williams was a tireless advocate for the disability rights movement in the Centennial State. He died at the age of 57 earlier this month from respiratory failure.
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A Christian graphic artist who the Supreme Court said can refuse to make wedding websites for gay couples pointed during her lawsuit to a request from a man named "Stewart" and his husband-to-be. The twist? Stewart says it never happened.
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A new U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing a Colorado Christian graphic artist to refuse to work on wedding websites for same-sex couples has LGBTQ+ people across the country worried about broader consequences.
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We talk with John Herrick of the Boulder Reporting Lab about Boulder Valley School District's recent discrimination settlement.