CULTURE
Consider What You Think a Cowboy Is. Now, Change It.
Growing up in the West taught me that being a cowboy has less to do with how you look and more to do with who you show up for.
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CULTURE
Consider What You Think a Cowboy Is. Now, Change It.
Growing up in the West taught me that being a cowboy has less to do with how you look and more to do with who you show up for.
Audio
Colorado’s ‘Hate State’ Playbook Is Back on the Ballot
In the final episode of Hate State: The tactics behind 1992’s Amendment 2 never went away, and next week’s votes on a trans sports ban and a ban on gender-affirming care for minors could make Colorado the first blue state to pass such measures.
The Bathroom Has Always Been Where America Fights About Who Belongs
Historian Bryant Simon writes on a century of bathroom panic, from gay entrapment campaigns to Jim Crow to today’s anti-trans bills, and why he thinks single-user stalls are the fix.
POLITICS
Prop 134 and 135 Backers Say They’re Protecting Kids, but Trans Youth Say No One Asked Them
Protect Kids Colorado is pushing two ballot measures in the name of children. The young people they would govern say their voices have been left out.
CULTURE
Neighbor Takes Fight Over Gay Leather Bar's Liquor License to Court
A neighboring property owner to Barracks Bar Phoenix wants a judge to undo the state's approval of its liquor license, putting the future of a community leather space in continued limbo.
FROM THE MAGAZINE
What Happens When Zines Become Dangerous?
Two zine organizers in Colorado and Arizona talk on the politics of self-publishing across borders and how zines — especially in a world where zines are grounds for prosecution — are just as important today as they were decades ago.
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Know Your Rights: What Arizona’s LGBTQ+ Voters Should Know Before Election Day
Arizona queer and trans voters: know your ID options, your right to a provisional ballot, key deadlines, and Election Protection hotlines before November 3.
ELECTIONS
She Rejected and Isolated Her Son for Being Gay. Now, Kelli Anderson Wants To Oversee Queen Creek Schoolchildren.
Shane Anderson described his mother physically isolating and verbally abusing him after he came out as gay, as well as making threats to other school-aged youth.
Audio
How Colorado Swings Between Battleground and Playground for LGBTQ+ Civil Rights.
In Episode 2 of Hate State: Amendment 2 heads to the U.S. Supreme Court, and how Colorado went from a battleground over gay rights to a testing ground for a new generation of anti-LGBTQ+ legal challenges.
Audio
Colorado Was Once the ‘Hate State.’ A New Podcast Examines How Its Anti-LGBTQ+ Playbook Went National.
LOOKOUT’s first narrative audio series traces how Colorado’s history of anti-LGBTQ+ politics helped shape a strategy now being deployed against transgender people across the country.
Audio
How Colorado Helped Build the Anti-LGBTQ+ Playbook
In 1992, Colorado became known as the “Hate State” after voters approved an amendment targeting LGBTQ+ rights, setting the stage for a political playbook that continues to shape the fight for equality today.
POLITICS
The Man Behind the Anti-Trans Ballot Machine
Tim Mooney has spent years turning contentious political fights into ballot questions. Now, his operation is targeting transgender rights in the southwest.