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.
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POLITICS
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
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.
POLITICS
The Strategy That Gave Colorado Its “Hate State” Moniker is Being Repeated — And Tested, Again
Propositions 134 and 135 revive a 30-year-old fight in Colorado over whether the rights of a politically vulnerable LGBTQ+ group should be put directly to voters.
CULTURE
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.
CULTURE
Venture-N Shooting Showed Limits of National Coverage of Anti-LGBTQ+ Violence
The Tucson attack generated widespread coverage, but an analysis shows how quickly national attention faded as the community confronted its aftermath.
CULTURE
A Tucson Pride Festival Could Reemerge. But Does Anyone Want It?
After Tucson Pride collapsed amid debt and years of questions about accountability, queer groups are charting different paths forward.
CULTURE
They Buried Their Friends. Then They Danced.
Four days after Tucson mourned two men killed in a hate-related shooting, hundreds of LGBTQ+ people gathered to celebrate, and to grieve.
SAFETY
SAFETY
‘A Place Where Nobody Can Hear You Scream’: Witnesses Describe Border Patrol Crackdown At Lochiel
After a raid, a seven-hour standoff and the felling of four cottonwoods, activists say they’re staying put. Overnight, agents moved on the last tree-sitter in Mexico.
SAFETY
After Months Protecting a Cottonwood That Delayed Border Wall Construction, Feds Arrest Dozens
Border Patrol agents arrested people protecting the tree Monday morning, ending a months-long protest.
SAFETY
Prison That Didn’t Report Sex Abuse Allegation Against Staffer to Reopen as ICE Camp
A whistleblower says the warden didn’t make a federally required disclosure. Now the company is turning the Arizona prison into an ICE jail.
SAFETY
Police Report Details Planning and Motivations of Venture-N Shooter
The report shows a highly detailed plan of attack against gay men, and a manifesto that planned to kill as many of them as possible.
HEALTH
HEALTH
Arizona Has a Homeless Youth Problem. But How Big Is Hard to Pin Down.
The state’s official tally says 677 young people lack housing. Advocates say that number misses thousands living on couches, moving between shelters and trying to stay hidden.
HEALTH
It’s 90 Degrees At Night. Where are Phoenix’s Homeless Supposed To Go?
When the libraries close and the cooling centers shut down, there’s nowhere left to hide from the heat. Six Phoenix residents told us how they survive the night on the streets.
HEALTH
Phoenix City Council Votes To Restrict Food, Medical Care in Parks
Council makes sweeping restrictions on harm reduction outreach and food distribution at city parks — a move critics say will cost lives.
HEALTH
These People Publicly Injected Hormones to Make a Statement
At a public hormone injection event in Tucson, participants challenged stigma and growing political attacks on gender-affirming care.
ESPANOL
ESPANOL
La letra pequeña detrás de “Demócratas por Biggs”
Una ola de letreros en el área metropolitana de Phoenix afirma que los demócratas apoyan a Andy Biggs. La letra pequeña apunta a un grupo de activismo conservador.
ESPANOL
La Patrulla Fronteriza planea nueva estación cerca de Tucson
Una carta de CBP obtenida por LOOKOUT revela planes para una estación de la Patrulla Fronteriza de 87 acres en el sur de Arizona que, según la agencia, ayudará a aumentar los arrestos.
ESPANOL
Un bar gay vuelve a abrir sus puertas después de una masacre
En Venture-N, amigos de Cameron Capara y Vincent Siqueiros regresaron para llorar, recordar y recuperar el lugar que consideran su hogar.
ESPANOL
FOTOS: La comunidad de Tucson se reúne para llorar y exigir acciones tras el tiroteo en Venture-N
Más de 1,000 personas llenaron Catalina Park el miércoles para recordar a Cameron Capara y Vincent Siqueiros y llamar la atención sobre la violencia contra las personas LGBTQ+ y la violencia armada.
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