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News stories with Rep. Titone (most recent at top)

2023

JUNE 2023

• CBS News: Colorado Rep. Brianna Titone, state's first transgender lawmaker, works to change hearts and minds

• NPR: Colorado pushes ahead in green hydrogen — a new technology to curb global warming

• Colorado Public Radio: Colorado Republicans go after 4 party members who signed a letter in support of trans Montana lawmaker

• Washington Blade: Trans Colo. State Rep. Titone shares lessons from legislative victories

• Colorado Newsline: State lawmakers represent Colorado at White House event on reproductive rights

• ABC News: A year after Roe's overturning, here are the states working to strengthen abortion access

• Colorado Newsline: ‘A beacon of hope:’ Colorado sees historic LGBTQ representation amid national attacks

• Colorado Politics: Colorado GOP reprimands elected Republicans for signing letter that backed banned Montana lawmaker

• Julie Mason Show on SiriusXM: Representative Brianna Titone on Reproductive Rights

• MSNBC: Jonathan Capehart: Defending Pride Special

• Colorado Politics: Top 10 Capitol quotes | 2023 LEGISLATIVE SESSION

• Colorado Politics: Who's got the juice — and who doesn't | 2023 LEGISLATIVE SESSION

• Colorado Times Recorder: Republicans Reflect on Legislative Session 

May 2023

• Colorado Gazette: Sine Die couldn't have come soon enough

• News4 Nevada: Disabled Nevadans fight for the right to repair electric wheelchairs

• KUNC: Colorado farmers and ranchers haven’t been able to repair their own equipment, until now

• Ambrook Research: Colorado Became the First Right-to-Repair State — Who’s Next?

• NPR Weekend Edition: Colorado is the first to pass a law allowing farmers to repair their own equipment

• Washington Post: Trans lawmaker Rep. Brianna Titone tried not to stand out. Then a gunman killed 5 at Club Q (MUST READ)

• Washington Post: Opinion: Why 'right to repair' could be the next big political movement

• Colorado Sun: Colorado hospitals that won’t allow women to get their tubes tied, provide gender-affirming care will have to say so publicly

• Colorado Newsline: Montana Rep. Zephyr’s removal condemned in letter from Rep. Titone and dozens of Colorado elected officials

• Politico: Right to repair notches a big win in Colorado

APRIL 2023

• 9News: Dinosaur license plate could be coming to Colorado

• Washington Post: Clinic says promise not to enforce abortion law not enough

• ABC News/Good Morning America: Bills in Colorado aim to strengthen access to abortion, gender-affirming care

• NBC Right Now: Colorado becomes 1st to pass ‘right to repair’ for farmers

• Complete Colorado: Let’s try some acceptance for transgender Coloradans

• Fox31/KDVR: Jurassic-themed license plate could end up on your car

• Kool 107.9: Colorado Digs This Dinosaur License Plate and We Need It Now

• Big News Network: First-in-US law in Colorado allows farmers to repair own equipment

• Ag Information Network: Right to Repair Bill Approved by Colorado Legislature

  Out Front Magazine: Colorado Now Has the Most Openly LGBTQ+ members Serving in It’s State Legislature

March 2023

• RMPBS: The 'lose-lose' fight between an ex-Bronco and his HOA

• RMPBS: Are Colorado’s efforts to curb HOA foreclosures working?

• Truthout: CO Dems Introduce Bills That Would Protect Abortion and Gender-Affirming Care

• RMPBS: Colorado Democrats announce abortion, gender-affirming care protections

• Colorado Newsline: Bills to protect abortion rights, out-of-state patients announced by Colorado Democrats

• KUNC: 'In Colorado, we got your back': Bills would add protections for abortion and gender-affirming care

• Colorado Newsline: Bigotry has no place in the Colorado House

• CPR: Colorado could offer new legal protections to patients who travel to the state to access abortion and gender-affirming care under a new bill

• AP/Washington Post: Colorado Democrats to bolster haven against abortion bans

• Denver 7: Colorado Democrats unveil package of bills to protect abortion access in the state

• Bloomberg: State Right-to-Repair Proposals Pit Consumers Against Companies

• Sterling Journal-Advocate: Rural legislators at odds with farmers over ‘right to repair' bill

• Denver Post: Colorado’s only trans lawmaker slams GOP for anti-trans statements: “I am your equal”

• CBS: Colorado's first transgender representative responds to comments on house floor

FEBRUARY 2023

• Rocky Mountain PBS: Annual LGBTQ+ lobby day falls on same day as bill attempting to ban trans youth from sports

• Denver7: Colorado lawmakers debate bill that would create 'right to repair' for farm equipment

• Denver 7: Bill aiming to hold HOAs, metro districts accountable has first committee hearing

• AP/Washington Post: 11 States Consider 'Right to Repair' for Farming Equipment

• Denver7: Colorado lawmakers debate bill that would create 'right to repair' for farm equipment

• 9News: Farmers and state lawmakers seek 'right to repair' their own equipment to save money

• Colorado Politics: Colorado advances bill on right to repair agricultural equipment

• Fox31: Right-to-repair bill for agricultural equipment set for debate soon

• Boston Globe: Trans and nonbinary lawmakers made history in 2022. They’re already having to defend their very existence.

January 2023

• Fox 31: Family’s $2,500 hospital charge, reduced after Problem Solvers get involved

• Colorado Springs Gazette:  Meet your new Colorado House of Representatives leadership

• Fox 31:  LGBTQ community shares concerns with Crow after Club Q shooting

• Complete Colorado Page 2: Freshman Republican signs on with Democrats for ‘right to repair’ farm equipment bill

• Fox31: LGBTQ community shares concerns with Crow after Club Q shooting

• Colorado Politics: Meet your new Colorado House of Representatives leadership

• Fox31: Family’s $2,500 hospital charge reduced after Problem Solvers get involved

• Denver Post: Colorado now second state to have a majority of women in the statehouse as session begins

• ABC News: Lawmakers work to protect families who travel for gender-affirming care

• Axios: Capitol Pulse: All the historic firsts from the 2023 Colorado Legislature

• Colorado Sun: Opinion: Rep. Titone: Antisemitism is dangerously close to becoming mainstreamed

• Axios: Capitol Pulse: All the historic firsts from the 2023 Colorado Legislature

• CPR: State Rep. Brianna Titone is working on a bill to protect families who come to Colorado for gender-affirming care

• NPR/All Things Considered: Colorado State Rep. says the Club Q shooting shows the impact of anti-LGBTQ actions 

• The 19th: Colorado Springs shooting brings even greater sense of devastation so close to Trans Day of Remembrance

• MSNBC/The Reid Out:  https://twitter.com/thereidout/status/1594852068288004096?s=20&t=kFH9yMBMm1XTvxNUe1yHiw

• MSNBC/Jose Diaz Balart:  https://twitter.com/JDBalartMSNBC/status/1595121888404983808

• MSNBC/American Voices:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyD3liDUuAM

• KUNC: Shooting at Colorado Springs Nightclub Follows a Rise in Anti-LGBTQ Rhetoric

• 9News:  https://twitter.com/kyleclark/status/1594929517038301184?s=42&t=XM4yiZs1Qpfx-ttdr3huDA

• Newsy:  https://video.snapstream.net/Play/63W9Jq5EiKjmfoDrUuhEEw?accessToken=w5zn81tvfd4n

• NBC News Now/Meet the Press:  https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1595165029157916672

• Fox31:  Anti-LGBTQ Crimes Skyrocket - Titone and Pico Respond

• Denver 7:  LGBTQ Advocates Say Hateful Rhetoric Has Ramped Up Over the Past Year

• KNX/Los Angeles: Grief and Mourning in Colorado Springs Following the Club Q Mass Shooting

• Channel Q:  https://omny.fm/shows/the-morning-beat-w-aj-mikalah/11-22-the-causes-of-lgbtq-violence-what-it-will-ta?in_playlist=podcast
  
  

  2022

• CPR: State Rep. Brianna Titone is working on a bill to protect families who come to Colorado for gender-affirming care

• The 19th News: Colorado Springs shooting brings even greater sense of devastation so close to Trans Day of Remembrance

• RMPBS: Colorado regulators can't investigate HOA management companies - Rocky Mountain PBS

• CPR: Three of Colorado’s Republican congressional candidates welcomed support from a PAC fighting to limit or ban trans women in sports

• Colorado Newsline: Senate bill protecting out-of-state travel for abortion backed by Hickenlooper, Bennet

• Victory Fund: June 28th victories! – LGBTQ Victory Fund

• LGBTQ Nation: LGBTQ lawmakers win primaries in 3 states

• Colorado Newsline: If Obergefell were overturned, legal same-sex marriage not guaranteed for Coloradans

• Colorado Sun: Leading Colorado LGBTQ lawmakers find Pride — and insight — in Israel

• Colorado Newsline: Tampon shortage shows neglect of menstrual equity issues, Colorado advocates say

• LGBTQ Nation: Out Gov. Jared Polis signs new law to learn more about LGBTQ health

• Annenberg Media: We're not going back to zero' Transgender politicians are challenging the status quo

• Colorado Sun: Colorado set to become first state with right-to-repair wheelchair law

• Washington Post:These LGBTQ lawmakers want to make their states a refuge for trans kids

• Yellow Scene: Roe v Wade Supreme Court leaked documents turns out thousands in Denver

• Colorado Newsline: New health benefit mandates would get more scrutiny under proposed law

• Press Release: LGBTQ Lawmakers in 19 States Have or Will Introduce Laws to Protect Trans Kids from Civil ...

• AP/Colorado Sun: Lawmakers in 19 states, including Colorado, want legal refuge for trans youth

• Colorado Politics: Polis signs bills to protect sex workers from violence, keep people with mental health issues out of jail

• KRDO: Colorado passes Right to Repair bill for wheelchairs - KRDO

• Spot On Colorado: Clean Air Is A Right That Belongs To All Of Us': Governor Polis Announces Aggressive Plan ...

• YouTube: State Rep. Brianna Titone talks about Transgender Day of Visibility - YouTube

• Colorado Politics: Colorado legislature honors Transgender Day of Visibility: 'You are safe here'

• 9News: Trans Day of Visibility: An interview with Colorado's first trans lawmaker | 9news.com

• Westword: Sex Worker Safety Colorado Bill Update | Westword

• 9News: Colorado House unanimously passes bill to protect sex workers from violent crime

• Colrado Public Radio: Bill to protect sex workers reporting crimes passes the Colorado House unanimously

• Colorado Politics: Colorado House advances bill to protect sex workers from violent crime

• Denver 7: Bill that would create safe reporting for sex workers clears first committee test

• 9News:Colorado lawmakers introduce bill providing protection for sex workers who report crimes

• Denver Post: “Brutalized with little recourse”: Colorado lawmakers take a first step to protect sex workers

• Denver Post: Why families facing anti-transgender persecution are moving to Colorado - The Denver Post

• Denver 7: Taking HOAs to court can be costly, time-consuming

• Colorado Sun: Colorado abortion-access bill clears second hurdle after 24 hours of debate

• Colorado TImes Recorder: Democrats Defeat 'Truly Disgusting' Abortion Ban at Colorado Capitol

• MSNBC: How trans lawmaker Brianna Titone is representing more than her district - MSNBC News

• Colorado Public Radio: Their job is to represent you at the state capitol — but they're also running for higher office this year

• Tagg Magazine: https://taggmagazine.com/rainbow-wave-lgbtq-politicians/

• Colorado Politics: Dominoes: State Rep. Lisa Cutter declares she's in for Senate District 20

• ConnPIRG: Examining Google's repair track-record as shareholders call for change | ConnPIRG

• LGBTQ Nation: Delta allegedly refused to let a non-binary customer fly despite valid ID & documents / LGBTQ Nation

2021

• Colorado Newsline: Colorado GOP wants to normalize anti-trans hate

• Outtake: Worldwide LGBTQ Leaders Conference - OUTTAKE BLOG™

• MSNBC: How trans lawmaker Brianna Titone is representing more than her district

• Colorado Newsline: End tissue donation policy that discriminates against gay men, write Neguse, Crow, Bennet

• Pagosa Daily Post: New State Agency to Oversee Colorado Apprenticeship Programs

• QNS: Community members gather for Trans Day of Remembrance candlelight vigil in Corona Plaza

• CNN: This Colorado community was proof an all-electric, net-zero future is possible. Now that vision is under siege

• Colorado Newsline: We have a moral responsibility to take bold climate action now (my op-ed)

• Colorado Politics: Colorado Concern names In The Arena leadership awards

• Colorado Politics: Titone honored for bill on agency rulemaking search engine

• HuffPost: Colorado Will Require Some Health Insurance Plans To Cover Gender-Affirming Care

• Arvada Press: Colorado becomes first state to include gender affirming health care

• ABC News: Feds OK Colorado plan to cover gender-affirming care

• Denver Gazette: Colorado's left focuses on diversity and building the bench

• Colorado Newsline: Colorado artists and arts organizations urged to apply for state relief funds

• Colorado Times Recorder: GOP Senate Candidate Eli Bremer Compares Trans Athletes Competing in Women’s Sports to Nassar Abuse

• The Gazette: INSIGHTS | House trailblazer Brianna Titone burns up the political spaces **Must read

• Colorado Newsline: Human composting is coming to Denver

• Colorado Sun: How programs across Colorado aim to end “period poverty” with free tampons and pads

• Fox21 News: 39 Colorado legislators express support of abortion rights

• Colorado Sun: Can anyone keep climate-friendly homes off the gas grid? A community in Arvada is trying.

• Arvada Press: We need to protect sustainable housing in Arvada (my op-ed)

• New York Times: As redistricting process begins, advocates push for states to keep L.G.B.T.Q. communities in mind.

• Politico: LGBTQ advocates target a new way to grow political power: Redistricting

• Arvada Press: Parasol Patrol shields Arvada churchgoers from homophobic picket

• Denver Post: Free tampons, menstrual products coming to Colorado K-12 school bathrooms

• Colorado Gazette: Gov. Jared Polis signs 14 health care bills into law

• CBS 4 Denver: Under First-In-The-Nation Law, Coloradans To Receive Annual Mental Wellness Exams At No Cost

• Arvada Press: Q & A: Rep. Brianna Titone

• Arvada Press: Arvada United Methodist Church holds Pride Month Celebration

• People Magazine: Human Composting, a New End-of-Life Choice, Turns Bodies Into Soil: 'Rejoin the Natural Cycle'

• Colorado Politics: Polis signs six more state stimulus bills into law

• Denver Business Journal: Colorado creating portal to allow more business-friendly access to state rule-making

• Colorado Times Recorder: CO State Reps. Brianna Titone and Mark Baisley Show Value and Limits of Bipartisanship

• Denver 7: LGBTQ lawmakers reflect on growing diversity at the state Capitol

• 5280 Magazine: Colorado Legislators Leslie Herod and Brianna Titone Talk Pride and Politics

• 5280 Magazine: A New LGBTQ Bar Is Changing the Narrative in Colorado Springs

• Colorado Politics: Sine Die can't come soon enough

• Colorado Politics: Empowering The Public To Help Write The Rules

• CPR News: An Accidental ‘Yes’ Vote On A Gun Bill Has Some Calling For The Top Colorado House Republican To Step Down

• Bloomberg: Microsoft and Apple Wage War on Gadget Right-to-Repair Laws

• CPR News: Contentious Remarks About Race At The Colorado Capitol Have Led To Calls To ‘Reset The Tone’ 

• Denver Post: Free menstrual products for certain Colorado schools possible under new bill

• 9 News Denver: Colorado Considering Bill That Would Require Insurance To Cover Annual Mental Health Exams

• CBS News Denver: District Attorney Shares Mental Health Struggles And Pushes For Access To Care

• Colorado Politics: House Advances Insurance For Mental Health Screenings

• Kiow County Press: Colorado Lawmakers Introduce Additional Stimulus Legislation

• Baltimore Sun: Human Remains Could Soon Become Compost In Colorado

• People Magazine: Human Composting? Colorado Could Become Second State to Legalize Turning Your Body Into Soil After Death

• GreenMatters.com: Colorado To Become Second State to Legalize Human Composting

• Colorado Politics: Capitol M: Week of April 17, 2021 | Groan-worthy edition

• Denver Gazzette: COLORADO REACTS | Politicos on the verdict of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin

• Colorado Politics: Republican Rep. Marc Catlin named vice chair of Dem-controlled House Ag in unprecedented move

• Colorado Politics: CAPITOL M, week of April 24 | An edition full of oinks and corn

• NBC News: For LGBTQ Women, Running For Office Ranges From "difficult" to "threatening"

• Colorado Politics: A need for well-being: Hard times yield good prospects for Colorado's mental health care

• Denver Post: Colorado looks to legalize human composting- yes, your dead body could become garden soil

• Late Night with Stephen Colbert: Quarantinewhile: Stephen Colbert talks about natural organic reduction bill

• Colorado Politics: After months of negotiations, public option bill finally headed to its first hearing

• Westword: Transgender Visibility Needs To Go Beyond Media Favorites (my op-ed)

• Denver 7: HOA Turf War: Broomfield orders homeowners remove unapproved artificial turf

• Colorado Politics: House passes anti-discrimination bill despite Republican filibuster citing Masterpiece Cakeshop case

• 5280 Magazine: Colorado Legislators Leslie Herod and Brianna Titone Talk Pride and Politics

• ColoradoPols.com: Colorado GOP Eagerly Embraces Newest Transgender Hate Fad

• Denver Post: Ban plastic bags? Put millions toward recycling? Or do both? Colorado lawmakers deal with competing bills

• Colorado Springs Independent: 9 Stories Making Headlines This Week

• Colorado Politics: Titone to chair the Legislative LGBTQ Caucus

• CO House Democrats: Titone's Broadband Expansion Moves Forward

• Denver Post: Opinion: Lauren Boebert’s anti-transgender speech perpetuates very dangerous tropes, increasing risk of violence (my op-ed)

• The Daily Sentinel: Aliens, wolves and broadband on Lege radar

• Metro Weekly: Transgender Lawmakers Condemn Tuberville Amendment and Urge Passage of Equality Act

• Colorado Politics: Titone to chair the legislative LGBTQ Caucus

• CPR News: LGBTQ Colorado Politicians Condemn Lauren Boebert’s Trans Youth Remarks

• KDVR: Bill seeking to better hold careless drivers accountable advances at Colorado Capitol

• Colorado Springs Independent: 2021 Legislative Session: Some Bills to Watch

• KDVR: Human composting being considered in Colorado

• Colorado Politics: General Assembly returns to state Capitol after five-week hiatus

• Inquirer.net: LGBT politicians break barriers across US in historic election wins

• The Gazzette: PHOTOS: Opening Day of State Legislature 2021

• Denver Post: Denver Public Schools stocks campuses with free tampons and pads for students

• NowThis News: Now This: Meet Some of America's Newly Elected LGBTQ+ Candidates

• Colorado Politics: LEGISLATIVE PREVIEW 2021 | Who's hot, who's not among lawmakers going into the session

• Colorado Sun: Colorado’s unemployment system is so overwhelmed that strangers have resorted to helping each other

• Global Times: LGBT politicians break barriers across US in historic election wins

  2020

• MTV News: BIG WINS BEYOND THE PRESIDENCY: MEET THE TRAILBLAZING WOMEN ELECTED TO CONGRESS

• The Guardian: Denver Mayor apologizes after flying for Thanksgiving against his own advice

• HRC.org: HRC Celebrates LGBTQ History Month By Honoring These Trailblazing Candidates

• CPR News: Colorado’s First Trans Lawmaker Targeted With Anti-LGBTQ Campaign Ads

• Westword: Brianna Titone on GOP Transphobic Attack Ads and Speaking Out

• Colorado Politics: House Democrats express outrage over attacks on fellow Democrat Rep. Brianna Titone

• The Golden Transcript: Attack ads fly in House District 27 seat

• Denver Post: Colorado lawmaker fights back against transphobic attack ad

• CBS Denver: Arvada West High School Senior Julia Trujillo Named National Gold Award Girl Scout

• Colorado Sun: Nicolais: The ad attacking Brianna Titone is an ugly miscalculation