NACCS vs. Colorado’s Anti-GLB Amendment 2, 1992-1996

Opening Plenary Session: 50 Years of Activist Scholarship

Abstract

This article presents the national precursors to Amendment 2 in Colorado, including some of the major groups promoting such amendments and propositions. I discuss the history of Amendment 2 (aka “Romer v. Evans”) in Colorado, approved by the voters in November 1992, stayed by an injunction in January 1993, overturned by the Colorado Supreme Court in 1994, and found unconstitutional, based on the 14th Amendment, by the United States Supreme Court in 1996. I discuss the involvement by NACCS as an Amicus filer in the Education Amicus Brief, the NACCS boycott of Colorado and its aftermath, and examples of the current situation of the GLBTQIA+ community in Colorado.