GLBT CIVIL RIGHTS IN COLORADO

Colorado Adoption Law
Colorado permits single GLBT people to adopt and does not explicitly prohibit same-sex couples from adopting. A person cannot adopt his or her same-sex partner's adopted child.

Colorado Birth Certificate Law: Gender Identity Issues
Colorado permits post-operative transsexuals to amend their sex on their birth certificates.

Colorado Custody and Visitation Law
Courts typically will not consider a parent's sexual orientation or gender identity in custody and visitation determinations unless it is shown to adversely affect or harm the children. Courts will allow a former same-sex partner (with no legal or biological relationship to the children) to petition for parental responsibilities.

Colorado Donor Insemination Law
Colorado law permits unmarried women to undergo donor insemination.

Colorado Hate Crimes Law
State law covers hate crimes based on gender identity and sexual orientation.

Colorado Marriage/Relationship Recognition Law
Colorado law and the state constitution both purport to ban recognition of marriages between same-sex couples. There are no other forms of relationship recognition for same-sex couples in state law or policies.

Colorado Non-Discrimination Law
Colorado law does not address discrimination based on sexual orientation. In some cases, however, gender identity is protected.

Colorado School Law
Colorado law does not address school issues relating to sexual orientation or gender identity.

Colorado Sodomy Law
The Colorado sodomy law was repealed in 1972.

Colorado Surrogacy Law
There is no provision on surrogacy in Colorado state law.

*Information provided by the Human Rights Campaign - http://www.hrc.org/

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