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Resident urges Fountain City Council to recognize Pride Month as anti-LGBTQ bills rise
Summary
A Fountain resident told the council April 14 that the city should formally recognize Pride Month in June, citing repeated requests and growing state-level threats to LGBTQ rights; he provided sample proclamations and asked for staff follow-up.
Steve RC, a Fountain resident who addressed the council during the public-comment period, urged city leaders to adopt an official recognition of Pride Month in June and said he has repeatedly raised the issue with candidates and elected officials.
"I want to feel safe and accepted walking down the streets of Fountain," Steve RC said, describing past attempts to ask mayoral candidates whether they would support recognition and saying the question was met with historical rhetoric and discomfort. He said he had supplied council members with a list of Pride events across Colorado and sample proclamations for their use.
RC framed the request as urgent this year, citing what he characterized as an ongoing legislative wave of bills in state legislatures around the country targeting LGBTQ rights. He said continued silence from local leaders risks signaling intent to ignore part of the community and encouraged the council to act.
Council staff acknowledged the comment and offered to provide forms and follow up information; the clerk said staff could email RC the appropriate application form for a proclamation or recognition. No formal agenda item or council vote on Pride Month recognition occurred at the meeting.
The public-comment exchange was part of a broader meeting that included presentations and several proclamations on unrelated topics. The council did not take immediate action on RC’s request and instructed staff to follow up with him on the procedural steps for submitting a proclamation or formal request.
