It’s 2011 — have an affair with your secretary

It’s June and you all know what that means … It’s time for all you…

Fo Co community leaders to host makeshift Pride celebration in lieu of official cancelation

A group of Fort Collins community members, coordinated by Mandi Lix, a local DJ, has…

AIDS prevention message lags three decades behind techonology, scientific breakthroughs

AIDS. It’s a four-letter word that packs a wallop. Hell, it’s not even a word.…

Power of acceptance found in “Beginners”

The gay father/straight son comedy-drama film Beginners is far too twee in its opening reel as Oliver (Ewan McGregor) talks to his late dad’s adorable Jack Russell Terrier (who answers in too cute subtitles). But stick with it. This is one of those rare films that actually improves as it unspools. By its end, Beginners is really quite moving.

Hancock, Romer make final push for votes

Denver will make the decision June 7 whether to elect a state senator with a background in business or a Denver City Council President with awareness for public service. The race tightens as the last two standing mayoral candidates, Chris Romer and Michael Hancock make their final pleas to voters.

Lesbian in runoff for Denver clerk and recorder

Debra Johnson, an out lesbian, is in the runoff for the position of Denver Clerk…

Fort Collins Pride in the Park cancelled

The Fort Collins Lambda Center has canceled its Saturday Pride festival due to financial troubles,…

Singer, devoted mother, culinary connoisseur

Lilly Duncan, a loving and talented friend, sister, mother and daughter, died May 14, 2011.…

Stuff Gay People Like: Copying lesbian haircuts

Stuff gay people like affectionately refers to these and all other hairstyles moving through a gender-neutral social phase as “bottom-tops.” Soon, each style will diverge into numerous manifestations as every kind of group adopts them differently; a slightly more restrained form of a hairdo will develop for straight men, a version with longer length will pop up for straight women and a $5,000-apiece highlighted adaptation will become popular in Hollywood.

Reflecting on 30 years of HIV/AIDS

It’s as if we are back in 1983 all over again. Fear, stigma and intentional ignorance are the norms. Only this time it’s all coming from within our own gay male community, not from the outside. We refer to ourselves and one another as “clean,” “bug-free,” or “ddf.” We isolate and alienate ourselves.