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Colorado LGBT community stories, leaders and voices

Panel Voices: Does LGBT media and culture put too much emphasis on alcohol?

OFC panelists Brandé Micheau, Michael Carr and Jen LaBarbera weigh in on this week’s question:

Queering feminism: Women paving the way for change

The feminist movement would never have been what is has without the engagement of queer and lesbian women, said Elisabeth Long, of Denver.

Westward Ho!

When I moved to Colorado two years ago, I sought opportunities that I couldn’t find in the South. Being raised in Georgia, I found it difficult to find an identity. After I graduated from college in 2009, I was unable to secure gainful employment. I moved to Colorado, thinking a change in environment would do me good.

Bucking in the blood: For these, gay rodeo is an all-around lifestyle

But still others are simply immersed in the Western culture, three parts cowboy to one part gay, and by birth or through long-held commitment have rodeo in their veins.

Panel Voices: Should LGBT people be patriotic even though we don’t have equal rights?

OFC panelists Carlos Martinez, Courtney Gray, Jen LaBarbera and Brandé Micheau weigh in on this week’s question:

Creative Eros: The generative power of sexuality in art

Whether it’s Da Vinci and Michelangelo expressing homoeroticism through religious paintings, or Robert Mapplethorpe forcing the public to define their fears, art has always been the canal of human expression for all things wonderful and horrible, sex being the river that flows through it.

After 42 years together, our first Pride

Remember, I am so old that I can remember when we snuck into the three gay bars in Denver. Back then we would never have thought of a PrideFest attended by 300,000; much less likely than going to the moon.

Colorado civil union supporters launch committee to unseat anti-gay lawmakers

LGBT community leaders are hoping a strategy to used in New York to unseat anti-gay lawmakers will work in Colorado. The group’s aim is to help elect leaders who will support civil unions.

Blow the fellas out of the water with these summer swimsuit trends

These swimwear options are so sizzling, they’ll have you taking a dip just to cool off from the hot looks you’ll get.

Amy Ray of The Indigo Girls on gay rights, Pride and the president

Out Front Colorado interviewed Amy Ray, who spoke in her signature throaty voice about touring, gay marriage, relationship “merit badges” and what she is looking forward to about her Colorado trip.