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Courtney Mitchell, 41, and Sarah Welton, 48, from Denver, Colorado, celebrated in a Hindu Nepalese tradition at the Dakshinkali temple south of Katmandu, the capital of the Himalayan nation. Local gay rights activists and supporters cheered the ceremony attended by their close friends.
Heinze received a standing ovation for his speech and placed fourth in this year’s IML competition. The IML winner was Eric Guttierez (Mr. Leather Europe, 2010), Douglas Pamplin (Mr. Mid-Atlantic Leather 2011) placed first runner up and second runner up was awarded to Anthony Rollar (Mr. San Diego Leather 2010).
SAGE of the Rockies, the elders program at the GLBT Community Center will march and ride in the Sunday parade, have information available and designate a spot for seniors to take a break from the hubbub.
Later this year, the United States military is poised to repeal the policy known as Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. Since its inception in 1992, critics have called it discriminatory, forbidding gays, lesbains and transgender individuals from serving their country openly, as they are. This June, led by the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, Colorado LGBT veterans will march as grand marshals in the PrideFest parade.
About a third of Denver’s 300,000 registered voters had cast ballots by late Tuesday, and unofficial, early totals showed Hancock leading Romer 57 percent to 43 percent, or 49,957 votes to 38,290.
Speaking to a crowd of about 45 people on the west steps of the Capitol, Wendy Alfredsen said she wants her daughter back home, with her, in Colorado and wants to see state, federal and international laws changed so no one has to endure the same heartache she’s experienced.
The winner of the all-mail election will be sworn in July 18, replacing interim Mayor Guillermo “Bill” Vidal. Denver’s last full-term mayor, Democrat John Hickenlooper, became Colorado’s governor in January.
Kyle Fredin, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Denver, said Monday that a ridge of high pressure was carrying the smoke as far away as central Iowa. He said the smoke was also hitting eastern Colorado — where it obscured the view of the mountains from downtown Denver — as well as New Mexico, Nebraska and Kansas.
In May, Project Visibility — a cultural competency training program aimed at administrators and staff of nursing homes, assisted-living residences, home care agencies and other senior service providers — landed a $100,000 grant from The Theodore and Chandos Rice Charitable Foundation to continue developing the award-winning program launched in 2004 to benefit LGBT elders.
You can get your Pride on a week early this year. And probably next year…
