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President Barack Obama and his GOP opponent Gov. Mitt Romney exchanged blows on domestic issues during the first presidential debate in Denver.
Colorado LGBT community members and allies who made a difference in 2012
Aligning with a broader anti-racist movement, many people of color in the LGBT community point out the trickiness of their work: Racism can be subtle, even invisible, to all but those who it’s directed at – and sometimes even to them. Racism can be in the attitudes of partners, acquaintances and friends. It can be in people of your own race. The challenge of drawing awareness to racism where it exists within the LGBT community itself is steep.
Out Front, Colorado’s largest and oldest LGBT media organization and network, will honor 11 individuals and organizations who created change and gave back this year Oct. 6 at its inaugural Power Party.
Obama stressed the importance of economic recovery without hurting working Americans. “You can choose a future where we reduce our deficit without wrecking our middle class,” he said.
For the longest time, only gay men were considered fashionable, the LGBT community’s women relegated to cargo shorts and ill-fitting menswear.
Denver has quite a diverse and thriving BDSM and fetish scene. From the Denver Eagle (a leather bar) to Thunder in the Mountains (a yearly kink conference and event) and the upcoming Exile Party at Tracks to the multiple public and private dungeons, Colorado has its fair share of hot spots for kinksters, fetishists and those who enjoy exploring the various facets of BDSM.
For Diane Amaya, 19, Michelle Anderson, 23, and Mimi Madrid, 23, the prospect of kids having to wait for adulthood to be who they are didn’t cut it.
As Colorado embarks on it’s 25th AIDS Walk, we take a moment to recognize local citizens who have made immeasurable differences in the lives of Coloradans touched by HIV/AIDS. They’re the advocates and workers – HIV-positive and HIV-negative alike – who have given their careers, hours or efforts to slowing the virus’ spread and improving the lives of those afflicted.
