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Colorado LGBT community stories, leaders and voices

Panel Voices: How does the LGBT movement relate to the Civil Rights movement?

Katina Banks, George Gramer, Elizabeth Long and Phil Nash weigh in on this week’s question. 

Speak Out: CouncilMom Kniech on a life that’s fabulously ordinary

Long, long ago, in a land far away called Iowa, I went to college. The Bisexual Gay and Lesbian Alliance of Drake University, aka BGLAD, was the first community where I felt I really belonged. Rarely one to take the easy path when a much more difficult one can be found, I worked with BGLAD to design a Homophobia/Heterosexism workshop for the Greek system, which they actually agreed to let us present to fraternities and sororities.

Colorado House appoints Ferrandino speaker, first for gay man in state

Mark Ferrandino became the first openly gay man to serve as Colorado’s Speaker of the House. He’s joined by seven other out gay and lesbian lawmakers at the Colorado General Assembly.

‘War Horse’ at the Buell Theatre highlights the art of puppeteering

Surprisingly unique about War Horse is that the main character is, as the play’s title…

Sunny with a dark side: Extremes meet with local indie band Varlet

Varlet is a study in contradiction.

Their songs are chippy and quaint, yet the lyrics are X-rated. Their singer was an American Idol star, yet is now treasured by hipsters that hate television. Their keyboard player was a classically trained musician, but dropped out to become a rocker (he’s also gay and plays in metal bands).

Panel Voices: What should the LGBT community’s New Year’s Resolution be?

George Gramer, Cecil Bethea and Phil Nash weigh in on this week’s question. 

CALLING US OUT: The LGBT community looks inward for 2013

We have community leaders, thought leaders and folks on the street telling us how they plan to make 2013 their best year yet. We asked: What’s your New Year’s resolution, and what resolution should the LGBT community have as a whole?

Speak Out: ‘Putting on the Ritz’

Carl Shepherd, my partner, now lives in a nursing home. I try to take him out to prevent bouts of cabin fever, but because I no longer drive, we have to use RTD, which is not bad considering the alternatives.

Promised Colorado civil unions bill could pass by Valentine’s Day

Steadman and out lesbian state Sen. Lucia Guzman, D-Denver, will introduce the bill in the Senate on Jan. 9, the first day of the regular session. Ferrandino and out lesbian state Rep. Sue Schafer, D-Wheat Ridge, will carry the bill in the House.

The People’s Chef: Randolph’s Jean Claude is for everyone

Jean-Claude Cavalera is a bit of iconoclast. You might say that of many chefs who have been in the business for 30-plus years, but this man – a veritable culinary maître – is a breath of fresh air in the stodgy world of egos and picture-perfect plates.