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SpeakOUT from Mayor Michael Hancock: Liberty and justice for all

It’s impossible to miss the winds of change sweeping across America and Colorado in recent days. From the White House to our Statehouse, the clarion call to extend basic civil rights to same-sex couples has never been louder.

HeinzeSight: 10 bad gay dating habits

ot only can these 10 dating don’ts cause frustration, but they also keep people from connecting and building relationships. Some of these happen to us, or we may be the perpetrators.

Take a deep breath, and back away from the cell phone

She interrupts the order with her hand in the air, a referee’s “timeout,” and an urgent call from her friend Susan, who, incidentally, is also eating at California Pizza Kitchen. The event necessitates unending giggles, followed inevitably by, “Really? No way! Oh my gawsh! That’s crazeeeeeeee!”

CIVIL UNION RALLY: Act now, or forever hold your peace

Now you have a second chance to stand up for your rights and send a message to Speaker of the House Frank McNulty, Majority Leader Amy Stephens and chairman of the House Appropriations Committee Jon Becker: The time has come for civil unions.

Self-esteem after a sexual identity theft

Stolen Pics: To my horror, there was I, in the Denver “m4m” section as “Jocked Fun,” in some very revealing undergear.

Baby it’s just me and you, and the Roth IRA

How do your spending habits change when you’re in a relationship? Sometimes it could be useful if a voice, other than your mother, asked you if you really need to be spending that much.

Salam: Boy meets girl meets girl

I did what depressed, confused girls needing affection and attention do; I bought into it, but not fully until my first long-term relationship with a boy ended. That boy is very important to my story. We were together for almost two years. I loved him; he loved me. He was a “good ol’ boy” (as they say in Kentucky), and he is gay.

Civil union bill heads to the House: The time has come for you to stand up for your rights

There’s always hope. And this time hope’s name is Rep. Brian DelGrosso of Loveland. DelGrosso, unlike other Republicans on the committee, has vocalized the possibility his ‘nay’ can become an ‘yea.’

SpeakOUT: Don’t take no for an answer

I wanted to be a cop, but people like me did not become cops. There were too many “not enoughs” – not tall enough, not strong enough and not straight enough. I decided to study psychology my first year in college. That was a waste and I was not happy. If being gay was “just a phase” like the Catholic Church made me believe, I figured I could become a cop anyway, and these feelings would pass. So I decided to try.

The diary of a lesbian fashionista

When I heard that the Yves Saint Laurent retrospective was coming to Denver, and only…