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A journey of many paths: Stories of LGBT religious lives in Colorado

To celebrate the diversity of faith and spirituality in our community, Out Front met with local LBGT members of many traditions to hear their stories

Carlita Shelton, president of University of the Rockies. Photo by Evan Semon.

Make it Work: How being able to come out LGBT on the job leads to a better career and life

There are an estimated 7 million LGBT people in the United State’s private sector workforce.…

Photo by Hans Rosemond

It’s getting better: a progress report on Colorado school climate for LGBT youth

2011 anti-bullying law and activism of youth and families raise standards, but work still needed to make safe schools universal in Colorado

Liberation vs. Assimilation: Can the LGBT community achieve both equality and cultural identity?

Should we remain distinctly defined, sacrificing none of our rituals and traditions for the sake of “belonging” to society as a whole? And what should that distinct community, perfectly envisioned, look like? Or, should we, as some wondered, strive to be assimilated into the mainstream culture – fully part of greater society and equal?

HIV Across Colorado Communities: ‘A political disease,’ the challenge is beyond gay or straight

‘A lot of people, even including those in the gay community, still see HIV as a gay disease, which ads stigma both ways – to HIV-positive people and gay people,’ said Andrew Hickok, Prevention Manager at the Denver Colorado AIDS Project.

The evolution and revolution of masculine fashion

Photos by Chad Chisolm
Art at RedLine Denver gallery and the Center For Visual Art, Metro State University of Denver
Story by Denee Pino
Interviews by Matt Pizzuti

Photo by Evan Semon

QUEER AMERICA: LGBT people and communities across the country

From around the nation come strikingly similar stories of fortitude despite discrimination – and a cautious optimism that more Americans are changing their views to favor equality.

Pride and Politics: After civil unions battle, is Colorado ready to fight for marriage equality?

The executive director of One Colorado, the state’s largest LGBT advocacy organization, has found himself sandwiched in time between his biggest political victory – the passage of the Colorado Civil Union Act – and an undetermined day, that, when it arrives, will set in motion a series of events that will solidify plans to usher in marriage equality here.

Expressions: meditations on who we are

A story in images of who we are. Photos by Hans Rosemond

Shades of ‘BUTCH:’ In their own words

‘BUTCH’ in their own words: Linda Cox, Jennifer Fossen, Kyle Simmons and Sara Friden.