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Nikki Kushner reports at the 2012 Colorado Gold Rush

Nikki Kushner reports at the 2012 Colorado Gold Rush

At the 14th Colorado Gold Rush Conference March 22-24, workshops and presentations carried a consistent theme: There is a positive future and positive change in the transgender community! [...]

A Tale of Two Cities: Northern Colorado reaction to communiy center change-up

A Tale of Two Cities: Northern Colorado reaction to communiy center change-up

I borrowed the title from Charles Dickens novel, but our tale takes place in 2012, and not in London and Paris during the French Revolution but Fort Collins and Denver. Out Front Colorado broke the news [...]

Mixed reaction follows news of NoCo Community Center closing

Mixed reaction follows news of NoCo Community Center closing

After months of rumor and innuendo the Northern Colorado LGBT community learned the fate of its community center: The Lambda Community Center of Fort Collins shut it doors Dec. 31. The news came Dec. 13. The [...]

Working toward acceptance inside and out

Working toward acceptance inside and out

Lindsay Melsen won’t stop short of her goal for equality. She’s a social justice leader and owner of Include Equality Consulting company. To her, being part of a movement that is working toward equality is much [...]

Fort Collins’ Lambda Center to close, <br /> The Center to open satellite office in Fort Collins

Fort Collins’ Lambda Center to close,
The Center to open satellite office in Fort Collins

The Lambda Community Center of Fort Collins will close at the end of this month, Out Front Colorado has learned. In its place, The GLBT Community Center of Colorado, based in Denver, will open a satellite [...]

Out of my sister’s closet

Out of my sister’s closet

The journey of identifying as a gender different from the sex I was born with was – and is still – a big decision. I was born in the Midwest: Cleveland, Ohio to be exact. I [...]

At Creative Center, being gay is divine

At Creative Center, being gay is divine

Rev. Barabara Bue is a lot of things to a lot of people in Northern Colorado. Rev. Bue – she much prefers to just be called Barb – is a well-known face, name and voice in [...]

Fort Collins Lambda aims to bounce back in 2012

Fort Collins Lambda aims to bounce back in 2012

Details about why the Lambda Community Center canceled its 2011 Pride are  gradually being released. Recently I met with Amanda Keller, the treasurer of the Lambda in Fort Collins. She was happy to give Out Front [...]

Greeley community, including Ken Buck, unites for the Zapata family

Greeley community, including Ken Buck, unites for the Zapata family

Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck – who was also the 2010 Republican nominee for a Colorado senate seat – said his involvement in the case of Angie Zapata, an 18-year-old Weld County trans woman murdered [...]

A back to school resource guide for northern Colorado LGBT youth

A back to school resource guide for northern Colorado LGBT youth

It’s back-to-school days – or “golden rule days” – for many of us. If you are wondering where to turn for support, help, or answers to your LGBT questions, we’ve got you covered. For many out-of-town [...]