LGBTQ news and entertainment
The Center on Colfax, which provides services and advocacy for the Denver LGBTQ community, was the victim of vandalism early Saturday morning when someone threw a large rock through windows near the main entrance.
A statement from the Center says security footage confirms the attack was purposeful. The alarm system was triggered, and the person left the scene before the police arrived. Continue reading “Denver’s LGBTQ Community Center Targeted With Vandalism”
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Some news items you might have missed:
• I’m not sure if I should caption this photo (above) from InstaHunk Joel Green in Bali “Strike a pose” (Joel) or “What are you looking at?”(his scene partner).
• Just as Colorado has sworn in Jared Polis as the first openly gay governor of a state, the Denver city council voted unanimously on Monday to ban so-called ‘conversion therapy’ for minors.
• Actor Timothée Chalamet has added to his growing reputation as an LGBTQ fan favorite by giving $1,000 to New York’s LGBT Community Center live on the Golden Globes red carpet.
• Thanks to the Trump shutdown, the FDA has stopped most food safety inspections. Feel safer?
• The Coast Guard Support Program has issued a five-page tip sheet on how to financially cope with a long U.S. government shutdown. The suggestions include: consider holding a garage sale, babysitting, dog-walking or serving as a “mystery shopper.”
• North Carolina just lost more revenue thanks to its anti-LGBTQ laws. Netflix has nixed the idea of shooting a new series, titled OBX, in the state. The production is expected to spend $60 million in whatever state Netflix eventually chooses.
• It may be hump day, but chill a bit with the latest single from VanJess, “Another Lover.”
I like the ebb and flow of the song, as well as the video’s visual change-ups from choreography to minimalist trance vibe.
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A gay couple was attacked and stabbed apparently for holding hands in public in a hate crime on Saturday night in Denver, Colorado.
Christopher Giovanni Huizar, 19, and Gabriel Enrique Roman, 23, were walking to their downtown home after spending the evening at the Church Nightclub when a man screamed “fucking faggots” at the men.
Huizar says he felt a “punch” only to discover he’d been stabbed in the neck. Roman jumped in to protect his boyfriend and was stabbed in his hand.
The couple began to run from the attacker, but Roman was stabbed again, this time in the back.
After escaping the attacker, the two men collapsed against the side of a building crying and bleeding.
“I was just worried about my boyfriend because he bled so much,” said Huizar.
Eventually a pair of passersby found the couple and called for emergency services.
At the hospital, Roman’s injuries required 30 internal stitches and 52 stitches on his hand.
The men told the local NBC affiliate that the attack will only strengthen their relationship. “We are not letting his define us. We love each other and wouldn’t want this to happen to anyone else,” said Huizar.
According to Denver Police, a man has been arrested for the crime and is being held on charges of aggravated assault. Police say the attack is being investigated as a hate crime.
The couple, who will celebrate their first year together on Wednesday, have set up a GoFundMe campaign to help pay for their extensive medical bills and lost wages work.
Watch the report from NBC 9News below.
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Fifteen minutes into the funeral for Vanessa Collier, Pastor Ray Chavez stopped the memorial after realizing the deceased mother of two had been lesbian. Chavez refused to continue the service until images of Collier with her wife were removed from display.
From ThinkProgress:
According to the Denver Post, Chavez said he would only continue the service if images of Collier and her wife, positioned around the casket, were removed. The family, outraged, refused, and “picked up programs, flowers and eventually the dead woman’s casket itself” before relocating at a mortuary across the street. The scores of attendees, many of them reportedly lesbians themselves, followed suit, abandoning the church.
“It was humiliating,” Victoria Quintana, Collier’s friend, told the Denver Post. “It was devastating.”
Hurt and frustrated, dozens of friends and supporters of Collier reconvened in front of New Hope Ministries on Tuesday to protest the pastor’s decision. Holding images of the deceased, who police say is thought to have committed suicide, the demonstrators shouted chants of “Give us an apology!” and “Shame on Pastor Ray!”
According to the group’s Facebook page, the protestors also noted that Chavez, who reportedly referred to Collier’s sexuality as an “alternative lifestyle,” has yet to refund the family the cost of the funeral.
Denver radio hosts Larry Ulibarri and Chris Parente team up to turn a ‘Christmas Classic’ gay.
After all this time of the year is the most wonderful time to be queer.