Liberal vs. conservative: Boulder and the Springs

The Rocky Mountain News says that Boulder used to be as conservative as Colorado Springs, voting Republican until 1984. Luckily for Jared Polis, who stands to make history as the first openly gay male ever elected to a first term in Congress, that's all changed. How did granola-crunchin', gay-votin' Boulder get so liberal? And how did the Springs become ground zero for the evangelical anti-gay crowd? Check it out.

Live blogging the LGBT Caucus at the DNC: Wednesday: Caucus Schedule

A HUGE turn-out is expected for today's LGBT Caucus and it is starting to fill up. The schedule for the caucus is as follows:

Caucus Opens - Rick Stafford, DNC LGBT Caucus Chair

Presentation on Obama Pride and how the LGBT Community can help elect Barack Obama

Governor Howard Dean, Chair of the Democratic National Committee

U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA)

Openly LGBT Congressional Candidates Jared Polis (CO) and Linda Kettner (SC)

Remarks - Nancy Wohlforth, AFL-CIO on Free Choice Act

Stonewall Star Award Presentation - Stonewall Democrats

Not listed on the schedule is San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom who is rumored to appear today.

Got gay history?

We do--maybe more than you think. Check out OutHistory.org, a new GLBT history site. It’s just up and in the works, but there are already 488 entries and growing, and you can comment, discuss, or even add content. Colorado’s got some of the best queer history in the country--think Mattachine Society, Amendment 2, Ref. I, Jared Polis (making history right now!). So you local historians need to log on and get to work. You know what they say--if you don’t remember your history, you’re doomed to repeat it.

Polis win puts him on track to become first out freshman in Congress

google - via The New York Times

Congratulations, Jared!

Jared Polis interviewed for PageOneQ

Everybody's favorite out and proud Colorado politician, Jared Polis, is all over the news these days. Read a great interview with him here at PageOneQ.com.

Wall Street Journal says Jared Polis losing favor in Colorado

Writer Stephanie Simon of The Wall Street Journal writes recently that, although openly gay millionaire politician Jared Polis' money was welcomed by Colorado Democrats four years ago, they may now be having issues with what Simon calls his 'free-spending ways'. Read the article here.

Polis is currently running for US Congress from Colorado's second Congressional District.

You can find out more about his campaign at PolisForCongress.com.