Are You Gay With Something To Say? Bloggers Wanted For Denver's Best Gay Blog!

Are you a new or experienced writer or blogger? Do you want to be? Or maybe you're just some gay guy with something to say? Well, what better forum for you than MileHighGayGuy?

MileHighGayGuy is looking for regular and guest bloggers to write about local news and events, do music and movie reviews, or write opinion or feature pieces from a gay perspective.

These are unpaid positions but offer the opportunity to be published in Colorado's Best Gay Blog (2010, 2011, 2012 OUTstanding Awards, Denver 2012 #WebAwards), expand your audience and gain valuable experience. There's also swag available in the form of free movie and concert tickets, music, books and other cool stuff.

If interested, shoot an email over to Drew Wilson at drew@milehighgayguy.com. And if you've got column or story ideas to pitch, this is the place to do it.

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Stonewall Fitness: Staying Fit While Flying

By David Smith
 

​ Who doesn’t love to travel? The opportunity to explore new places and experience new things; who loves to fly? Well that’s a different story. It’s no doubt flying and dealing with airlines, airports, luggage and people can be quite the stressful experience.

In addition when you’re finally on the plane you’re stuck in a seat that was practically designed for a small child and not capable of moving around. Sitting for extended periods of time has been associated with an increased risk to a number of disease, from heart disease and diabetes to poor posture and back problems. It can even lead to mental disease such as depression and anxiety (as if the flight wasn’t enough) that can quickly turn your trip into a nightmare.

For people who are physically active and exercise regularly, sitting for a long time at the airport or on a long haul flight can be even more difficult. So what do you do to maximize the benefit of physical activity in such a confined environment? Here’s some tips…

The Feline Fix - Caring for Colorado's Community Cats

More than 20,000 cats are euthanized annually in Colorado simply because there are not enough homes for them all. Unfortunately, we can't simply adopt our way out of the problem. 

An unaltered female cat, tame or feral, may become pregnant as early as five months of age and bear two to three litters per year for her entire life; which for a feral cat is roughly five years.

The purpose of Divine Feline and it's clinic, The Feline Fix, is to reduce the number of unwanted and homeless cats and to promote the health and welfare of all cats, feral and tame, through the practice of providing quality and affordable spay and neuter services and the practice of TNR (Trap-Neuter-Return).

1977-2017: Aspen Gay Ski Week is Turning 40!

Aspen Gay Ski Week will be celebrating their 40th Anniversary next year and they want to hear from you. Email them and let them know how many years you have been coming to Aspen Gay Ski Week. Better yet, send them a photo of you on the slopes or at one of the parties.

You will be entered to win a free lift tickets, swag, ski's & snowboards and much more!

AIDS Walk Wrap Up Party at HeyDenver

What could be better than a backyard party and silent auction to wrap up a successful AIDS Walk Colorado!?
 
Dedicated prevention volunteer Daisy Lee is hosting this community fundraising event
to support HIV prevention services provided by DCAP and HeyDenver. All participants, volunteers and supporters are invited to this event where every dollar raised will be matched!

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One Colorado Presents The Ally Awards

THE ALLY AWARDS will be presented to straight allies of GLBT people at a ceremony on Saturday, August 20, 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., at the Four Seasons Hotel located at the corner of 14th and Arapahoe Streets in downtown Denver. 

Sponsored by the nonprofit One Colorado Education Fund (OCEF), the awards ceremony will be accompanied by live music, guest speakers, entertainers, silent auction, food and a hosted bar. Among this year’s award recipients are longtime Chicana activist Nita Gonzales and longtime activist Rudy Gonzales, both of whom are the children of the deceased Chicano activist Rodolfo Corky Gonzales. Early-bird tickets are $125 per person, but the ticket price will increase to $150 on August 8. All proceeds go to OCEF to continue working for GLBT equality. For tickets, click here via LaGente Unida.

All Genders Welcome Here

ALL GENDERS WELCOME HERE is the name of the one-day workshop to be held on Wednesday, August 17, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., in the Terrace Room located on the second floor of the Lawrence Street Center at 1380 Lawrence Street in Denver. 

Hosted by the Center for Domestic Violence at CU Denver and geared toward service providers whose clients include transgender survivors of violence, the training will be presented by Michael Munson who is co-founder and Executive Director of the national transgender anti-violence organization called FORGE. Attendees will be stimulated to expand their conceptual frameworks about transgender survivors of violence, and the presentation of trans-specific research will highlight prevalence data as well as some of the unique challenges that transgender survivors face. Research data will also guide discussion on how service providers can lower barriers and integrate effective strategies to better serve transgender survivors and loved ones. The registration fee (which includes lunch) is $75.00 per person, and there is a $35.00 registration fee (which includes lunch) available to students. People who are unable to attend in person may access the workshop via Live Stream by paying a $50.00 registration fee. To register for the workshop, click here! - via LaGente Unida

Print all In new window Colton Haynes Featured on OUT Magazine's September Cover

Today, OUT magazine announced its September 2016 issue and exclusive cover story featuring Colton Haynes. 

The 28-year-old actor and gay heartthrob sat down with OUT to lift the veil on what many perceive as his picture-perfect life to discuss everything from his recent coming out, his love life and ideal man.

New DOJ report on Baltimore policing “revealing”

The National LGBTQ Task Force is praising the Department of Justice for a new report which confirms systemic racial and gender bias in the Baltimore Police Department.

“This revealing report highlights what many of us already know and experience: the Baltimore Police Department shows unlawful gender bias against transgender people and most of the police’s pedestrian stops are in black neighborhoods. This is a systemic problem that requires a systemic solution,” said Russell Roybal, Deputy Executive Director, National LGBTQ Task Force.

Greg Louganis Lends his Wisdom to LGBT Athletes

Olympian and LGBT advocate, Greg Louganis to discuss the pitfalls and pleasures of coming out, his Wheaties box cover and posing for the ESPN body issue. The out Olympic legend dispenses his considerable wisdom on the coming-out process for athletes. 

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OUT on DVD/VOD: You & I

Breaking Glass Pictures releases the German-language, LGBT drama You & I on DVD and On Demand this September. “Endearing, affecting and gently pulsing with erratic chemistry” (MQFF), You & I follows two best friends, and the hitchhiker that comes between them, as they teeter on the edge of platonic friendship during a fateful vacation in Berlin. After this summer trip, nothing will be the same.

Come Out. Get Fit With Stonewall Fitness.

Looking for more guidance and direction at the gym? Someone who can help you design a workout to maximize each workout at the gym so you can accomplish more than you ever thought possible? Check out Stonewall Fitness. Whether you're just starting out or looking to mix up your current routine, no matter if your gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer or straight, you can be a part of it.

Nice To See StevieB: Growing Up Beige

By StevieB

Growing up as a good Mormon boy I had a lot of idiosyncrasies. Being the youngest of seven kids probably compounded this. Let’s just say it was like Equus but with Jell-O after dinner on Saturdays.

Part of living in a big house on a big ranch in the middle of nowhere is when a sibling got married and moved out everyone got to move up to a better bedroom. After several basement bedrooms that have scared me for life, when the last sister got taken away for marriage, I got to move upstairs. A room with a window, no longer to be a subterranean dweller. Which to this day has made me hate basements.

Being the youngest also means I got the painted furniture and painted walls from countless sisters wanted bright happy colors. The room I was to inherit had been pink, blue, yellow, and puke green, along with all the furniture. Now, after kicking six other kids out of the house the Mother didn’t care at this point what the hell I did, so she sent me into the K marts with fifty bucks and told me she would wait in the Kmart Kafe, sucking down ham sandwiches.

Having the urge and twisted desire to be grown up like Steven Carrington I went about decorating my room. Beige walls, beige sheets and pillows, brown paint on the furniture and I ripped down the flowery curtains and installed beige mini blinds. It looked like the inside of a cardboard box. The only thing my Mom said was “It looks like the God damn underside of a God damn mushroom” and she was right. But my yearning to be normal made me want to be bland. Unlike the flamboyant little boy with an Under Gear magazine hidden inside the beige sheets. 

The funny thing is, although I still use the design esthetic the Steven Carrington’s “bachelor pad” It’s taught me that even when you cover up things with beige paint you’re still the flamboyant boy underneath.

This post originally appeared on Steven Bennet's website Nice to See StevieB. Republished with permission.