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El Paso, Texas

Queer Across America: El Paso, Texas

Queer Across America is my roadtrip around the United States checking out queer communities in…

GayCities Launches Relief Fund for LGBTQ Nightlife

GayCities, the LGBTQ travel website, has launched a new relief fund for LGBTQ restaurants and…

nightlife

PANDEMIC EDITION: How Local Nightlife is Rising to Meet Challenges

Denver may be exciting and beautiful during the day, but it does not shut down…

recovery

LGBTQ Dating in Recovery: 5 Questions and Answers

You probably know from experience that alcohol and drug use is higher among the LGBTQ…

A Trip Down Rainbow Road

X Bar Addison Herron-Wheeler X Bar is a staple for Denver LGBTQ folks. Known for…

Bill to extend bar hours killed by sponsor

“After having many conversations about this bill, I think that it’s time to go back to the drawing board on this,” Duran told House lawmakers during the final reading of the legislation. “What I’m going to ask for is to go ahead and put me out of my misery and please just kill this bill.”

Panel: As mainstream venues become more accepting, will there still be a need for gay bars to stay LGBT-focused?

Pieter Tolsma, Keo Frazier and George K. Gramer, Jr. weigh in on this week’s question.

Denver Wrangler protest points to possible conflict in laws

A Denver man has launched a boycott of a bar that caters to the LGBT…

Won over by Jezebel’s southern charm

Although I grew up in the countryside, surrounded by horses and pickup trucks, the only thing southern about me is that I often go by my two first names: Amy Lynn. For this Yankee – native Ny’er to be exact – the south is reserved for a host of stereotypes and grandma’s very pink Florida retirement home. We’re raised in the northeast to believe venturing below the Mason-Dixon Line requires improper grammar, summer teeth (some are here, some are there) and some scary weapon in the front pouch of ratty overalls.

X-bar’s facelift

X Bar, a Denver gay bar on East Colfax, has recently made some changes. Not to worry – the shirtless bartenders are still there ready to throw you a $5 vodka lemonade, but now the entire bar has been spruced up to make the spot more welcoming.