In this culture, evidently it’s the idea of the career or life that would be risked by this sort of expressive freedom – not the digital record that would put it at risk – that feels like ‘baggage.’
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, 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.
In the history of Charlie’s, the fantastic gay country-Western bar born in Colorado, there has never been a female bartender. But 31-year old lesbian Jessica Wilson is making history as the first female bartender and is excited to be a trailblazer.