Originally published May 1, 2008 It’s Friday night. Three ladies walk into a gentlemen’s club. They’re here to celebrate one of their birthdays. The entrance is dimly lit. It’s even darker around the corner where nearly a dozen marble tables are being danced upon by exotic dancers. “Women get in free if they show… [Read more…]
December 4, 2008
Originally published in the gayzette extra. Nov. 17, 2008 Michelle Obama came under fire during the 2008 primary season for saying she was proud of her country for the first time in her adult life after her husband, then-senator Barack Obama, became the front-runner of the Democratic Party. Now, I know how she feels.
December 4, 2008
Originally published in the gayzette extra edition. Nov. 17, 2008 More than 1,000 gays, lesbians and allies protested for equal rights Nov. 15 in Denver at the City and County Building. The rally and subsequent march down the 16th Street Mall were in conjunction with 300 other protests across the nation. A protest was also… [Read more…]
November 6, 2008
Originally published in The Metropolitan. Nov. 6, 2008 If there were stark differences between Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama during the campaign season, there were also stark differences between the support they received Election Day. To find those distinctions you need go no further than the polling stations at Manuel High School in Denver… [Read more…]
November 6, 2008
Originally published in The Metropolitan. Oct. 30, 2008 Sunshine Morsette, 23, is afraid her uncles’ small businesses will suffer if Sen. Barack Obama is elected. Looking after her nieces at Sen. John McCain’s Oct. 24 rally, she said Obama’s tax plan will hurt her family. “I’m afraid he’s not going to know what to do,”… [Read more…]
October 29, 2008
Originally published in The Metropolitan. Oct. 16, 2008 The 2008 presidential election will no doubt be remembered as the race in which anything that could happen, did. The Democrats nominated a black man. The Republicans nominated a man who would be the oldest president, if elected. Then there’s Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. And along the… [Read more…]
October 18, 2008
Originally published in The Metropolitan. Oct. 16, 2008. If Metro student Sibel Baltaci has her way, she’ll be running for a seat in the House of Representatives in 2015. But before she launches her campaign, she has to cast her first vote as an American. Baltaci, originally from Turkey, was nationalized on March 19, 2008.… [Read more…]
September 29, 2008
Originally published in The Metropolitan. Sept. 25, 2008 Michelle Obama said she is impressed with the young people she’s met while traveling the country campaigning for her husband, Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama. “They’ve been everything you hoped our young people would be,” she said on a conference call with college media. She said… [Read more…]
March 10, 2009
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