Myra has missed 30 years of her life, due to a coma, but has found a new friendship with her young neighbor, Ossie. Together, they both are searching for their place in this world. < Previous | Start from the beginning | Next > More cartoons from The Colorado Sun
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What’d I Miss?: Outgrowing issues to become better people
Myra has missed 30 years of her life, due to a coma, but has found a new friendship with her young neighbor, Ossie. Together, they both are searching for their place in this world. < Previous | Start from the beginning | Next > More cartoons from The Colorado Sun
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Valor Christian students hold protest in support of gay volleyball coach who said he was forced to quit
A student-organized walkout was held at Valor Christian High School in Highlands Ranch on Tuesday afternoon, where demonstrators voiced support for former volleyball coach Inoke Tonga, who said he was forced to quit because he is gay. About 50 students, alumni and parents came together at the planned walkout organized by Valor Christian Junior Lucy […]
Posted inCrime and Courts, News
U.S. Supreme Court rules LGBT people are protected from job discrimination
By Mark Sherman, The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a landmark civil rights law protects LGBT people from discrimination in employment, a resounding victory for LGBT rights from a conservative court. The court decided by a 6-3 vote that a key provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 known […]
Posted inOpinion, Write On, Colorado
Luck and privilege let me dodge HIV in Denver. But viruses don’t care who you are.
Back then, I lived adjacent to the HIV pandemic, as cells share membrane walls. In 1984, when I was 18 and flirting with a cocaine addiction, I had a lover with saucer pupils and long white fingers who tripped on acid through Thanksgiving dinner at my sister’s house, staring at brown gravy as it dripped […]
Posted inHealth, News, Politics and Government
Republican anti-LGBTQ bills at the Colorado Capitol test: Where does the party stand?
Daniel Ramos, the executive director of Colorado’s largest advocacy organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people, sees Republicans as allies in the fight for equality, tolerance and progress. But a slate of legislation being championed by a handful of hard-right conservatives in the Colorado House, including one bill that would seek to end […]