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@nicgarcia: Doomed to repeat history in Pueblo

Nic Garcia — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 07:00:05 +0000

The story so far: A Colorado municipality has extended a sliver of equality to the gay and lesbian community and an outraged citizen has decided to have it overturned by a vote of the people.

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The ‘new normal’ is boring

Nic Garcia — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 06:00:35 +0000

So here we are, four seasons of Modern Family later, and Ryan Murphy has declared there is a new normal in America and their names are – oh wait, I can’t remember their names.

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Finding time for laundry

Nic Garcia — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 06:00:05 +0000

Organizing one’s life — similarly to laundry — in a never ending cycle of entrapment. Sure, you think, “put a few systems in place and everything will be fine.” You lie to yourself, “I’ll be on task

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Empowering the LGBT community through the Power Party

Nic Garcia — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 19:20:40 +0000

Allow me to introduce you to the Power Party.

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Tearing down Carr won’t do us any good

Nic Garcia — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 06:00:22 +0000

When I first heard Michael Carr was being courted by the Republican Party to run against state Sen. Pat Steadman, I asked him, 'are you sure you can handle the backlash? You do know what the gay mafia did to poor Brian Carroll, and he’s one of their own.'

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Gays y Latinos form alianza

Nic Garcia — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 06:00:25 +0000

It’s no secret the gays and Latinos have been working closer together for about two years. In its first year, One Colorado signed on as a coalition partner and fought for the Colorado ASSET bill that would have established a new tuition level for children of undocumented immigrants who have graduated from a public high school. They fought for it again this year.

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Their songs are our history

Nic Garcia — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 06:00:57 +0000

Songs like “We Shall Go Forth,” “Never Ever,” and “I Shall Miss Loving You,” were never Top 40 hits. But they weren’t meant to be. They were written and performed to bring comfort to the comfortless, hope to the hopeless, to be a rallying cry for those who needed to yell – but chose to sing, instead.

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Schools missing the grade protecting LGBT youth

Nic Garcia — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 06:00:01 +0000

That’s right, only 37 percent of all school districts in Colorado have their policies completely up-to-date.

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McNulty’s sins not forgotten at Pride

Nic Garcia — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:24:24 +0000

The crowd booed at the mere hint of Republican Speaker of the House Frank McNulty, who Democrats charge was the reason why the bill never made it to the House floor for a full vote.

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Community makes history, then and now

Nic Garcia — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 06:00:52 +0000

As I made my way through the room too small for the crowd the showdown had attracted, I saw the worn but determined faces of several community members – friends and acquaintances not normally engaged in the legislative process. It took me back to several images I’ve seen from a time long gone by: 1973.

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