by Annie Burky | Jun 24, 2022 | featured five, Features, Lifestyle/Culture
//Denver’s last lesbian bar, Blush & Blu, prepares to celebrate Pride weekend in Denver on June 24. Photo by Madison Lauterbach | mlauterbach@msmayhem.com Blush & Blu is an almost forgettable link in the line of business fronts along East Colfax Avenue....
by Keegan Williams | Jun 21, 2022 | Featured six, Features, Lifestyle/Culture
//Shanae Adams is a sexuality professional, Domme and co-founder of Chrysalis House. Adams is also studying for her Ph.D. in clinical sexology and is also working as a sex therapist. Photo by Sara Martin | smart333@msudenver.edu Shanae Adams’ journey as a sex educator...
by Keegan Williams | Jun 23, 2022 | Arts/Entertainment, Features
//Masha Mikulinsky and Sheila Klein of Amuse-Bouche Productions are performing their new show “#CHAMPION” at this year’s Denver Fringe Festival. Photo courtesy of Amuse-Bouche Productions. Over the years, LGBTQ+ community members are increasingly...
by Keegan Williams | Dec 20, 2021 | Editorials, Featured six
//Some elder transgender people have held onto the rigid system of the gender binary that they endured decades ago, which has caused some contention within the community. Graphic by Madison Lauterbach | mlauterbach@msmayhem.com As conversations surrounding transgender...
by Madison Lauterbach | Sep 20, 2021 | Features, Lifestyle/Culture
//SlutWalk Denver organizers gathered together a few minutes before marching through Cheesman Park on Sept. 18. Photos by Polina Saran | polinasarana@gmail.com As Siren Sixxkiller ran around the pavilion at Cheesman Park on Saturday, she juggled greeting attendees and...
by Alexandra Cummings | Sep 3, 2021 | Features, Lifestyle/Culture
//Desiree Celeste, owner of Denver Death Companion, sits in their home office in Denver where they work virtually with clients. Photo by Ali Mai | alimai@msmayhem.com For many of us, death is about loss and grief, but for Desiree Celeste, death is part of their...
by Polina Saran | Nov 26, 2020 | Arts/Entertainment, Features
//Koko Bayer. Still from video by Polina Saran | polinasarana@gmail.com Many Denver residents will recognize the prolific Hope Hearts that have popped up since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. For many, they are a reminder of community and the message that we...
by Lexi Reich | May 28, 2021 | Health
//Illustration by Madison Lauterbach | mlauterbach@msmayhem.com Did you know that vaginal odor is the cause of unhappy marriages and broken homes? At least that’s what this 1950s Zonite douching ad wants you to believe. Misogynist marketing tactics are not as passé...
by Esteban Fernandez | Jul 9, 2021 | Features, Lifestyle/Culture
//Co-organizers of Marsha’s Closet Erin Lowrey and Ari Rosenblum at the Mile High Behavioral Healthcare center in Sheridan on June 11. Photo by Ali Mai | acmwatkins@gmail.com. Finding well-fitting clothing is more than an exercise in style in the trans community—it’s...
by Alexandra Cummings | Jun 15, 2021 | Health
//Prisca Sisa overlooks the Denver city skyline of Blake Street on May 27. Sisa became a young mother when she was 17 and decided to hold off on having more children after. She didn’t realize until she was a patient at Mother’s Clinic that she could access free birth...
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