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As such, we decided to chat with some locals who lived through the days when the word ‘gay’ was practically profanity and devise a timeline of events they felt most notable. Lucky for us - and the region as a whole - the enormous body of work that Out Front Magazine’s forebears archived for the community are kept safe for reverence and posterity.īut how, in such a short amount of space, could we possibly fit nearly 40 years’ worth of archived LGBT goodness without skipping over pivotal turning points in our history? Even if we chose one event from each year since Out Front began, we’d have a tough time paying true homage to each historical event. In fact, there was almost nothing at the public library.
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But like any grizzled company of Americans, the boots were dusted off, the horses were remounted, and it was onward prosperity into the future we see today.īut when did we - the LGBT community - start our movement? Who were our pioneers and what sorts of setbacks did we face? For the answers, Out Front combed the history books, but admittedly found very little about the LGBT community. In an effort to curry political favor, he named the land Denver, after the governor of the neighboring Kansas Territory, James Denver.Ĭouple the Civil War and battles with Native Americans with rampant fires and flash floods that nearly obliterated the city, and you get an idea of the hardships Denver faced the next few decades. Larimer staked flags along Cherry Creek’s eastern side and began his version of urban development.
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Teepees and tents that were slapped together gave way to shoddy lean-tos which gave way to buildings that marked the makings of a small boomtown. In short order, the dusty trails of a barely-sought region became the feverishly traveled roads of a Gold Rush frenzy. 1858: Prospectors from Georgia crossed the Colorado Territory and literally struck gold at the base of the Rockies.