Here’s what’s happening in Denver and around the world: COLD ALERT!!!The high in Denver today should be negative 2 degrees with wind chills of negative thirty. Don’t go outside unless you must. Lows tonight will be minus 18 and the high tomorrow should be above freezing at 11 degrees. About 230 flights were cancelled at [...]
CL Post Of The Day
Mostly str8 athetic masc guy – will suck cock for CREDENTIALS – 24 (downtown denver) Reply to: pers-815799812@craigslist.org [?] Date: 2008-08-27, 4:57PM MDT live a pretty straight life back at home. in town for DNC. noticing lots of hot men around… getting looks from many of you. looking for credentials for tonight’s speeches and [...]
Mass Delegates Express Pride In Their State’s Marriage Equality
During today’s roll call vote delegates from each state stand up and start by briefly introduce there state and generally mention their state’s recent political achievements or point out any defining characteristics of the state. When Massachusetts came along their representative noted their pride in being first in the nation for marriage equality. Video can [...]
Daily Show On The DNC Woot!
I’ve been struggling all week to get my Qwest internets set up at my new place. I was particularly crabby tonight as the lack of internets prevented me from 1) uploading my footage of Michelle Obama speaking at today’s LGBT delegates lunch and 2) watching the Daily Show’s DNC coverage. I was having trouble sleeping [...]
Love It
I think I feel the same way photo from PamsHouseBlend
LGBT Highlights In Tuesday Night’s Lineup
This came to me through my activist channels. The full schedule for Tuesday night is after the jump. Hour #1 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (LOCAL) The Honorable David Patterson Governor of New York Hour # 3 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM (LOCAL) The Honorable Tammy Baldwin Member of the US House of Representatives, Wisconsin [...]
I had lunch on the mall today
There are two words to describe what it was like walking around at 12:15 Cluster Fuck Oh and as a side note, the Pho at An’s Lemongrass Grill is terrible. Just awful. I’d tell you to drive to Federal but I’m mister bike this week on account of not wanting to deal with DNC traffic.
Round One – Nic
So, you may have noticed I haven’t been blogging as much as I usually do. That’s because I’ve been planning (and executing) my college newspaper’s coverage of the DNC. All next week I’ll be out on the streets covering the maddness. And you can follow our coverage here.
LGBT Convention Shiznit
This list of LGBT convention events is from LGBTObama.com. (I’m sure it will be posted on other blogs without a source citation as if they wrote it.) Sunday, August 24 10:00am-11:30am Stonewall Democrats Brunch Renaissance Hotel 3801 Quebec St, Denver, CO 80207 Stonewall Democrats $28 6:00-9:00pm Create Change Cocktail Reception Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret, 1601 Arapahoe [...]
Denver Post Op-Ed By Local Gay Activist
Local Soulforce leader Chris Hubble recently penned an op-ed for the Denver Post on the philosophy of nonviolence and how it relates to the expected DNC protests. Check out the full article here. Full disclosure, I am a member of Soulforce.
Obama campaign “all different ages, races, and backgrounds” but no queers
The Obama campaign sent out an email blast today announcing 10 people selected to meet Barack backstage at his acceptance speech. The email begins: As you may have heard, 10 supporters will be joining me backstage before I accept the nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. I’m pleased to announce that those supporters [...]
It ain’t Hillary
Sorry homos. But Hillary Clinton and the to-be vice presidential candidate will be speaking on two different nights at the Democratic National Convention, The Convention Committee said this week. Clinton on Tuesday, the VP on Wednesday. Clinton’s speech is being called “Renewing America’s Promise.”
Mile High acceptance speech tickets gone
It only took 24 hours for 60,000 Coloradans to apply for 30,000 tickets to Obama’s acceptance speech at Mile High Stadium. As soon as the campaign announced tickets were available I submitted my applications (one for my old and new address) via their website but the Rocky Mountain News interviewed one whiney moron about not [...]
Effing huge pizza ad at DIA for the DNC
Photo from AdFreak (and if this pizza company wants their logo in gayzette they can buy an ad) Fuck the lazy bastards at the Rocky Mountain News for not running a photo but here’s what their article has to say about it: That’s right, it’s a pizza. If you’re flying in or out of Denver International [...]
The Denver Doo-Doo Accord
Westword’s blogs have been fascinated by human waste and the DNC as of late. Topics covered include: A mythical police weapon that causes rioting crowds to crap their pants Protesters smearing themselves in poo to avoid arrest Protesters amassing a “house full of urine” to spray on police With all this hyteria swirling around Westword proposes [...]
Smutty Questions!
We’ve added a new feature to gayzetteblog! Smut Questions. Take a look to the right. Vote. And let your voice be heard! We’ll change the question each week! This week’s question: If you were Anderson Cooper, what gay bar would visit?
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History Made
Tonight Barack Obama made history by becoming the 1st African American to make a run for the White House. It would seem that if elected, Obama would be the President of change and hope. It was truly remarkable to gaze upon the tear filled faces of those present to witness the speech. History was made and it [...]
August 28, 2008
Categories: Politics . Tags: Barack Obama, comments, Denver, DNC, Gay, GLBT, Mile High, Speech . Author: Rich . Comments: 1 Comment