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CONTENTS OCTOBER 1, 2020 VOL44 NO13

DR. JERRICA KIRKLEY LINDSAY MILLER: CHEER COLORADO YVIE ODDLY

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John Hickenlooper will fight for Colorado’s LGBTQ+ community in the U.S. Senate. 

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the Senate, John will reverse the anti-LGBTQ+ agenda of the Trump Administration and he will work to finally pass the Equality Act. 

helping our state grow from 40th in job creation to the top economy in the country. He will help us build back better from COVID-19 by focusing on small businesses and working families.

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FROM THE EDITOR

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n 2020, power is more important than ever. As we rethink the power structures of our government and protest injustice, and as we move closer to one of the most important elections of many of our lifetimes, power is something that is definitely on our minds.

However, it doesn’t have to be a bad thing. Power is also about how we stand up and fight back, what we do to make

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WHAT DOES POWER LOOK LIKE IN 2020? sure that justice is being served. And it also shows up in the way we support our community.

On our list of power winners this year, we have a drag performer who normalized disability and doing alternative drag as a person of color, a superhero for trans healthcare, a cheerleader, a female business owner, a community support figure in Grand Junction, and a nonprofit. No

better list sums up power in 2020—it comes from many places, sometimes unexpected.

So, just remember, if you feel powerless right now, this is the season of reclaiming power, of taking back our voice and our vote. We support every single one of you out in the community using your power and doing extraordinary things.

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n my own, internal sense of who I was, it was a massive relief and literally like taking a breath after holding your breath for 35 years. I think I carried a lot of anger, a lot of frustration, and it just melted away after finally admitting to myself and others, ‘This is who I am,’” Dr. Jerrica Kirkley explains in a deeply personal conversation about identity.

She goes on, “I brought this intense alignment and everything that I love about medicine, providing creative ways to access care to vulnerable and marginalized communities, and specifically the trans community, which is the community I’ve worked with for over five years, grown to love, and also to love the work. Then, when I was able to get to the point of coming out myself as trans, it was 100 percent in alignment in terms of my vision of what I think healthcare could look like.”

Kirkley is the co-founder of Plume, the cutting-edge telehealth app which provides life-saving, gender-affirming hormone therapy (HRT) treatment to trans and gender-variant individuals. She is absolutely lovely and emotes a kind of warmth which is as inviting as it is admirable.

She speaks of herself with the confidence of a person who has grown to know and accept herself, all while embodying a humility that is down-to-Earth and approachable. OUT FRONT first met Kirkley in 2019, shortly after she and her friend and Plume co-founder Dr. Matthew Wetschler launched their new business.

Through the work that Plume introduced to the Colorado LGBTQ community, folks seeking HRT were introduced to a concept that was rarely provided to them: a pleasant experience in a healthcare setting.

Becoming a doctor was always a part of her plan, even back from the days of high school when she first began imagining what her career path would look like. Kirkley saw a future for herself in a job which

incorporated her skills in the realm of science with her desire to enter the field of direct service work. In college, she began to broaden her horizons, considering a global perspective and the understanding of health disparities to marginalized communities to help narrow her vision of exactly what this work for her was going to look like.

She desired variety in the type of care she provided on a daily basis as well as incorporating the social justice approach that appealed to her, so Kirkley entered family medicine. Throughout her residency, she was given the opportunity to enter the specialty field of gender-affirming care via the work her mentor, Chandra Hartman, was involved in.

“She really wanted to create an LGBTQ+ curriculum for the residency program covering those sort of unique characteristics which end up resulting in health disparities for those communities and trying to find ways to turn those disparities around,” Kirkley says. “A piece of that was, of course, the trans community and teaching medical providers how to provide gender-affirming care.

Kirkley describes how she helped develop the curriculum that revolved around creating protocols in delivering HRT and other gender-affirming treatments in which both in-training residents and licensed physician faculty members new to providing gender-affirming care could open a book with all the tools available to them.

In her experience, most often, any physician hesitant to provide HRT to a patient stemmed from a lack of knowledge and education about that type of treatment.

This hesitation can now be alleviated because of the work Kirkley did in creating this empowering book of resources, care options, and treatment plans.

After med school, Kirkley took a job at a community health center to return to the original vision of aligning her work with

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marginalized communities and folks who don’t have access to health insurance or a higher quality of care. She worked at Salud Family Health Center in Commerce City for five years and continued to build a panel of trans patients who were seeking the gender-affirming care in which she had become an expert in providing.

Kirkley helped develop a gender-affirming care structure for Salud so the community health center could create a network of providers who were skilled and competent in this work, and a partnership with The Transgender Center of the Rockies was developed.

“It was an amazing thing to be a part of, and as we created these little access bubbles, people would just flock to them, ” Kirkley reminisces. “It was very clear in my mind that as many people that were coming to care, there were so many more who were not being reached. That ultimately became the starting point of Plume.”

The idea was to provide increased access to HRT and other forms of medication for gender-affirming care in a convenient, comfortable, and enjoyable format. The list of barriers for trans folks to receive the care they need is exhaustive and downright unacceptable. Whether it’s due to the fragile connection of health insurance to employment, the geographic location of a person and the lack of access to a safe healthcare facility, or the likely uncomfortable, harassing, and abusive interactions many trans folks have in medical establishments, many trans people simply go without seeking care. However, Plume saw the possibilities as well as extreme benefit in removing these barriers and quickly found their medical practice booming with demand.

When Plume launched, which was prior to COVID, the idea of acquiring medical care through an app and never needing to physically share space with a clinician was nearly unheard of. However, this approach that was once scoffed at is now becoming common practice, and with the trial-and-error phase of their systems already figured out, this put Plume in a place to quickly and easily meet the demand of the community.

In less than one year, the team grew from a handful of employees to more than 20 medical providers, care coordinators, and clinical management specialists. With a true understanding of how traumatizing the process of navigating gender-affirming care can be, the entire process with Plume is gentle, compassionate, and informative. From the moment a person inquires through the app until they get their first round of medications delivered to their doorstep, the typically confusing system is made easy, approachable, and affordable.

Patient reviews reflect how life-saving the services that Plume offers are, and how the format fits their needs unlike any other option out there. This is a true success story for the patients, the business, and for Kirkley. Through the process of developing Plume, Kirkley not only found a long-term career path that would eventually help countless trans folks receive the crucial care they needed, this was also opening the door to her finding her true self.

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at the same time,” she says with a smile. Nearing the edge of burnout before Plume even opened its virtual doors, it was taking a step back and being authentic to her own identity that made the next generation of gender-affirming care possible.

In putting a retrospective lens on her life, Kirkley takes a pause to think about what in her career makes her most proud. Her answer even surprises herself.

“I’d probably have to pick my own coming out. It's hard to imagine a lot of this happening if I couldn’t be honest with myself. I think it can sound cliché, but you have to take care of yourself before you can take care of others. That was a huge piece of it that let everything else fall together,” she explains.

“It was a lot of upheaval in my personal life, and really challenging to do it, but I think it enabled me to love myself more, find clarity and direction in my own life, and then be able to dedicate myself fully to something like Plume in a way that I don't know if I ever have.”

There is true value in being a doctor who has been through the process of transitioning. She can provide her patients the comfort of knowing she has been through exactly what they are going through now. Building a deeper level of rapport has created another element of safety for everyone who crosses paths with Kirkley.

While she carries a great sense of responsibility in providing the trans community, and every individual person within it, the best service possible, she is humbled at the fact that she is able to be a part of something that is so helpful to so many.

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All the flavors to entice kids.

All the nicotine to keep them hooked.

E-cigarette makers and vape shops are enticing kids with flavors like cotton candy, gummy bear and bubble gum. And nationally, over 5 million kids are using these flavored e-cigarettes.

Vape shops and tobacco companies say their products aren’t ending up in kids’ hands, but that’s just not true. Many retailers still sell to minors, and many of them in Denver even illegally sold products during the COVID-19 shutdown violating emergency orders.

Let’s stop pretending vape shops and the industry care about public health or the health of our children. It’s time to stop the sale of flavored tobacco products to protect our kids.

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of existence supporting Youth Celebrate Diversity in our first season, Rainbow Alley in our second, and most recently, Transgender Center of the Rockies.

We are the only charitable cheerleading team in Colorado, but there are a dozen other teams like ours sprinkled across the country that make up the Pride Cheerleading Association, PCA. Some of these teams are even younger than we are, while CHEER San Francisco just celebrated their 40th anniversary.

It’s a magical family to be a part of.

Have you been with CHEER Colorado since the beginning?

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-O-W-E-R: what’s that spell? POWER!

For the past three years, CHEER Colorado has been raising spirits a mile high. Part of the Pride Cheerleading Association, a network of adult cheer teams that support local, LGBTQ charities and perform at various Prides and the international Gay Games, CHEER Colorado picks a primary beneficiary each year to make a substantial donation. Their volunteers nominate and select local charities devoted to LGBTQ causes, health and wellness, and inclusion and diversity.

CHEER Colorado was founded by Lindsay Miller, one of this year’s Power Winners. Since its inception, Miller served as the organization’s executive director and brought CHEER Colorado’s mission to life in various ways. She also held some other leadership positions but recently stepped down from all of those roles to be a full-time, performing team volunteer.

OUT FRONT had the opportunity to chat more with Miller to learn more about CHEER Colorado, the significant impact it’s had on the Denver LGBTQ community, and why she will forever hold this organization close to her heart.

Hello, Lindsay! Thank you for taking some time to chat with me.

How does it feel to be a Power Winner?

It feels wonderful and a bit unbelievable! CHEER Colorado has performed at the Power Gala twice before, so I know how significant this is. We always felt very fortunate to be able to be included as performers, but never in my wildest dreams did I imagine being included as an award winner.

You were selected for your work with CHEER Colorado. Can you tell us more about the organization and its history?

CHEER Colorado is a nonprofit group of adult, volunteer cheerleaders who stunt and perform to raise spirits, awareness, and funds for local LGBTQ causes and charities. We have participated in the Pride events of Denver, Boulder, Longmont, and Aurora, and Governor Polis has twice proclaimed an official CHEER Colorado Day. In terms of our charitable impact, we have donated a total of $47,500 in our three years 1 4 \\ O C T O B E R 1 , 2 0 2 0

I have. Since day one. Well, actually, from a year before day one. I founded the team here, but before that, I was a member of another PCA team in Seattle called, you’ll never guess, CHEER Seattle. I decided to move to Denver a year before I did. So, some of the forming of the organization happened even before I lived here, including my first Denver Pride.

A bunch of cheerleaders from CHEER Seattle and CHEER Salt Lake City flew out to Denver to march in the parade and announce that this thing called charitable cheerleading was coming to Colorado. Then I moved and kicked off the formation of the team in earnest about a month later.

Why did you initially, even before coming to Denver, want to be involved with PCA? I found my way to CHEER Seattle because I used to love cheerleading, which I hadn’t done for over a decade at that point. My friend told me about this thing with adult cheerleaders, and I said, ‘OK, let’s check it out.’

In the process of joining CHEER Seattle and being with them for their first three years, my involvement with CHEER Seattle was such a significant part of my life when I lived there. I knew I had no choice but to try to start it here. It was where I met my closest friends; it was how I gave back; it was how I stayed active and strong, and I couldn’t imagine moving to a new place not having that. I didn’t know whether it would work or whether I could convince people in their 20s, 30s, and beyond to join a team like this, but I had to try.

Can you elaborate more on how CHEER Colorado specifically helps the queer community and positively impacts LGBTQ Coloradans?

I think of this across three dimensions. The first way that we specifically help is through the big donations we make each year to support deserving local charities that are directly providing services and programs that benefit Colorado’s LGBTQ community. They are able to do things with the money we give them that they wouldn’t be able to do otherwise. That is one way we have a positive impact.

The second is to the LGBTQ community that sees us at the events.

We perform and volunteer as part of our mission to raise spirits, and by adding to the spectacle and the joy at these events, we

hope to help shine the light on the community and make people feel seen, accepted, and loved, like they belong; they’re family.

Finally, there’s the impact that we have on and through our volunteers themselves. It is true that many of them are drawn to the organization specifically to support the LGBTQ community, and it is also true that some of them are drawn to it at first because they love cheerleading, and this is an interesting way for them to turn a beloved activity into a cool way to give back. This might be their first meaningful introduction to and emerging within the LGBTQ community. Their first time going to a gay bar, their first time learning about some of the ways the LGBTQ community desperately needs specific support.

Through the experience of volunteering with us, and through that immersion, they become the informed, educated, passionate allies that we hope to see more of in the world.

It sounds like CHEER Colorado has become a very beneficial organization.

I certainly hope so! We are only as beneficial as the community and the individuals within think and feel that we are.

What is your definition of power?

I like power as a verb. It’s something that you do to something else. I think of it as a sense of empowerment. The things we can power. We are a source of plugging in something and making it better, stronger, and more powerful than it was before. I like thinking of it that way.

However, I do have on my desk a gift that was given to me by an old colleague before I moved, and it is a quote from the one, the only, Michelle Obama. It says, ‘People who are truly powerful bring others together,’ and that absolutely resonates with me. I could have been as passionate, as motivated, as willing to do whatever, but one cheerleader cannot do it alone.

It took other people willing to step up and do this along with me. That has been responsible for any positive impact we have been able to have.

Does CHEER Colorado have any events or performances we should be on the lookout for?

Some of the events that we have traditionally supported have gone virtual, most recently Denver Pride and the Festival for Life. So, to have our performances in them, we recorded and livestreamed.

Looking ahead, TBD. It might be more of the same, or we may be invited to some events that will allow us to cheer in an outdoor space with social distancing and masks. We have rainbow, glittery masks with our logo on them ready to go. But yes, it’s TBD, but if people have events going on that they think they would like our participation in, in person or remote, we hope they will connect with us. We are ready to raise spirits.

For more information, follow CHEER Colorado on Facebook at facebook.com/CHEERColorado and Instagram @cheercolorado, or visit cheercolorado.org.

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ailing from the Mile High City, Yvie Oddly is the innovative and revolutionary drag queen who captured the world’s attention after competing on the 11th season of RuPaul’s Drag Race and ultimately winning.

Audiences instantly knew there was something unique about her, and in no way did she disappoint. Best known for her outrageous and unconventional looks, Oddly is a jack-ofall-trades who can give us anything from high fashion glam to spooky alien creatures. Not only is she a self-proclaimed weirdo who goes for the shock factor, we also cannot deny that she is fierce.

Since winning the crown and the title of America’s Next Drag Superstar, Oddly has not only made several contributions to drag and entertainment, but she has also raised awareness and brought visibility to artists of color and performers with disabilities. Oddly herself suffers from EhlersDanlos Syndrome (EDS), a genetic disorder that causes the skin to not produce enough collagen, which results in flexibility of the skin and joints.

Additionally, she wants to be the queer role model for LGBTQ youth that she never had. Because of Oddly’s work and advocacy, she was selected to be a Power winner for this year’s annual Power Gala.

OUT FRONT had the opportunity to catch up with Oddly to talk more about being a Power winner, as well as upcoming projects such as a new album and Halloween show.

Hi, Yvie! Thank you for taking some time to chat with me. How does it feel to be a Power winner?

Honestly, it’s a trip, and it’s very full-circle. I still remember being a closeted teenager and stumbling across my first ever OUT FRONT Magazine at my grandparents’ house, and it happened to be, I believe, a Power Issue. That was, like, 2010, and I was still in high school, and that was my first introduction to the fact that there were queer people out at large who apparently had a community and were making big moves to shift and better it.

So, it’s a trip to know that, like, almost a decade later, I am getting to be part of the force that hopefully helps another queer kid experience the feeling of being home.

There are several reasons as to why you were selected to be a Power winner. You are a RuPaul’s Drag Race champion; your contributions to drag and entertainment, bringing visibility to people of color and those living with disabilities. Did you ever think this is where you would be in life?

Not in a serious way. You know when you get really angry, or when it’s not going your way, and you’re like, ‘Oh, I’m going to grow up and they’re all going to see!’ Like, that’s the closest I ever could have been. Like, ‘Oh, they’re all going to see; I’m going to be an actor.’ Did I ever think that I was going to be a full, out-andproud, queer drag queen face-to-face for so many different communities? No way.

What is your definition of power?

My definition of power is just realizing the influence that you have in the world and the lives around you in every aspect of your existence and your ability to change that, your ability to use it and hopefully build a world that you want to see. Power is something that we all innately have in us. It’s just about believing in the power that you do have and using your potential to its fullest.

You have made such a significant impact in representing Denver and its LGBTQ community. What more would you like to do?

It’s kind of hard because my long-term goals are very strange right now in this coronavirus, lockdown-riddled world. I ultimately want more people within this community to feel like they have the power to make changes in the world, to do bigger things, and to feel some shred of value. I feel like we sometimes get lost in the jumble of our everyday lives, and it’s hard for us to see a bigger picture and see the things that we could be doing. So, that is my real hope.

That more people within the community that helped raise and sculpt me are able to feel their impact in the world.

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When I interviewed you last year, you talked about how you felt invisible a lot the time. I am assuming this is no longer the case?

that All Stars is recycling queens, that the show is not giving other, deserving alum a second chance. What is your opinion on this?

Not unless I want it to be. That’s the beauty of wearing a mask and hat outside of my house [laughs].

I feel like Drag Race is kind of stuck because since it has grown as big as it has, it’s been pushed to this place where people do expect to see multiple seasons and want to see all these queens.

Since your time on Drag Race, do you think we are now seeing more weird/alternative queens who like to do their own thing?

The thing is, I think that there have always been plenty of us. I can’t even claim to be the first of Drag Race. I do think the more representation anybody gets in any form, the more exposure that brings. So, while I wouldn’t say it’s, like, my fault that we are seeing more [alternative] drag, I think I helped fortify a wall of strong, queer artists and the interest of people who have maybe never thought about things from our perspective before.

How excited were you for Priyanka to win Canada’s Drag Race?

Ah! So excited! I was super Team Priyanka. I try to stay as unbiased as possible when I’m watching the seasons and just, like, feel out who is doing very well in all aspects of the competition.

Like, who’s got a level head, who can handle all of this responsibility and pressure, and Priyanka is checking all the boxes. When she got crowned at the end of the day, I gay cried on the carpet.

Do you plan on watching Drag Race Holland?

Yes, I do. I’m an addict. I love Drag Race. I love getting to see queer people in this light and majorly exposed. I am supportive of all of my sisters. I am excited for Holland.

If asked, would you ever compete again?

I mean, the smart answer would be no. Like, my track record is amazing right now. I’m one for one, but I would totally do it just because I’m a glutton for punishment [laughs].

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They want all of this every year, but that also kind of strips us of the ability to allow people some time and breath away from the show to work and build on their careers. But, like I said, I’m an addict.

I’m going to watch it until the show is no more. I do think it would be interesting if they could try some different aspects of a competition, or try and reformat it.

Change is good; it’s the lifeblood of our art.

I would like to ask you about your new album, Drag Trap, that is set to release on October 23. Can you tell us more about the concept and inspiration?

Over this last year, touring, traveling, and getting to live out some crazyass, childhood dreams, I was always challenged to think of what else I would like to do and what else I would be saying in the world.

A lot of what I kept coming back to was all the raps. I would just write little pieces of raps during all my travels, I think halfway to help cope with all of what was going on, and then halfway just because I’m a word nerd.

I like to write all these little word plays.

While in Vegas, and even more during lockdown, I had so much time to work on projects that I traditionally wouldn’t be able to with a traveling lifestyle.

So, I decided to devote all of my energy to finishing a full album. Drag Trap is essentially based on just this last year and everything that I have gone through and felt. I see so many more queer musicians now, specifically in hip hop, than I ever did growing up, and I want to continue to carve out that space where I want to do my best to leave a footprint.

The title track is already available to listen to. How has it been received?

There is a lot of support, which is really nice. I’m sure there are plenty of people who don’t like it and don’t think I should be making music, but I wouldn’t know, and I don’t care. I hope to see more people listening and more people enjoying it. Hopefully I will break down more walls in things that people thought queer people were not capable of.

What do you hope people take away from your music overall?

Honestly, I just hope that people get whatever they need to get out of it. The album itself is a little all over the place.

The sounds, the moods, the feelings I experiment with, so I just hope that if nothing else, there is one song on there that somebody really relates to and feels like it was written just for them. Because these were all narcissistically written for me [laughs].

You are also one of the featured queens in the docuseries RuPaul’s Drag Race: Vegas Revue. What was going through your mind when you realized you made it to perform on the Las Vegas Strip?

It was actually like a waking dream, specifically because that is something I had never even pictured myself doing.

Like, I have always dreamt of being a performer at some level, but Vegas just seemed like this place where you only made it if you were, like, a stripper or popstar. So, getting to be one of the first drag queens to help carve out a path on the Strip, it’s next level. Then also, having that documented so more people could see the amazing project we were doing. The drama was just, like, the cherry on top.

Yes, we see a lot of drama happening on screen, but how much more is happening behind the scenes?

You know, those cameras did a pretty good job of catching basically everything.

All the major plot points. I think they got all the good stuff. They might have missed somebody chipping a nail or something very minor. Derek borrowed my brush, and I never got it back!

Unfortunately, the COVID pandemic put the show on hold. Will you be involved with the full run once it starts back up again?

If they’ll have me! It was definitely one of the more interesting and unique things I have gotten to do in my time as a Ru girl.

So, I would love to play it out and see where it takes me. It was fun.

The pandemic has taken a toll on millions of entertainers and artists. How have you been coping during these times?

It’s kind of like what I said before: drag is the art of transformation. So, when everything that you are used to suddenly disappears right before your eyes, I just had to do what I’ve been doing my whole career, which is stop, pivot, and continue to ask myself questions of what do I want, what do I want to be doing, how can I creatively pay my bills?

I feel like it’s just about focusing on what you want to be making in the world. If nothing else, all the playing fields have been sort of leveled with the fact that nobody is really out touring or doing anything crazy. So, just dream up ideas and put them out. Right now, I feel like there is no better time than ever to have a voice as an artist.

Can you tell us more about the Drive ‘N Drag Halloween show that you will be involved with?

Yes! I got to do the original, Drive ‘N Drag series this summer, and it was really cool because it just feels so good to be performing again and getting to interact with an audience. Doing a live show with all the safety implemented, but I am very excited for Halloween because it’s like a semi-Christmas for me. It’s a third birthday. The fact that we are going to be doing one in Denver means I can just go full-out for the Mile High City.

Before we wrap up, is there anything else you would like to mention or plug? What’s next?

Hmm, stream Drag Trap; catch me on Vegas Revue; I’ll see you all when I’m live and in person for the Drive ‘N Drag. Follow me on social media, and check out my OnlyFans. You know, all the regulars!

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s we slowly recover from the ravages of COVID, picking up the pieces of our businesses and lives, adjusting to the new normal of a mask-wearing society, there is one thing we don’t talk about as much as we should: the severe, economic impact COVID has had on our community, especially the queer community.

Many LGBTQ people across Colorado are out of work and out of money, and The Alexander Foundation is here to help. The organization has created the COVID-19 LGBTQ+ Coloradan Assistance Program to get struggling, queer Coloradans the help they need.

“We essentially created this assistance program from scratch, and we had to change a little bit of the way that we give assistance, as this is the first time we’ve given out instant transfers through PayPal,” explains Alexander Lemas, chairperson of the Foundation.

“We knew that we had to make it as easy for folks to apply as possible because we knew that this was hitting people quickly and was very drastically changing people's lives in a matter of days. So, it was really great to see us work really hard on this, similar to what we did during the HIV and AIDS epidemic.”

Lemas has been with the organization since 2015, when he moved to Denver in search of more ways to connect with the LGBTQ community. He started out as scholarship director and was moved by the awesome way in which the

Alexander Foundation changes lives by giving funds to folks who may otherwise not get the chance to go to college or live their best lives. From there, he moved up in the organization to his current chairperson role, and he loved every minute of it.

“The mission really resonated with me.

I felt like it was all about people helping other people. When I was giving out the scholarships, it was really amazing to hear the stories of how they want to make our community stronger and how they hope to change the world.”

Now, that work is more important than ever, as the Foundation strives to give money to those in need, much as it did during the AIDS crisis when the work was so in demand. So far, it has helped more than 200 LGBTQ Coloradans who required money to get themselves through COVID. “As long as they indentify within the LGBTQ community and their income had been impacted by COVID-19 in some way, they could apply,” Lamas says. “So, whether that be new medical expenses, or hours being cut at work, or losing a job entirely. That was really all we asked of folks because we knew that this was going to put people in a really challenging place, and we wanted to make it as easy as possible for people to apply.”

There’s a saying that money can’t buy happiness, but it’s also true that in a capitalist state, poverty can cause misery. The Alexander Foundation knows this, and that’s why they’ve built their organization around helping people who need financial assistance, be that through this special program, the financial assistance programs they offer for anyone facing emergency circumstances, their scholarship program, or their holiday program that

helps LGBTQ folks give their families great holiday celebrations complete with gifts.

While this is certainly not the only important work that needs to be done for queer people in Colorado, it’s a fact that money is still a major factor in our society, and many don’t have enough of it to make ends meet. Thanks to The Alexander Foundation, queer kids can go to school, and queer folks can get emergency money when they hit hard times.

“I think we here in The Alexander Foundation are powerful because of the passion that keeps our organization running,” says Lemas. “We've been around for 39 years, and we’ve always been volunteer-run, so nobody is ever paid to do the work that we do. We all have full-time jobs and do this in our free time.

“I think it’s really powerful that we have folks in the community who come together and want to give back and support one another. Our tradition is all about caring for one another. We’re donation-based, and I think it’s powerful when people realize what they can do when they have the time or funds to give back and support someone else who is in need. I think power is about coming together and supporting people outside of your own self, and I think that’s what makes us really special and unique. We are excited to continue to do this for another 40 years” For more information on how to get involved and give back or request assistance, visit thealexanderfoundation.org.

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hile sober, safe spaces are increasingly becoming the way of the future, it’s undeniable that the queer community revolves around our bars. Here in Denver, the bar scene has been hit, as COVID restrictions limit how many patrons can be in an establishment, how long they can stay open, and how they can serve.

they will be able to stay open under current conditions.

But, what about over the mountains in what is, by comparison, the sleepy, bedroom community of Grand Junction? In Grand Junction, there is one queer bar to gather in for miles around, and that bar is Charlie Dwellington's. While yes, it is a bar, it is also a cultural hub for everything from Black Lives Matter protest organizations in the area to helping provide opportunities for children in theatre. And Liz Sinclair is the woman behind this action.

out to me and said ‘Let me help you. Let me give you

Sinclair grew up in California and Colorado in both bigger cities and small towns, and she relocated to Boston briefly before moving to Grand Junction and buying Charlie Dwelington's to set up a queer hub for the community.

However, she feels incredibly lucky for the community support she has received to help her stay afloat.

“I feel so lucky coming up in Western Colorado, in a world that wasn’t familiar to me, to have my own, personal allies in Colorado who stepped up and reached support and make your life easier.’ It’s unbelievable.

Overall, throughout all the support she’s shown for the community, she feels she has received the same support in return, and that’s the true power of community.

While she has made it a point to provide space for the community in everything she does, the community has turned around and showed Sinclair, and Charlie Dwellington's, the same amount of support.

“I really believe that it’s a give-and-take kind of situation, and from the bottom of my heart, I will say any time I get the opportunity, I have been given so much more from all the things that I do then I’ll ever be able to

“I spoke to the community about my desire to have a bar here that was more reflective of the gay community, or more supportive, or actually, even conceivably, the gay bar, and nobody thought we could do it. With a lot of struggle and a lot of sacrifice, over the last eight years, we've managed to insinuate ourselves into the community, and now are quite proudly, and more often than not, lovingly, referred to as the gay bar in town.”

give back. That’s the real gift. It’s amazing work, and

While a bar might not seem to be the most wholesome spot for a community to rally around, things are a bit different when, aside from some accepting churches and GSAs, it’s one of the only queer spaces in town. With a large conservative population in Grand Junction, it’s important to create community for those who need a safe space. Before the pandemic, they hosted a First Fridays dance party, drag shows, and events that specifically support the trans community.

of kids she meets who then escape Grand Junction as

“We also partner with the local college; the director of the musical theatre department there is a really good friend of mine, and we do a cabaret series at the bar every year that's a fundraiser for scholarships so LGBTQ+ theatre kids can go to school. Right now, we're super involved with a lot of the protests for George Floyd and Elijah McClain that have been going on in support of Black Lives Matter. We try and do things for the local community that can benefit everyone.”

and the youth that are so integral to creating a vibrant

All of that was the norm for Charlie Dwellington's until COVID hit. Suddenly, the hub that was known as a place for community connection was deserted due to stay-athome orders, restrictions, and the depleted economy.

During this time, funds have been raised to keep the bar afloat, and Sinclair herself wonders how much longer

"I have gotten more out of this than I've given, my love

it’s easy to stay passionate and full of desire to make things better and create change for our community when I have this kind of support.”

One of the most rewarding things Sinclair has witnessed running the bar is getting to see how local youth in the community turn out. She is concerned about the amount soon as they’re legal age, recognizing that they want to be in a more accepting environment as soon as they are able. She would like to improve the culture of Grand Junction so that queer poeple feel more welcome to stay.

“We have a problem with kids graduating here and then, as soon as they get their diploma, they pack up and leave,” she says. “We're not retaining the brains community. I think if we get them engaged in the political process, and some of the cool things that are going on here, or help grow our local arts and music community, that will make a big difference.”

Overall, while she can’t guarantee what the future holds, Sinclair just wants to say thank you and that she is grateful. and respect for this community and the joy I've gotten to experience because of the relationships I've created."

Next time you’re in Grand Junction, stop by Charlie Dwellington's at 103 N. 1st St, Grand Junction.

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ree Ring Digital is a Denver-based, digital marketing company offering an array of digital services ranging from website design and development and search engine optimization (SEO) to pay-per-click advertising, social media marketing, content marketing, and reputation marketing. This company assists businesses in increasing revenue and brand awareness by collaborating to develop and implement unique strategies specific for your business.

Under the leadership of founder and CEO Paige Wiese, Tree Ring Digital has created and developed hundreds of websites.

Wiese used her education and intuition to develop her own, unique vision of website design and digital marketing strategies and leads a team of nearly a dozen specialized professionals who use their individual skill sets to complete the entire picture for successful marketing campaigns.

Tree Ring Digital is certified by the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce as an LGBTQ-owned business. In an effort to give back, Wiese donates her time to the business community by teaching educational workshops and mentoring through speaking engagements. No wonder she was selected to be a 2020 Power Winner.

OUT FRONT chatted with Wiese to learn more about Tree Ring Digital, how she fell into this field of work, and how she hopes to help other LGBTQ businesses.

Hello,Paige! Thank you for taking some time to chat with me. How does it feel to be a Power Winner?

Oh, man. It’s exciting! I was a little caught off guard, but it was exciting to hear the news.

You were selected for your work with Tree Ring Digital, a company you founded. Can you tell us more about it?

I founded the company about 10 years ago. I was doing some freelance work and trying to figure out what I wanted to do. Then, it was kind of another down economy with the 2008 and 2010 piece of it, and I was just trying to figure out what to do during a downward economy.

So, I was looking for some money and income, and I started learning and teaching myself a bunch of website work and learning more and more about it,

just using the random experience that I had, playing around on a computer to make stuff happen, and really listening to the clients as to what their concerns and frustrations were. Like, we designed a site, but I don’t think it was the best site that’s even been built, so we started looking at how we can help people with content that would speed the process up and give them a better outcome.

So, we started introducing new services and bringing some contractors on board.

From there, we were also just listening to a lot of the ‘Hey, great site, but it’s not doing anything,’ and realizing they weren’t really marketing whatsoever when we asked what they were doing to drive traffic. So, then I started to better understand how search engine optimization worked, how Google ads worked, and just continuing to self-teach.

There are concerns out there. What can we do to help our clients in the best way that we can? We also found it was very frustrating to keep searching for providers.

It was very helpful when we started to create a relationship and bond with our clients. We can go to them; they are always there to help us; they are always there to answer questions, and they really understand the full picture. We just kept adapting and now we are about a team of a dozen total.

Why did you want to begin Tree Ring Digital?

Starting Tree Ring Digital, honestly, itjust happened. People always ask me what my five-year goal is, especially as I was getting started, and I never thought about it. I never thought I would have employees. I never thought I would offer health insurance to people, let alone 10 to 12 people.

What made me want to start it, at the time, it was just me needing to do something. I took a lot of that energy and focused and found that drive. I have learned, over the years, that I absolutely love doing it. I love working with business owners. I love the creativity and thinking outside of the box.

Tree Ring Digital was more developed out of a need, but I say I am fortunate enough that at a very young age in my career, I stumbled into what I want to do for the rest of my life. You hear a lot of people say that they switched careers when they were, like, 45, but I am just so fortunate.

I’m happy with what I am doing.

Did you always want to be a business owner?

Growing up, I think I had some desire to own a business in some capacity, but I don’t think I totally knew what that was. I don’t really come from a big background of that. My original background was architecture, so my goal was to work my way up the ladder, start at entry level and keep showing them. This is what I do, keep learning everything I can to work my way up to eventually one day own an architecture firm.

Again, this was 2008 when it was like, this is not the time, apparently. So, I think there was always a tiny, tiny bit of it, but did I ever think my life goal was to be a business owner? No. I was just struggling and trying to figure out in general what the heck to do with life.

It sounds like Tree Ring Digital has become a very beneficial company.

I mean, we have helped probably over 1,000 clients between marketing website projects over the years. We have definitely had our impact with local businesses as well as helping streamline the process and helping your website actually make money.

In terms of really benefiting Denver, it’s what we have been able to do to keep businesses moving and profiting.

One thing that I learned early was, I didn’t have money. I was unemployed. I didn’t have a marketing budget. I couldn’t grow my business by just dumping a bunch of money into marketing. So, I really take that to heart when working with business owners and understanding that we don’t always have a huge budget to work with.

We don’t always need one, and I tell clients that all the time. If I train you how to do this, are you OK with spending your time instead of your money? If I can do this, then it will start to see results where we can then start talking about the next steps of marketing.

We take a unique approach to it. Let’s ease you into what we need to be doing and help you grow. We do a lot of educational training, workshops, and different things to help.

How does this business specifically help the queer community and positively impact LGBTQ Coloradans?

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business owner. I was not going to even talk about it. It was a heavily male-dominated industry, so trying to compete with them as a younger generation and new in this area, the last thing I was going to is let them know that I am LGBTQ. So, with that, I have really taken the last few years to confidently and strongly say yes, I am a lesbian business owner. Yes, this is an LGBTQ-owned business. The first time I think we even put that ad out there was in the LGBTQ Chamber directory. I had that conversation with my team asking if we should mention LGBTQ. We didn’t know what was going to happen, but it’s been welcomed with open arms. There are a lot of LGBTQ-owned businesses in Denver. I just don’t think a lot of them are as open about it.

So, I really tried to take more of an approach of, let’s empower others. Let’s get more people involved. Let’s make it more known that there are a lot of LGBTQ business owners out there. How can we work with them and help encourage them to grow? We have been pretty strong advocates since we joined the Chamber, and we have been well-received.

People will say, ‘I looked at your website, and I love that you are LGBTQ,’ or, ‘I love that you’re involved in the LGBTQ community.

It shows that you are a company we want to work with.’ Just helping be present and making sure that people understand and realize that there are a lot of LGBTQ-owned businesses out there.

What are some future goals you would like to see Tree Ring Digital succeed?

Right now, we are fortunate with the pandemic that we are thriving and growing. I say that is always a testament to the work and the quality of what we are doing and the results we are delivering. It speaks volumes. That means we are getting referrals because people know us and trust us. They know that Tree Ring Digital is going to be able to take care of you during this time, that we are going to make sure your money is well-spent and not wasted.

We look at the big picture, not trying to sell you a service. As to where we plan to go from here, I know we are going to be even more involved with the LGBTQ Chamber and trying to figure out ways that we can continue to empower, help, and

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work with the whole community. I want to see this business continue to grow, and we are working very hard on a nationwide footprint, not just local.

What is your definition of power?

Power is a weird one because I think the first thing that comes to mind when I hear power is someone who has a lot to say. I don’t even know how to necessarily word it. As I sit here and think of the times that we are in and everything that’s going on, I really think it comes down to using the platform that you have to do good.

Not necessarily taking power as this negative thing and being like, they have all this power and control over you, but more so using it as motivation. Staying present, vocal, and encouraging others.

Providing great leadership and continuing to support others. It’s using the good that we have, and the more people who do this, they will be able to help others thrive.

For more information, follow Tree Ring Digital on Facebook at facebook.com/TreeRingDigital and Instagram @tree-ringdigital, or visit treeringdigital.com.

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