Sexual and Reproductive Health

Sex and drugs at Colorado Senate today

Want evidence of just how colorful Colorado has become? Stop by the Colorado Senate this morning, where two big bills will be considered. One, calling for new sex education standards, shows how very blue the Colorado Legislature is these days, The second, HB 13-1061, which would set standards for "r ... More >>

Five worst foods of 2012 -- and this year was already tough enough to swallow!

The soon-to-be-over year of 2012 has given us savory soups, awesome appetizers, munchable main dishes and even a few scintillating smoothies. But these taste-tempting morsels and sips were sadly sullied by the emergence of some unimaginably horrific eats that Satan himself would not take a poke at w ... More >>

How To Survive A Plague: An AIDS and GLBTQ activism film primer

In 1987, ACT UP -- the AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power -- was born in New York City, an activist-centered response to the growing HIV and AIDS epidemic that was largely going ignored by the American government. Through How To Survive A Plague, a documentary opening Friday, October 12 at the Denver ... More >>

David France examines the history and survival of ACT UP

All the Rage

Cafe Cultura's Rise Up! offers free HIV and AIDS testing this Friday

​The hardest part about getting tested for HIV and AIDS often isn't the test itself -- it's the anxiety surrounding the whole experience. For the last three years, Café Cultura has set out to east that tension by offering free testing in a comfortable atmosphere. In honor of National Women and G ... More >>

Greg Brophy may choose to lay low on Pro-Choice Lobby Day

Timing is everything in politics, and in birth control -- especially in the bad old days of the rhythm method, which it seems like some pols would like to return us to. In honor of Pro-Choice Lobby Day at the Colorado Legislature today, state senator Greg Brophy should choose to keep a low profile.

Abstinence pays off for Joneen Mackenzie and the Center for Relationship Education

​The February 26 Denver Post featured a lengthy article on Joneen Mackenzie and how she became a crusader for abstinence education -- a crusade she leads through her Center for Relationship Education, which is funded by a pair of grants, including one approved by the Colorado Board of Educatio ... More >>

Five ways to observe World AIDS Day

​ Update: Make that four ways: We've just received this notice from Planned Parenthood's Monica McCafferty. Due to unpredictable and incremental weather and road conditions, we are canceling this evening's candlelight vigil at the Capitol in honor of World AIDS Day. We will reschedule the ev ... More >>

Abstinence-only funding was refused, but that didn't stop a state school-board member

Briceson Ducharme on The Apocalyptic Ball and living with HIV

Norman Dillon​Tomorrow night, Ginger Sexton and the Sexton drag empire take over the Gothic Theatre for the second annual Apocalyptic Ball, a celebration of life and a fundraiser for the Colorado AIDS Walk. Sexton -- who by day is known as make-up artist Briceson Ducharme -- started up the va ... More >>

Have A Blast

Reader: Sex ed must go beyond condoms to take on STDs, "hormonal upheaval" of abortion

​Reporter Melanie Asmar's recent post juxtaposing abstinence education versus what she termed more "realistic" sex ed drew a passionate response from one reader. She feels the question should go well beyond whether or not instructors will still be able to use bananas and condoms.

Sex ed: Will talk of condoms be banned if state wins $3.2 million abstinence education grant?

To teach it or not to teach it?​ The Republican-heavy state Board of Education is going after a $3.2 million abstinence-only education grant that Governor Bill Ritter's administration passed up in favor of a $3.9 million grant that pays for sex ed that teaches kids about birth control, too. So ... More >>

Denver Public Schools debate how to teach kids to avoid the clap

From zazzle.com​ On Thursday night, the Denver Public Schools Board of Education will talk about sex, baby. More specifically, they'll talk about sex ed -- and how it's important that teenagers with raging libidos "have access to science-based, comprehensive, medically-accurate, culturally r ... More >>

Out of the mouths of readers come these gems

Planned Parenthood -- for all your holiday gifts

I can be one hard gal to shop for, and I've been known to exchange, re-gift and return gifts. I can't help it -- which means many of my exhausted family members and friends have simply given up and retreated to the faithful standby of gift cards and certificates. Haters say the cards or certifica ... More >>

Lending Aid

AfroBlu mixes things up to raise funds for AIDS in Africa.

It takes balls to be the World Testicle Cooking Champion

Back when this city was so concerned with being lean and green, I wondered what that health-conscious program would do to the proper preparation of Rocky Mountain oysters, Colorado's unofficial state food (as seen on the Let's Talk Colorado tourism page, which I took to task for its general in ... More >>

A Walk to Remember

Out of AFrica

The World Vision Experience personalizes the horror of AIDS in Africa.

Yappers’ Corner: Planned Parenthood's Secret Relocation

Artistic Assistance

Of Meth and Men

The drug fuels gay parties -- but the party was almost over before Rod finally found help.

A Walk to Remember

The Low Down

Life on the down low can be risky business.

A Grim Prognosis

HIV infection is soaring in the Latino population. Can El Futuro slow it down?

Positive Thinking

The Positive Project offers a human learning experience.

Free For All

Highlighting the week's greatest gratis event

Womb Service

The Vagina Monologues are back, for a benefit at the Boulder Theater.

New Life

It may be the thought that counts, but only donations will keep the Colorado AIDS Project out of trouble.

Art for AIDS' Sake

What to see on "A Day Without Art."

Virtual Strangers

Denver researchers study how the chat room leads to the bedroom.

Man With a Plan

A Boulder women's center survives governor's attempts to abort funding.

Takin' It in the Pants

In Jefferson County, vasectomies are quick, cheap and cool.

Nobody Gets Out of Here Alive

Patrick Gourley has seen enough death from AIDS. Now it’s time for rebirth.

Life of the Party

Winning the Governor's Mansion could be a religious experience for the GOP.

Up and Running

Powerful new AIDS-fighting drugs seem to be working. And so are the people who take them.

Man on a Mission

Shot in the Arm

Colorado starts mandatory hepatitis B vaccinations for schoolkids.

Going Ape

Animal-rights activists want a CU scientist to stop the monkey business.

A MAGIC BULLET FOR AIDS

ADDICTED TO LOVE

BORN TO AIDS-INFECTED DRUG USERS, THESE WERE THE BABIES NOBODY WANTED. EXCEPT MEGAN ROSS.

WHO'S THE BOSS?

THE BATTLE LINES ARE FORMING IN THE BREWING POLITICAL SKIRMISH OVER PARENTS' RIGHTS.

DRUG BUST

AS AIDS FUNDS SHRINK, SO DOES ACCESS TO A DRUG THAT COMBATS BLINDNESS.

BRIEF ENCOUNTER

THE NEW AIDS OFFICIAL FOR THE URBAN LEAGUE SUDDENLY QUITS.

ON THE OUTSIDE

FIREBRAND STEVE ARRINGTON, NOW IN ILL HEALTH, RECALLS THE GHOSTS OF AIDS BATTLES PAST.

GETTING TESTY

A DISPUTE OVER AIDS TESTING ENSNARES A HEALTH OFFICIAL FROM COLORADO SPRINGS.

LETTERS

ILL WILL

LANCE CLEM, FORMER HEAD OF THE GOVERNOR'S AIDS COUNCIL, CLAIMS A DISPUTE OVER FEDERAL FUNDS COST HIM HIS JOB.