8 | November 2009 gayzette
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Rich’s Rant
1901 Xenia Street,
Denver, CO 80220
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t caught me off-guard. I didn’t know how to react, so I just
grinned ear to ear with embarrassment.
Phone - 720.435.8914
It’s no secret I host a weekly game of Bingo down at Charlie’s
on Tuesday nights. Each week we play a few extra side games
Fax - 720.222.2003
in between Bingo rounds. Games such as Pie Eating Contest,
Dunkin’ for Apples and one of my personal favorites: Let’s Make
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a Deal.
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www.gayzettedenver.com It was during Let’s Make a Deal . . . it happened.
PUBLISHER “The fi rst person to show me a condom wins a prize!” I yelled.
Rich DeMarah
Rich@gayzettedenver.com
Nothing.
EDITOR
I asked again: “Surely, someone in this crowd has a condom.
Michael Welsh
Come get your prize!”
Mike@gayzettedenver.com
Again, nothing.
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
“Here’s a hint — they’re in a big basket by the door.” Three people
Benjamin Paige / Homo-razzi
took off like lighting to be the fi rst to retrieve a condom from a
Alan Robarge / Boyfriend University
basket that no longer existed. All three returned empty handed.
Denver Cycle Sluts / Ask-a-Slut
It was in that moment I realized our health as a community was
Nic Garcia / Nic and the City
in jeopardy.
Fanny Crabgrass / Dear Fanny
Jennifer Parello / Dateland
I went home that night thinking about what had just occurred.
Amanda Buchanan / Fag Hag Follies
Being partnered for the past four years I guess I hadn’t noticed
Man of Steel / Galvanized Soul the condom basket was no longer. To my recollection Colorado
Wayne Besen AIDS Project had always provided condoms, lube and even a few
dental dams free for every gay bar in the Mile High.
The gayzette is free and published monthly. We know
that the gayzette would make great packing material
When did this change? How long have the baskets been gone?
to move from your crappy Sherman St. apartment;
but please limit yourself to one copy. Taking more
With this revelation fresh in mind, I was prompted to visit the
than just one could result in theft charges, civil
CDC for my annual HIV test. Being self-employed I don’t have
damages, and/or criminal prosecution.
health insurance. But even when I did, an HIV screen would cost
around $100. The same test at the CDC is free of charge.
5000 copies of the gayzette are published monthly
on the 1st and distributed within pro-GLBT
I’m cheap.
businesses in Denver and Colorado Springs.
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Wayne Besen ... 19
Homo’razzi ... 21
The gayzette does not make any representation as to
Nic and the City ... 3
Galvanized Soul ... 22
opinions and facts. Several columns within gayzette
Boyfriend University ... 11
are written by our readership. Views expressed
in these columns, and advertising herein are not www.gayzetteblog.com Dear Fanny, ... 12
Fag Hag Follies ... 24
necessarily those of the gayzette.
dateland ... 27
www.gayzettedenver.com
Ask-a-Slut ... 14
gay night out ... 28,29
The gayzette is an adult publication. You should
be 18 years of age or older if you are reading the
gayzette. The gayzette is kinda smutty; those that do
not appreciate a good dose of smut should refrain
from reading the bible and this publication.
Thanks and Enjoy!
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