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CONTENTS JULY 4, 2018 VOL42 NO7

PRIDEFEST 24 PRIDE IS THE TRUE SUMMER OF LOVE 26 A RAINBOW CUT THROUGH THE CLOUDS 28 A PATRIOTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TALES OF TWO CITIES 30 MORE THAN JUST A MONTH: CELEBRATING QUEERNESS COMES WITH A PRICE 36 PRIDEFEST PARADE 43 VIP PRIDE

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AIDS WALK COLORADO 2018

ven with breakthrough medications and a lot more education available for those diagnosed with the HIV virus, it is still a scary and medically challenging condition which continues to disproportionately impact the gay and minority communities. If you want to make a difference and help those living with HIV, The Festival for Life 5K Walk & Run - AIDS Walk Colorado, put on by the Colorado Health Network, offers a way to get involved and make a difference. Every year, people are invited to either walk or run together to raise awareness and money for the cause. There is no pressure to do more than walk, so participants of all ages and levels of physical fitness can join in, but running enthusiasts are welcome to challenge themselves and make it a race. The run

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is followed by a refreshing festival to honor and celebrate those who live daily with AIDS or HIV, or those who have died. “Our focus this year at the Festival is health and wellness,” explained Darrell Vigil, CEO of Colorado Health Network. “The Festival for Life 5K Walk and Run - AIDS Walk Colorado is the oldest one-day HIV/AIDS fundraising and awareness event in the Rocky Mountain Region. The event raises funds each year to benefit Colorado Health Network along with the following organizations: Boulder County AIDS Project, Children's Hospital - Immunodeficiency Program (CHIP), Del Norte's Chesney-Kleinjohn Apartments, Denver Health & Denver Public Health, HIV Care Link, PFLAG Denver, Telluride AIDS Benefit, The Empowerment Program: Women's AIDS Project, Treatment Educat10n Network,

CU Anschutz Medical Campus Addition Research & Treatment Services (ARTS), and Clinica Tepeyac. The 31st Annual Festival for Life 5K Walk & Run will take place on August 18 in Cheesman Park in Denver. Following their participation in the course, walkers and runners will be able to enjoy the Celebration for Life Festival, which will feature vendors selling food and drink, entertainment, a beer garden, a volleyball tournament, and a chance to view panels from the AIDS Memorial Quilt. The Festival for Life 5K Walk & Run is a time for the community to set aside differences and come together for a cause. Whether you choose to run and stay all day for the events, or just walk in solidarity for a while with those who want to make an impact, your participation matters. Register early and make sure to carve out a little time from your busy schedule to participate in this important event. You can register online at coloradoaidswalk.org.

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PrideFest

Every year, there are weeks and months of preparation as we put together our PrideFest looks, book our booth space, and plan out our fun for the weekend. Then, PrideFest actually comes around, and catches us all gloriously off guard. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never enough time for all the fun, but each year, we use this special weekend to recharge our LGBTQ batteries and put a little queerness back into our lives. PrideFest 2018 took the cake, quite literally, with an installation focused on the recent Masterpiece Cakeshop verdict, tons of amazing food and drink, and booths for the 425,000 queers that attended this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s festival. It was hard to choose, but we managed to narrow our extensive photo gallery down to a few of our favorite PrideFest 2018 moments that we absolutely have to share with you. OUTFRONTMAGAZINE.COM

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Denver Dyke March and Rally

Women have historically been underrepresented at Pride events, and Denver’s annual Dyke March and Rally makes sure that queer ladies have a voice. In an effort to be more inclusive, the focus of the rally and march this year was “Lost Voices, Missed Faces.” The ladies also made it clear that the march isn’t just for butch women or lesbians, but for, in their words, “self-identified dykes, femmes, butches, queers (with cheers), studs, stems, AGs, lesbians and other feminists, tomboys, womyn of color, bi-dykes, boi-dykes, trans folks of all flavors, labia lovers, supporters of any and all types.” The Dyke March and Rally stayed true to their word, making sure to include diverse races, identities, and ages as they spoke on the steps of the Capitol and marched through the streets.

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PRIDE IS THE TRUE SUMMER OF L VE By Addison Herron-Wheeler

There was madness in any direction, at any hour. If not across the Bay, then up the Golden Gate or down 101 to Los Altos or La Honda... You could strike sparks anywhere. There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was right, that we were winning... -Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

lost my faith in a unified, collective good, at a very early age. That’s not to say that anything dramatic happened, or that I didn’t have it better than a lot of people growing up. I experienced a lot of white, cis privilege, and even though I was lower income, I was still pretty fortunate. But I realized that the revolutions and the rebellions are actually orchestrated 2 4 \\ J U L Y 4 , 2 0 1 8

by those who want to look good in the public eye. I worshiped the words of Hunter Thompson, my literary idol, and Ozzy Osbourne and Johnny Rotten, my musical muses. The collective message they shared was that the 60s had failed; peace and love became a commodity, sold to us in the form of Levi jeans,

peasant tops, and beer. As soon as I become old enough to experience the world for myself, tried drugs, made friends, and learned more about politics, I had to agree with them. During my high school years (a lady never reveals her age, but Bush Jr. was in office), it was easy to agree with the fact that The Man and capitalism had totally won, snuffing out almost all the good in the world. During college, I made friends with one idealistic group of people, then another, and was disappointed by them all. The hippy kids were still clinging to the idea that if everyone did enough acid, peace and love would prevail. The anarcho-punks were really trust fund kids who had mommy and daddy to fall back on if they got tired of hopping trains or playing music. And those who protested Occupy Wall Street may not have been the 1 percent, but they certainly weren’t in the same economic class as my family, or even most of my friends.

Meanwhile, separately, there was the issue of my sexual identity, something that was often shoved to the back of my mind due to all that I had going on, working multiple jobs and going to school. I always knew I was also attracted to women, but I ignored it or wrote it off as hormones or a phase, since I was also attracted to men. Eventually, when I accepted my sexuality, I started to own it, but still didn’t feel like “bisexual,” “pansexual,” or “polysexual” were the words I wanted to live, die, and define myself by. They seemed a bit clinical, like a term I would have to get diagnosed with to make sure it fit. Then, I discovered the word queer, a term that can be applied to pretty much anyone who doesn’t identify as straight or heterosexual. It was a term that fit well, that was comfortable, that both seemed radical and also safe, because, as an umbrella term, it allows one to identify as LGBTQ without going into a lot of personal detail. And, as I got older and wiser, I became more familiar with the queer community, first in Gender Studies classes, then from talking to people and living life, and now as associate editor of OUT FRONT. We are a flawed community. There are divisions; there are race and class issues; there are those who feel asexuals, bisexuals, trans people, should not be welcome in our queer spaces. PrideFest in Denver is essentially sponsored by corporations, and certain organizations are priced out, a fact that some people cash in on and others reject to the point of revolt. But, as I get older and wiser, I’ve come to realize being flawed is OK. Absolutes like saying the 60s failed don’t really work. Of course, on a lot of levels, the peace and love era was doomed because there were too many drugs, too many young, naive kids, too many prejudices

still in place. But, on the other hand, if that era hadn’t paved the way for today, there would be no Pride, no millenials with the internet and iPhones, and no angry punk music or literature to revolt against the 60s. As I looked around Pride this year, it was evident that we still have a long way to go, but it also felt like what I imagined the 60s in San Francisco must have felt like, what Hunter Thompson was talking about on that nervous night in Las Vegas when he remembered the good times a little too fondly, and bitterly. Trump may be in office, and there may be terror across the country, but the free love shared by queer folks, the legal cannabis in many states across the nation, the glitter and colors present every June, feel a lot like magic. Except now, that magic isn’t passed with a joint to someone while the squares aren’t looking, or sung about in a folk song. It’s there when the Supreme Court fails a couple who want a queer wedding cake, but bakeries and businesses around the world stand with that couple and they become celebrated, just for their love and conviction to their cause. It’s around whenever a young trans person feels confident enough to go to Pride and show off who he, she, or they really are. And you can see it when a couple who usually refrains from PDA because of their presenting genders bravely holds hands. It’s easy to see Pride as a bunch of corporate sponsorships, rainbow colors, and campy performers. But queer folks who have lived in the closet or faced prejudice know it’s so much more than that. It may not be perfect, and it’s certainly not without flaws, but this queer revolution is ours, and it’s a moment in history that won’t be forgotten, and that we won’t be able to recreate. OUTFRONTMAGAZINE.COM

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A Rainbow Cut Through the Clouds By Arianna Balderrama

enver's PrideFest has been an event I’ve only ever dreamed of attending—until last year. I realized I was queer through watching Ellen DeGeneres and researching Pride festivals, so I couldn’t wait to actually get to one in person.

as others. Although I was young, I could tell I was different.

was a celebration of uniqueness across the spectrum.

My hair is curly while theirs is straight. My parents are not welcome in this country, while theirs are. I’d rather read than go play tag. I love women, while my peers chase sex.

I remember longing for the feeling of welcomeness one would experience at Pride. You see, I knew I was different in a variety of aspects, aside from sexuality. I was not crafted from the same mold

Knowing this, Pride felt like a place of acceptance, a place to get away from hiding and the feeling of loneliness. Where queerness elsewhere was shunned, it was worshiped at Pride. It

My first PrideFest did not go as expected. Being an untrustworthy teen in the eyes of society limits me in being able to drive. My ride to PrideFest was my older sister. Our time of arrival caused us to spend an hour tops before her frustration with the heat became apparent. Using my survival instincts, I chose to fly the heck away before my sister’s anger engulfed her. I love my sister, but I realized it

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Passion runs in the family, so my passion for my queers allowed me to get a “yes” to go. That’s a rarity, since my parents don’t trust the world around them. Without a ride, however, my hopes plumited like Germany’s soccer score when they forgot to block the ball. But, again, my passion for queers runs deep, so by 1 p.m. I had secured a ride and was ready to get down to the park. Unlike many donning rainbow gear, my outfit consisted of items I had found within the wonderful walls of thrift stores. The dull, muted colors of my green flannel were accompanied by my Loteria t-shirt. Alongside my thrift shop aesthetic, I wore worn and comfy black jeans. Walking through the gates of Civic Center Park, it still felt surreal. The clouds covered the sun and let out sprinkles of rain. To me, the grayscale sky served as a background, making the Prideful colors stand out even more. Scores of people walking around wearing a variety of outfits or simply embracing their bodies has always been so mesmerizing to me. Even those sitting around one another just talking, laughing, eating, or smoking pot. It’s always so lovely to see people enjoy themselves with those they love, surrounded by an event that practically shouts love and acceptance. I met up with friends and walked around looking at tents and art. In those moments, I felt pretty okay. My lack of sleep made me feel dizzy and drousy, but I was at PrideFest with people I care about; and that lifted the heaviness of my tired shoulders.

would be better not to bring her next time. That was my hour fix at my first PrideFest. PrideFest 2018 held better experiences for me— I didn’t bring a hetero with me this time around. It didn’t start out that way, though. To begin with, my only possible ride to Civic Center Park let me down the day before. Still, I was fully awake around noon, due to my parents cheering on Mexico’s soccer team on the TV all morning.

Due to the rain, which seemed to bother some people, we found shelter under a tree. It wasn’t a grand moment, but it was my favorite part of PrideFest. People were dancing around us. I’m not a partier. I’d rather enjoy small talk under trees on rainy Pride days than dance. Though I embrace a cloudy look most days, even that day, colors radiated within me and the feeling of loneliness ventured away. The rest of Pride consisted of a high calorie intake until heading home—a part of Pride no one should miss. I'd call that my second favorite part of PrideFest 2018. But it's a distant second. OUTFRONTMAGAZINE.COM

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A Patriot’s Tales of Two Cities By Rick Kitzman

s winter cold yields to warmer weeks, America becomes obsessively patriotic beginning with Memorial Day and peaking with July 4. Between them, Flag Week surrounds Flag Day on June 14, also Donald Trump’s birthday. He presidentially acknowledged the two flag holidays, but purposely ignored Stonewall and Pride celebrations. Define a patriot at your peril. In today’s whacky, knee-jerk America, I’d be at odds with millions of patriots, each of us screaming “Traitor!” Still, there’s no place like home, and that Judy Garland cue may be the rare riff that can still unify America. 2 8 \\ J U L Y 4 , 2 0 1 8

My partner Neil and I recently travelled to Washington, D.C. and New York City, two metropolitan jackpots of patriotic symbols. We landed at Reagan National Airport, named for the president who ignored the AIDS crisis we laid at his feet—78 million infected, 35 million dead. We learned recently that the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Colorado’s Masterpiece Cakeshop. No doubt the baker felt it was his patriotic duty to refuse baking a wedding cake for a gay couple on religious grounds. NPR White House correspondent Scott Horsley is a neighbor of our hosts, dear

friends Sally and Wayne. Over beers on their porch, in a diverse neighborhood, we talked politics. Invented accusations of “fake news”—a charge attacking the core of reporters’ integrity—has taken its toll. He and his colleagues suffer from battle fatigue. “All we’re doing,” he said, “is reporting what actually happens.” We ate dinner at an Italian restaurant, its rainbow flag reminded us the city was ramping up for Capital Pride Festival. Half of a same-sex couple held a newborn baby of color. A table of six gay revelers raucously entertained each other. According to Sally, our

gorgeous waiter with an Italian accent and long eyelashes that would melt mozzarella could barely speak English six years ago. Walking in D.C. you can smell the power and wealth of America, the irony on display as a homeless veteran begged near the Department of Treasury. Approaching the Lincoln Memorial with trepidation, I wondered if the gorilla-like Lincoln from Planet of the Apes would greet me. When the words “Trump” and “Nobel Peace Prize” can be written in the same sentence, you know you’re living in Bizarro World. Simian features were absent; Lincoln’s weary, reverent gaze bowed toward the mass of tourists. The Vietnam Memorial reminded me of a buddy I met in New York in the eighties, a vet who would wake me sobbing from nightmares. Sandblasted photos at the Korean War memorial looked like ghosts in granite. The World War II memorial was quiet, respectful, contemplative. Sixteen hundred Pennsylvania Avenue is a pedestrian mall now. Passing the White House, I hailed our Commander in Chief with a double-handed, singlefingered salute. At the Smithsonian, we saw the chairs Archie and Edith Bunker occupied in All in the Family. Imagine a reboot of that series. Archie would make Roseanne look like a Bernie bro. The National Portrait Gallery displays a painting of each president with a short history of their tenure, scandal, and ineptitude staining each. Andrew Jackson stands change to: full-length with a flowing, red-lined cape like Superman. This president is no hero to history. Jackson sponsored the forced relocation of Native American peoples, death marches known as the Trail of Tears. Trump has often expressed his admiration for Jackson. He emulates his hero by committing his own crime of forced relocation: the separation of families, someday to be known as Kids in Cages. Stanchions marked lines of tourists taking photos in front of President Obama’s portrait like a stained glass window in day-glow colors. His hands are enormous.

Travelling by train to New York City, we exited Penn Station, and a kindly but insistent woman offered me peace for two bucks, a fitting one-woman welcome wagon in the world’s capital of capitalism. I flashed back to an American idiom etched by the pool of the Korean Memorial: Freedom isn’t free. Apparently, neither is peace. We wheeled our luggage by the Empire State Building—at night lit in red, white, and blue—the soaring symbol of America’s can-do attitude during the Great Depression. On the corner of Fifth Avenue, a young man lay blissed out on heroin (or dead—it was hard to tell), a sad symbol of America’s won’t-do attitude toward those living through homelessness and addiciton. A souvenir shop displayed a black crewneck with “NEW YORK FUCKIN’ T-SHIRT” emblazoned on it. Some cosmic triangle seemed complete. We watched the Tony Awards with Robert De Niro's silent standing ovation, learning why later. He had exploded f-bombs followed by the president’s name, twice. Maybe he felt it his patriotic duty. If you want to climb the Statue of Liberty, make reservations six months in advance. Pictures don’t do Torch Girl justice. On her island, oblivious to the Mother of Exiles, a southern mama wearing a Confederate flag t-shirt told her two teenage daughters they needed more makeup. They dutifully obliged. In the gift shop, Made in China stickers stuck to tens of thousands of objects. I checked a few and jumped to that conclusion—with the exception of a tiny area of souvenirs labeled Made in America. Everywhere we visited, English was the minority language and diverse faces surrounded us by the thousands. What’s exciting is how the symbols of American freedom resonate with millions of the world’s citizens, patriots regardless of their country of origin. But for how much longer? Do I wish to sit around a gargantuan campfire with all of my fellow American patriots and sing Kumbaya? Not really; I hate camping. I may disagree with many of them, but in the end, there’s no place like America. OUTFRONTMAGAZINE.COM

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More than Just a Month:

Celebrating Queerness Comes with a Price By Ryan Howe

’all, I’m tired. No. Not just tired. I’m exhausted physically, mentally, and emotionally. And it’s all Pride’s

fault.

Let’s start with the physical part. I’ve never been a physical person. I mean, yeah, I spent my fair share of days choreographing full dance sequences on my parent’s front porch. Some days, when the neighborhood boys refused to let me join their football game, P!nk’s Missundaztood blasted in from my dad’s four-foot speakers as I swayed across the wooden, wrap-around porch singing, “Get this party started on a Saturday night. Everybody's waiting for me to arrive. Sending out the message to all of my friends. We'll be looking flashy in my Mercedes Benz.” It was a grand illusion that saved me from the harsh realities of adolescent isolation—a common trait among us queers. 3 0 \\ J U L Y 4 , 2 0 1 8

This year for Pride, I spent two days helping my small team of coworkers stuff 5,000 bags to give away during the Pride parade. I attended more than a dozen queer events across the city. I walked from queer bar to queer bar in hopes of saving money. I walked my summer interns around the park. And, most importantly, I danced with my tribe. There is no greater feeling than being on any dance floor surrounded by those queers that single-handedly choreographed their own moves to “Get The Party Started.” As sore as my thighs are from bobbing on the dance floor, as much as my liver is aching from the sheer amount of cheap beer I consumed, as much as I want to climb into bed for the next month, my queer pride exists beyond the month of June, and more work is to be done. Mentally, I haven’t had a break. For the past year and half, I’ve been juggling many different jobs at my tiny little cubicle. I don’t mean to brag, but I'm pretty good at adapting. When I was in the third grade, I climbed into a beaten, broken, and un-air conditioned church bus in the middle of July. My bags were filled with denim pants, button-up shirts, and a Dollar General Bible my mom bought for me the day before she shipped me off to a free babysitter—an Apostolic Pentecostal church camp in the middle of Ohio. For a week, I sat through, and occasionally shouted “amen,” at congregations that demonized me. I ate horrible biscuits and gravy with a smile on my face. I listened to “Genie In a Bottle” at the lowest possible volume on my CD walkman. For a week, I was an overly conservative, Bible-thumping, radical—with one high-pitched, gay-as-f *ck voice. This wasn’t the first or last time I’ve had to adapt in enviroments to survive. I am thankful that now I’m challenged with figuring out HTML codes for our website,

rather than masking my queerness. I’ll take that trade anyday. Emotionally, I’m more confused than exhausted. But, those two aren’t mutually exclusive. On June 8, four days after the Supreme Court ruled on the Masterpiece Cakeshop Case, less than a dozen queers, mostly our youth, gathered in the parking lot outside of the Lakewood’s little cake shop ready to throw a dance party. The Facebook event boasted more than one thousand people were interested.What we were greeted with was something much different—more than 50 gun-toting, American flag waving, Duck Dynastylooking men and their families. They surrounded us, bombarding us with confrontation, free water, and cupcakes from Masterpiece Cakeshop. “Don’t drink the Kool-Aid!” one queer yelled into a megaphone. We didn’t get to dance in the parking lot, as police officers chauffeured us off of the premises while the the cake shop supporters sang the national anthem. We walked out with our heads held high, even though our hearts were dragging the ground. This was only the first of many times that I saw a lack of support and community within the Denver LGBTQ scene this Pride. Yet, the bars were filled with lines stretching down the block. Wherever a party was taking place, the people flocked to it. But that same supportive community refused to show up to events like the protest dance party, or the annual Dyke March. Make no mistake, Pride is a celebration. But it is also a time for us to come together, show the world that we stand in solidarity, and we are a force to be reckoned with. We are more than good dancers and great fashion icons. We are greater than the way that Denver’s queers celebrated Pride this year. I may be tired, but my Pride is stronger than physical pain, smarter than mental fatigue, and more powerful than emotional exhaustion. I will continue my part in progressing queers to full equality and equity. To me, every month is Pride month, and I’m stronger because of it. OUTFRONTMAGAZINE.COM

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Barbra Streisand must have been looking out for us this year, because although it rained during PrideFest, it didn’t rain on our parade. And it’s a good thing, too, because some serious looks were pulled, by the guys, gals, and nonbinary folks strutting their fabulous stuff down Colfax on Sunday, June 16. From proud, preening peacocks in all their rainbow glory to passionate kids, elders, and public servants, this year’s PrideFest Parade was completely lit up with gorgeous colors, stunning rainbows, and plenty of joy. This was a tough year for the queer community, which is probably why the parade was even stronger than usual. The Masterpiece Cakeshop Case couple may have lost in the Supreme Court, but they were winners as they rode down Colfax on their gorgeous float. Throughout the entire event, there seemed to be one consistent theme: don’t bring around a cloud to rain on our parade. Here are some of the hottest looks, sweetest moments, and brightest bursts of color from this year’s Pride parade.

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For years Denver PrideFest has been focused on one weekend—Father’s Day Weekend. For those two days, queer people from all over the city and beyond gather to celebrate Pride. This year, OUT FRONT and some of our local queer bars teamed together to stretch that weekend into a two-week event. From the days of anticipation leading up to PrideFest weekend to the official closing party at Temple on Sunday night, we celebrated with y’all, and had a damn good time! Check it out!

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HEINZESIGHT By Brent Heinze

AIDS/LIFECYCLE 2018

had the privilege of participating in AIDS/Lifecycle 2018 and rode my bike from San Francisco to Los Angeles in June.

It was the 25th year of the event that started as the California AIDS Ride to raise awareness and funding for HIV/AIDS-related research, programming, and resources. The San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the Los Angeles LGBT Center have continued that legacy lead a significant amount of our country’s most progressive efforts to provide medication and resources for treatment and prevention of HIV, while working to reduce HIV-related stigma. More than 3,000 riders and support staff worked to make this event successful, breaking the record from previous years by raising more than $16,600,000 by the time the ride began, and additional donations are being accepted through the end of the fiscal year. All business and event-specific information aside, this ride is much more than a bunch of

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people completing one long-ass bike ride. It was like nothing I have ever experienced. This ride was life-changing. In 2016, I did my first ALC. I thought about doing it for many years, but honestly hadn’t been on a bike in more than 20 years. I had been working as a therapist and program director with gay men, focusing on holistic health and HIV concerns for most of my mental health career. So many people in my life are either infected with HIV or affected by HIV. Yes it’s my work, but it also hits me on a variety of deeper levels. Like many of my peers, it’s hard for me to remember a time when I wasn’t aware of this virus and its devastating impact. For so many younger people, they may have never known a reality without HIV. In many communities, our intimate or social interests have been impacted by fear, shame, stigma, or anger. HIV has caused us to change the

way we may have lead our lives if it didn’t exist. Regardless of our status, HIV has the potential to affect us all. As we engaged our journey through California, one of the major mantras for ALC is “ride safe, be safe.” It speaks to the importance of being essentially a thoughtful and defensive rider. You need to be aware that you are surrounded by moving cars and hundreds of other riders. What they neglect to tell you is that flooding emotions can happen at almost any time during the ride. It can be very challenging to push up a big hill or race down a road with tears streaming down your face. A few of us adopted an additional phrase of “ride hard and cry ugly.” A great friend of mine partially defined the phenomenon of ugly crying on the ALC as tears mixed with sweat, Powerade, dirt, sunscreen, and bugs as he rode 545 miles while remembering how HIV has impacted him and those he loves, how much the event fundraising will impact people in his community, and the relationships that he built with others. It’s uncomfortable, intense, cathartic, and beautiful. Since I rode in ALC previously, I knew what to generally expect from the experience. Unfortunately, two years ago as I celebrated my first successful ride, the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando happened. We were faced with a grim reality that the celebration of completing ALC was far outweighed by the tragedy. Many of us were left feeling powerful emotions regarding the shooting, as well as somewhat emotionally abandoned after the ride. Many ALC participants talk about the “love bubble” that is formed around us. It doesn’t matter if you’re a rider or a roadie providing support. You feel connected to something bigger than just yourself. You feel joined with others and a larger society focusing on hope and our ability to change the world. The bubble was unexpectedly popped two years ago, and many of us grieved together. This year I got to experience the ride again and prayed that the world didn’t fall apart further during or immediately after I finished. I had some people attempt to engage me in conversation about current events and political goings-on during the ride. I asked them to back off because I wanted to take that week to unplug from many negative stressors of daily life so I could focus on why I was participating in ALC. It was about being present to think about how HIV has affected us individually, nationally, and globally. For me, I got to fly down a hill at over 30 mph, and rode hundreds of miles on a bike while my boy parts were folded up like an origami swan in padded biking shorts. The name tag on the back of my bike read, “Stud Monkey” and I loved the variety of goofy things people said to me as they passed me on my left side. Everyone had favorite parts of the ride, but many of us became big fans of the team from Germany who loved to wear white spandex that left little to the imagination. There was humor, laughter, music, adorable people, a talent show, tons of food, and hundreds of Otter Pops with dancing hot guys. AIDS/Lifecycle was physically challenging and emotionally intense.

I’m not that much of a bike enthusiast. I don’t generally wake up in the morning and think that completing an 80-mile ride will relax me. I don’t participate in additional rides focusing on other diseases or causes. I train for this event because it’s important to me. I put my heart and my body through discomfort for a purpose. During the ride, my butt and legs were sore and my heart was heavy, but my soul felt amazing and empowered. Participating in ALC doesn’t cure HIV or eliminate its negative influence in our society, but it did provide a strong showing of people engaged in making an impact. Although it’s unfortunate that more people don’t have the opportunity to experience this, due to financial and time constraints, there are so many other ways to get involved in their local communities to help others in need and reduce HIV stigma. Everyone prepares for ALC in different ways. Many of us complete training rides in our communities and go to the gym. Of course, developing increased speed, stamina, and endurance can be extremely helpful with an event like this, but also being passionate with a big heart can help push through rough spots when your body or mind tell you that you want to stop. I’m a thicker guy, and was definitely not at the front of the line for getting into camp each day. I had a red plaid bandanna from my husband and blue rubber bracelet from one of my best friends wrapped around my handlebars, so when I look down I had a constant visual reminder of why I was putting myself through this. It’s interesting that, despite ALC being an individual activity by design, where people focus on their own performance, it actually functions much more like a team event. We are one large crew, and most of us have a vested interest in everyone feeling strong, successful, and fulfilled. Riders often offer support to those struggling to ride up a difficult hill, and people give thanks for doing nice things in camp. We cry on each other’s shoulders and create friendships. We form our own type of family during the week of riding and working together. We collectively dream of a time in our world when HIV will not affect us. Through events like this, we strive to develop more effective treatments, a potential cure, and methods to reduce the negative impact of the virus on individuals and our society. HIV, in some capacity, has been a part of my life for a long time. At times it has been a source of fear, sadness, and anger. It has also made me feel connection and hopefulness. Being part of this ride isn’t about gaining praise for doing it. It’s about a group of individuals doing something to help others and showing solidarity. I ride because I hate this virus and what it does to people. I ride for visibility. I ride for people I know and for some I’ve never met. I ride for my friends affected by the virus. I ride for those who have been infected for 30 years. I ride for those who have been positive for three months. I ride for those who are scared to get tested. I ride for those who are scared to come out as positive. I ride for my community. This is why I fight. This is why I ride.

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