This piece explores the journey of Meghan Fisher, Denver's "Sassquatch" that embodies a message of dancing with our deepest monsters that we often hide and shame. She uses an unconventional, entertaining, and inspiring approach to inform her community about voice dialogue therapy, a modality of healing that unearths the various selves within the ego and promotes dialogue and loving awareness with our inner critics, shadows, and monsters. Facilitators within voice dialogue help subjects reconnect with their awareness to learn how to use the selves for personal growth and healing.

This video vignette reveals the harrowing events forcing Valentina's departure out of Venezuela to secure a future of her son, Sebastian. Valentina describes the decision as critical for survival and preservation, which comes with sacrifices: ongoing heartache, fragmentation, and isolation.

From childhood into her college years, Mija Peak was a well-known, traditional Korean dancer in her community. She eventually left her home, Seoul, Korea, to pursue love in the United States. Decades later, she reignites her dream of dancing after several surprise encounters, who roped her back in.

A Gazette short documentary explores the LGBTQ community's path since the passage of Amendment 2 in 1992, then and now. In 1992, Colorado voters passed the contentious legislation that barred local governments across the state from making sexual orientation a protected class under the law — a startling outcome to many that gained Colorado national attention and an unwelcome nickname, the “hate state.” Video by Hannah Tran. Archive video courtesy: Colorado Public TV and KKTV11 News Read the full story: http://bit.ly/2LckPro View our portraits page: www.gazette.com/lgbtq/portraits

A bizarre art car parade took over the streets of Trinidad, Colorado, and several of the embellished entries are made by the hands of offenders. The ArtoCade festival and project has extended its reach beyond the community, remarkably making its way into Trinidad Correctional Facility.

First-generation graduates Jadon, Emily and Dylan reflect on the unique challenges they’ve faced alongside their classmates at Colorado State University. These are the insights gained from a historic year for a class that will be remembered for their adaptability and resilience. #CSURamGrad2021 | #CSUClassOf2021

As part of the Gazette's pride month package, two drag queens in Colorado Springs talk about growing acceptance with drag queen acceptance and performances, including bars and clubs outside of the LGBTQ community. Read the full story: http://bit.ly/2LckPro

Meet one of four Colorado-based athletes representing the United States Air Force in this year's Warrior Games in Colorado Springs. Master Sgt. Michael Christiansen, a protocol office superintendent at Peterson AFB: 21st Space Wing, lives with pain on a daily basis because of a fractured and shifted vertebrae of his lower back from an explosion in Iraq in 2004. Watch MSgt. Christiansen and his fellow wounded warriors from all over the world come together to compete.