Denver's Lavender Hill District Looks To Turn Queer Visibility Into Economic Vitality

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“‘When I was growing up, I really wanted queer artists to look up to,’ said singer-songwriter Brittany Ann Tranbaugh. ‘In order to have queer artists to look up to, people need to come out and talk about it in their music and have it online. That’s important to me … But I don’t want to be pigeonholed; I make music for everybody. I want my music to have broad appeal, but I also want my shows to be a safe space for queer people, but open to everyb…

Denver's Lavender Hill District Looks To Turn Queer Visibility Into Economic Vitality

On any given Sunday at Champagne Tiger — the queer-owned French restaurant that opened last year in the former Tom’s Diner building — patrons are met with something different as they walk in for the venue’s weekly drag brunch: a fundraising T-shirt and other collateral promoting a cultural movement quietly gaining momentum on East Colfax and beyond. That movement is an effort to formalize the Lavender Hill Cultural District, a queer cultural cor…