Micah Smith joined the station in December 2018 and is Denver7's Social Equity Reporter
DENVER — Christopher Sloan , also known as Christi Layne , is the grand marshal for Denver's 50th anniversary Pride Parade . Sloan, a gay rights activist and drag queen, applied for the first Denver Pride Parade permit in 1976 and faced discrimination.
“The discrimination that went on in the gay bars, in the social scene, our gay bars, and in the social scene was rampant,” Sloan said. “All of us were starting to work together to solve issues to see what we could do. And one gentleman in town, Richard Reid, threw a show and raised $35 to have somebody sit at a desk that you could call and say, ‘I need an STD test, or is there a lawyer that can help me? Or I'm having a problem with my landlord, what can we do?’ Because there was nothing for us.
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