Hi,

I just moved to the area from Texas and am going to start transitioning ASAP. I am interested in finding a supportive and friendly community in/around Denver. Does anyone have any suggestions for how to get plugged into a community here?

Thanks in advance!

I’ll go first… Olivia, auto 20% gratuity (there were two of us and we sat at the bar)

I saw these empty boxes this morning on a bench outside an office building at 18th and Champa. If you are looking for these, very sorry for the loss. Hope you had some level of insurance or at least a catalog of your collection. Thieves are the worst.

EDIT: Tuesday, November 3rd
Practical post, no lecture. Denver, your ballot is on your counter right now, and every odd-year election the same thing happens: the people who agree hardest vote least, and margins get decided by whoever actually walked to a drop box. This is the ten minutes you need to finish yours.

The two measures eating this city's group chats:

Prop 134 requires every team in Colorado to be labeled male, female, or co-ed, K-12 through college so that's every DPS team AND every college team in Denver, from rec leagues up through Metro and CU Denver. Enforcement means sex verification of student athletes: the reporting that's come out describes doctor's notes and DNA swabs costing families hundreds of dollars, and any girl can be challenged by anyone with a grudge too tall, too strong, short hair. Denver schools have handled these situations case by case for decades, and nobody in the state even tracks how many trans kids play school sports because the number is tiny. We'd be building a statewide verification bureaucracy for a problem nobody can count.

Prop 135 bans gender-affirming surgery for minors. Colorado's own nonpartisan Blue Book flags the language as vague enough to sweep in surgeries for kids who aren't even transgender intersex kids included. Harvard research puts actual trans surgeries for teens 15–17 at roughly 2 per 100,000. And Colorado law already requires parental consent for any surgery on a minor. A near-empty ban with real collateral damage and an insurance knock-on for families.

Context both measures share: they bypassed Colorado's legislature on purpose lawmakers refused to pass this stuff because national organizers picked our state as a blue-state "testing ground." Denver knows this playbook: Amendment 2 in 1992 made us the Hate State, cost this city real boycotts and convention business, and took decades to live down. We've run this experiment before. We know the bill that comes with it.

The logistics the actual point of this post:

Your ballot is at your house (or your old address update at GoVoteColorado.com or vote in person)
NO on 134. NO on 135. Vote the whole sheet while you're at it Prop NN (school funding, Denver benefits directly) and Prop 137 (conservation) matter too
SIGN YOUR ENVELOPE. Missing or mismatched signatures are the #1 reason Colorado ballots get tossed and they're fixable through ballot cure if you catch it quickly
Denver drop boxes are everywhere and open 24/7 until 7pm Tuesday rec centers, libraries, the clerk's office downtown, all over the neighborhoods. No stamp, no line
Lost, damaged, or botched it? Any Denver vote center prints you a replacement through Election Day
Already voted? You're the backbone. Now text three Denver friends and ask if theirs is in. That's the whole margin in an election like this.
There will be a 400-comment war in this thread by tonight. Fine. But the actual decision doesn't happen in the comments it happens at drop boxes by 7pm Tuesday, November 3. Denver turned this state around once before, back when it counted. Let's do the ten-minute version this week.

NO on 134. NO on 135. Get it in the box.

I witnessed an accident at Mississippi and Jason today but could not stay. I have dashcam footage and sent it to police. DM me if you were involved and want footage.

Or at least mamage to consider anything besides "have you tried losing weight?" I realize this is a big ask. United Insurance. Located west of Denver but open to driving!

We’re considering a move back to Ken Caryl or back to Pittsburgh. I’m hoping to hear from families who have experienced raising a child with ASD/ADHD in either location and would love to hear someone familiar with both.

We loved Ken Caryl but due to our child’s anxiety we often ended housebound and never built a community. We thought being in Pittsburgh (Wexford) might be a better option (closer to family on the east coast)but are starting to second guess this decision.

If you have any experiences to share with Medical care, therapies, homeschooling groups and social opportunities, community ideas for extreme social anxiety and general experience with a child growing up in the area especially without extended family nearby, I’d love to hear it all.

We are willing to travel for services but would most likely be in the SW Littleton/Ken Caryl area.

We know no area is perfect but I’ve been getting some ignorant vibes in the Pittsburgh area when trying to schedule appointments or talk to people about resources, and I always felt that people we interacted with in the Denver area were generally kind and friendly. I want my kid to be around a supportive community— their profile is Kindergarten age, AuDHD, verbal and very smart but extreme social anxiety so we need small community settings. (It’s difficult to impossible to try to attend churches or big group settings similar to this that many people can build community connections.)

I’m open to all recommendations and experiences and feel free to message me if you prefer.

I am looking for a good wedding DJ for a wedding in October 2027. If you have any recs, please drop a website or socials below!

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Hi all, my car was involved in a multi-car collision and I want to file a diminished value (DV) claim. Can anyone recommend a reliable independent appraiser in the Denver area?

If you've used one, I'd love to know:

How much they charged

How long the report took

Whether the insurer accepted it or you had to push back

NOTE: Statefarm is the insurance carrier of the at fault driver. I own a Jeep Cherokee 2018, no prior accident or damage. Repairs were completed at Crash Champions

Thanks in advance!

From the article:

"Why are therapists named in a surgery ban?"

"Proposition 135 is being sold as a narrow ban on gender surgery for minors. But if you read the actual text, one detail stands out. The measure’s definition of “healthcare professional” includes dentists, optometrists, chiropractors, podiatrists, pharmacists, physical therapists, psychologists and mental health therapists."

"None of these people perform gender surgery."
"So why is the list so long? Because the measure doesn’t ban specific procedures. It bans care given “in response to a minor’s perception of sex or gender.” No patient, parent, or provider can be confident what that phrase covers. It is simply too broad."

"Imagine you’re an orthodontist or a physical therapist and you think your 15-year-old patient could be transgender. Is it worth risking a complaint against your license to find out where the line is? The easiest way to avoid that risk is to stop seeing trans kids altogether. Even the state’s nonpartisan voter guide warns that providers may cut back the care they offer for fear of legal consequences."

"That is what Proposition 135 really does. It doesn’t just stop surgeries. Instead, it makes trans youth unwelcome in ordinary exam rooms and healthcare offices: for braces, for a sprained ankle, for an eye exam, for mental health therapy. A family that needs to find care for their child shouldn’t have to wonder whether a therapist, optometrist, or dentist will turn their child away."

"Vote “no” on Proposition 135."

Having lived in Chicago, there was a pretty big Albanian community that I unfortunately never sought out. I know the east coast a lot more Europeans in general but I was curious about Denver.

I’m trying to decide whether it’s better to vote in person or if it’s fine to use a drop box. With all the fuckery going on at the federal level, there’s no way I mail my ballot but curious to get opinions on in-person vs. drop boxes. I live in a rural county, so voting in person means driving 45 minutes, which I don’t mind doing if that’s the more reliable option.

What have y’all been doing?

I have a small dog with chronic and profound allergies including ear infections. We’ve tried treatment through our regular vet - currently on cytopoint shots and apoquel, ear wipes, keeping ears dry, changed food more times than I can remember, and have go through countless antibiotics and ear drops. I’d like to visit with a dog dermatology specialist, but don’t know who is good in Denver. Any recommendations are appreciated!

I really enjoy City Cast Denver and the folks there, and this morning's pod was about Amendment 82 putting Natural Gas in the State Constitution. In particular not knowing why it is there, and also the opaque ways and means of Advance Colorado behind it.

I just noticed that the US designated helium as a critical material, citing its importance for semiconductors. Of particular note from the article:

• Helium is primarily produced via natural gas processing
• Colorado is one of the key producers of Helium in the US (which has 43% of the world's supply, followed by Qatar and Russia)

Is it possible taht there is some connection here that makes Amendment 82 make more sense? More than the plausibly deniable attempt to increase conservative voter turnout cited on City Cast, at any rate.

It takes some mental gymnastics but I thought worth noting. If so the, the compute must flow, and the party's in Ladder Creek.

Fuck you Jared Polis.

I know the ones to stay away from, but I’d love to hear about a place you had a great experience at.

Hey yall! We have been building this great community for Denver wow players to hangout and game together. Unfortunately, the person who had started it all kinda went of the rails last night and nuked the Discord over what we thought was a normal conversation/debate over a rules disagreement. All 11 of the guilds officers disagreed with him on a particular rule and he just kinda went off the deep end and couldn’t take feedback and as a result, apparently, burned the whole Discord overnight.

We’re all really disappointed because we have been putting in a lot of work, but we’re gonna do it all over again because we really love the community we’d been building.

Here is the new Discord we got up and running! Please join us, forgive the inconvenience and let us rebuild this great community!

https://discord.gg/MTvj8GX4C

Hello Denver! I moved here a year ago and have been to La Rumba a few times. While I love La Rumba, I'm looking for actual schools/companies where I can learn to dance salsa and meet other people who like to dance salsa. I'm not latina, if that matters, but love salsa and the music so want to be involved and get good at it.

Any recs please?

What Cajun food trucks are there around Denver? Google is showing me 3 but I know I’ve seen other ones I just can’t remember the names. Looking to book one for a wedding

I'm genuinely interested in hearing why people would vote yes on these. For perspective I'm a middle class progressive. I wish I had the chance to talk with the person who dropped this off at my door.

Wondering if anyone in the area has been able to snag the ACOTAR blanket from Sam's Club? They originally were going to launch November 1, then it moved to today with the book release. I've called 3 different Sam's in the Denver metro area and none have them or know if they'll get them. Figured I'd ask Reddit!