Vendor Profile STEVE ANSON I just want to thank each and all of you for donating to me, the vendors, and indeed the organization, the Denver VOICE A few years ago, I lost seven liters of blood due to a bleeding ulcer. Had to spend eight days in Denver Health. (I urge everyone to be a blood donor. It could save someone’s life.) I continue, just cos it’s appropriate right now. I will be entering palliative care quite soon. Managing my disability due to degenerative disk disease has become quite a challenge. Many years ago, I made the choice to be an organ donor in the event of my expiration date being up. (I encourage all of you to be organ donors as well.) Okay. Having said all that, “Koo-koo ka choo.” We have choices in this lifetime, some of which we see coming, some we do not. Through DENVER VOICE being a vendor, I have become acquainted with an individual who just happens to be transgender. I respect her and her choices, where previously, my ignorance of what makes us what and who we are might have made me blind to the challenges she might face. Challenge yourselves, my friends, and see others respectfully. Recently, a Puerto Rican man, Bad Bunny, did the halftime show at the Super Bowl. What this made me feel might surprise some. I realized just how little I must have valued my education, for the two years of education in the Spanish language did not come in handy. I forgot most of what I learned. I feel embarrassed by this fact. Now it is time for me to step down from the pedestal, back to being the average writer I am. Thank you for indulging me once again. MARCH 2026 7
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