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Julia Condolora reflects on growing up in an Italian Catholic family in Syracuse, New York, where she felt shy, introverted, and privately drawn to women’s clothing from an early age. She describes shame, fear, and secrecy around dressing, later…

Bill Olson talks about his life growing up on Chicago, joining the Imperial Court of the Rocky Mountain Empire, and living through the HIV/AIDS epidemic

Andy Maxwell reflects on growing up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in a large working-class family shaped by loss, poverty, segregation, and resilience. He describes realizing he was gay as a teenager, navigating secrecy, police exposure, public cruising…

Annie Brenman-West talks about her life in Denver, as well as her work with the Imperial Court of the Rocky Mountain Empire.

This oral history talks about Beth Kahmann being a teacher, growing up being a woman loving woman, and survivor of traumatic brain injury.

Bill Threllfall talks about owning his family newspaper and gay life from the 1960s to 2010

BJ talks about his life in Denver, going to DU, and being the owner of an LGBTQ business.

Bob talks about growing up in New York, meeting his partner Phil Nash, being an out doctor, as well as the murder of Irene De Soto

Bob Moore talks about his life in ministry and the founding of the Denver Gay Men's Chorus (DGMC), as well as his life in music as well transformative moments like witnessing Kent State massacre in 1970.

Bob Vitaletti talks about growing up in Scranton, Pennsylvania as well as becoming an psychologist, and working in Denver through the HIV/AIDS crisis as well as meeting his husband Joe and political work.