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Dee Galloway’s oral history traces her life from Beatrice, Nebraska, to Five Points and Denver’s lesbian community, centered on race, religion, reading, coming out, and community survival. She discusses childhood asthma, National Jewish, bullying,…

Denis Gerdes’s oral history traces his life from St. Louis to Colorado Springs and Denver, centered on family responsibility, Catholicism, gender expression, trauma, art, skating, and queer self-understanding. He discusses growing up as a feminine…

Don grew up in West Denver in a Catholic household. He became an elementary school teacher. He helped create and run the first men's coming out group at the First Unitarian Society of Denver and the Gay Community Center of Colorado. He is a life long…

Donaciano was born and raised in Colorado Springs. His family lived in an area which would later be torn down for "urban renewal" to make America the Beautiful Park. He grew up seeing signs which said things like "No dogs or Mexicans allowed." He…

Don is a psychiatrist and former faculty member at CU Boulder. In this oral history he talks about his journey as a young man, coming to terms with his sexuality and his Mormon faith, and his coming out at CU Boulder.

Elizabeth McConnell talks about discovering her sexuality late in life, growing up in privilege in Louisiana, moving to Colorado and finding her wife Gillian Edwards

Ellis McFadden talks about his life in volunteering for the Denver Gay Men's Chorus, in numerous political campaigns, his life in college, and his family history in Denver.

Anna Cher Simon and Fran Simon reflect on love, marriage, parenting, and LGBTQ legal advocacy in Colorado. They met through Yahoo online dating in the Bay Area, built a relationship across distance, and moved to Denver after Anna accepted a position…

Frankie Siebert talks about his work as a business owner, his work witht he Colorado AIDS Project, and living through the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

Gabbie talks about being a member of the Imperial Court of the Rocky Mountain Empire and growing up in Colorado