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Terri Travis’s oral history traces a life of gender exploration, cross-dressing, family, marriage, work, and community connection in Colorado. Travis discusses early childhood memories of wearing feminine clothing, secrecy, Catholic upbringing,…

Tim Gill is the founder and creator of the Gill Foundation, Quark, and has supported the LGBTQ people of Colorado for many years. In this oral history he talks about growing up in Denver, as well what it was like to go work the Gay Liberation Front…

Tim Wilson talks about growing up in West Virgininia, his work in activism, Black and White Men Together, as well as being a funeral director.

Tina Scardina’s two-part oral history traces her life from Denver and Lakewood through Catholic school, Bear Creek, softball, Summit County, Denver lesbian bars, law, and LGBTQ political work. She discusses sports, gender expectations, leaving…

Tom Schasane’s oral history traces his life from Illinois and Florida to Colorado, centered on Catholic school, sexuality, literature, music, activism, travel, and AIDS-era politics. He discusses childhood abuse, early same-sex experiences, Catholic…

Tracy Phariss talks about growing up in Colorado, being out at the School of Mines, work in education as an LGBTQ teacher, and founding Gay Straight Alliances in Colorado.

Scott Perrin’s oral history explores growing up gay in a restrictive Church of Christ family in suburban Denver, surviving childhood trauma, and finding escape through school, work, and Denver’s gay bars. He describes living a double life, coming…

William Arndt’s four-part oral history traces his life from Boulder childhood through music, family, coming out, Philadelphia, public service, church, travel, and return to Colorado. He reflects on growing up as a loved only child, gender…

Wren Davis Pheonix’s oral history traces growing up in southwest Denver, navigating family trauma, foster care, gender fluidity, and early recognition of queer identity. Pheonix describes coming out, leaving college, working in Denver lesbian bars…

Chester MacQuary recounts a life rooted in rural Colorado, political conscience, and queer self-understanding. Born in Granby in 1936, he describes poverty, family resilience, school, early awareness of male attraction, and finding language through…