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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bruce Gipson Oral History]]></dcterms:title>
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    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Bruce Gipson’s oral history traces his life as a Black gay man born in Denver in 1955, shaped by Park Hill, Five Points, family expectations, race, class, sexuality, and education. He discusses his father’s role as Colorado’s first Black board-certified surgeon, Denver’s informal segregation, integrating Grayland Country Day School, East High School, Jack and Jill, Morehouse, depression, and the pressure to be “twice as good.” Gipson reflects on early awareness of attraction to men, Black middle-class respectability, racism, gentrification, interracial gay community, BWMT, HIV/AIDS loss, and the lifelong burden of navigating race and sexuality.  Note: Bruce passed away in 2022]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2018]]></dcterms:created>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Carol Ungar Oral History]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Oral History ]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Carol Ungar’s two-part oral history traces her life from Jewish Chicago to girls’ camps in Wisconsin, Montana, and Estes Park, then nursing, Denver, and lesbian self-understanding. She discusses growing up in an insular Jewish community, camp culture, horses, family expectations, gender roles, social awkwardness, alopecia, nursing school, and the long influence of her mother’s camping work. Ungar reflects on privilege, Jewish identity, women’s expectations before feminism, health, friendship, and the gradual process of recognizing and naming her sexuality. Her story highlights memory, family, camp life, nursing, Jewish community, gender, resilience, and LGBTQ identity.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2018]]></dcterms:created>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Carol White Oral History]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Oral History ]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Carol White talks about founding the Denver Women&#039;s Chorus, Harmony a Colorado Chorale, as well as her work in ministry, music, and her work in the choral movement of Denver.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2015]]></dcterms:created>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Charles Rozanski Oral History]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Oral History ]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Charles Rozanski talks about founding Mile High Comics, his life growing up in Colorado Springs, and developing West Nile as well as his work in drag and thoughts on gender non-conformity.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2019]]></dcterms:created>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Charlie Donalson Oral History]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Oral History ]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Charlie Donalson talks about being a ski instructor, artist, and member of the Rocky Mountain Motorcycle Club. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2015]]></dcterms:created>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Charlie Garretson Oral History]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Oral History ]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Charlie Garretson’s oral history traces his life from Willmar, Minnesota, to Denver, centered on family, accounting, real estate, gay identity, business, and community. He discusses growing up in a supportive family, realizing his attraction to men, attending the University of Minnesota, moving to Denver for health and independence, and coming out through bars, parties, and friendships. Garretson reflects on workplace discrimination at Arthur Andersen, owning the Broadway, Denver gay nightlife, real estate, Cheesman Park, R-0 zoning, Federico Peña, and long-term partnership. His story highlights professional resilience, gay entrepreneurship, community networks, and LGBTQ political change in Denver.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2017]]></dcterms:created>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Chris Sloan Oral History]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Oral History ]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Chris Sloan is a dancer and community activist, he helped to found the first Pride Parade in Denver in 1976.  He is a drag performer, Christi Layne, whose is internationally known.  ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2015]]></dcterms:created>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Cole Hart Oral History]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Oral History ]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Cole Hart’s oral history traces her life from Nashville and Texas to military service and Colorado, centered on evangelical Christianity, sexuality, family, education, and identity. She discusses growing up in the Church of the Nazarene, gifted education, family therapy, purity culture, first crushes on women, coming out, Oxford, massage therapy, Catholicism, and spiritual deconstruction. Hart reflects on lesbian community in Nashville, serving in the Army during Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Arabic language training, Fort Bragg, graphic design, and moving to Colorado. Her story highlights faith, shame, resilience, military life, queer self-discovery, and rebuilding identity beyond religious constraint.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2017]]></dcterms:created>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Corky Blankenship Oral History]]></dcterms:title>
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    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Corky Blankenship’s two-part oral history traces his life from southeast Denver and Cherry Creek through Fort Lewis, Greeley, San Francisco, teaching, family business, and Denver gay nightlife. He discusses childhood creativity, paper dolls, early attraction to men, family acceptance, an older gay brother, cruising at Washington Park, the Capitol, and Cheesman Park, and early Denver bars such as the Court Jester. Blankenship reflects on San Francisco’s Polk Street and Castro scenes, returning to Denver to run the family daycare, caregiving, business stress, Tracks, dancing, friendship, and long-term gay community life. His story highlights joy, resilience, sexuality, nightlife, family, and queer Denver memory.<br />
<br />
Corky Blankenship was a long time community member.  In this oral history he speaks about his art, social life, and owning a family childcare business.  He grew up in Denver in the 1950s and made his mark by becoming a well known community member later in life.  He talks about his experiences knowing Harvey Milk, living through San Francisco in the 1970s, and returning home to Denver through the HIV AIDS crisis.  Corky passed in the middle of the COVID-19 Pandemic.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2019]]></dcterms:created>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Daniel Dearmin Oral History]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Oral History ]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Daniel Dearmin’s oral history traces his life across North Carolina, Hawaii, Vermont, and Colorado, shaped by family instability, music, poverty, racism, sexuality, and survival. He discusses his Hawaiian mother, Southern Appalachian childhood, bluegrass culture, divorce, sibling separation, domestic violence, early sexual experiences, and the lasting influence of Aunt Rosalie. Dearmin reflects on bisexuality, HIV, caregiving, chosen family, migration, and the complicated overlap of love, harm, beauty, and trauma. His story highlights resilience, cultural mixture, queer sexuality, memory, and the lifelong work of understanding how childhood, family, and survival shaped his identity.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2018]]></dcterms:created>
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