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Scotti moved to Denver at the age of 18. He immediately got involved in drag and female impersonation. He was a member of the Turn About Revue and the was part of the founding of the Guilded Cage bar in 1964. He is one of the first Empresses of…

Amendment 2 photos

Category 6 Book Store was the first gay book store in Denver formed around 1982 by partners Neil Woodward and Dan Otero. LGBTQ bookstores acted as centers of information distribution, resources, communication, and community. They held speakers,…

Category 6 Book Store was the first gay book store in Denver formed around 1982 by partners Neil Woodward and Dan Otero. LGBTQ bookstores acted as centers of information distribution, resources, communication, and community. They held speakers,…

Shari was born and raised in Denver. In this oral history she talks about her life growing up in Park Hill. She didn’t hear about same-sex love growing up, and became a teacher. In this oral history she talks about her activism in the women’s, LGBTQ,…

Category 6 Book Store was the first gay book store in Denver formed around 1982 by partners Neil Woodward and Dan Otero. LGBTQ bookstores acted as centers of information distribution, resources, communication, and community. They held speakers,…

Shawan Turner’s oral history traces her life from the Bronx to Colorado, centered on poverty, family, survival, motherhood, racism, sexuality, and community. She recalls growing up in New York tenements, being raised among Black and Puerto Rican…