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Joseph Bump reflects on a life shaped by conservative religion, study, family, loss, and late-life LGBTQ community. Raised in an extremely conservative Methodist holiness tradition, he trained in education, theology, music, Greek, and Latin, later…

Bill Fry reflects on adoption, repression, faith, travel, and gay life across several decades. Raised in small-town Attica, Indiana, he describes a loving but emotionally limited family, early awareness of difference, military school expulsion,…

Phil Wade reflects on Catholic childhood, shame, survival, teaching, and Denver LGBTQ community. Born in Manhattan and raised in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, he describes feeling different early, struggling with masculinity, Catholic guilt, school…

Randy Hardwick’s oral history traces his role in Denver’s LGBTQ nightlife, politics, publishing, and education. He discusses the founding of the Colorado Tavern Guild, the growth of Tracks, tensions between gay bars, police relations, racial and…

This oral history talks about Lisa's experience growing up in Denver, as well as what life what like in the 1970s and 1980s for trans women. This story includes stories of active sex work as well as histories of violence against transgender women. …

Robin was the first out member of the Denver City Council. In this oral history she talks about her life growing up in Wisonsin, journey through law school, and then election to the Denver City Council.

Dr. Sara Winter reflects on her life, medical career, and role as a founding member of Denver’s AIDS Family Support Group, formed in 1985 through PFLAG. She describes how the group supported families confronting AIDS, grief, stigma, and the…