Jim Hipp’s oral history traces his life from Minnesota to Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Denver, centered on Baptist upbringing, gay self-discovery, nightlife, work, friendship, and survival. He discusses leaving home, early gay bars and cruising…
Daniel Wenger’s oral history traces his life from rural Indiana to Denver, including childhood isolation, bullying, funeral work, military service, marriage, fatherhood, alcoholism, mental health struggles, and gradual self-acceptance as a gay man.…
Aileen Gaumond’s oral history traces her life from New Jersey to Colorado, including childhood, athletics, hitchhiking, education, marriage, motherhood, and work as one of the early women electricians in Colorado. She reflects on sexism in…
Phil Hoyle’s oral history traces his life from a religious Kansas upbringing into church work, marriage, fatherhood, and eventual self-recognition as a gay man. He describes long years of understanding himself through bisexuality, his loving but…
This file contains clippings from Big Mama Rag, Out Front, and several newspapers on the Three Sisters Bar. (Sources are cited in titles, via ColoradoHistoricNewspapers.com, gathered between 2024 to 2026) (Click Link…
This photograph is sources from Colorado Historic Newspapers, via Out Front, Rocky Mountain News, or the Denver Post. Note the handmade artwork in the background.