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Craig Dietz reflects on growing up Jewish in Vail during its transformation from a small ski town into an international resort. Born in Philadelphia in 1965 and raised in Colorado after 1971, he discusses family construction work, antisemitism,…

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, book…

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,…

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.…