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Bill Olson in New York (c. 1976) w/ Christi Layne and friends at DNC, met with Shirley Chisholm, pushed for gay plank in DNC

Bill Olson in New York (c. 1976) w/ Christi Layne and friends at DNC, met with Shirley Chisholm, pushed for gay plank in DNC

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,…

Sheri Proctor talks about her life growing up mormon, realizing she was transgender, and her activism in transition.

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…

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,…