Browse Items (1877 total)

Robert Reister’s oral history traces his life as a military child born at Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center, shaped by Germany, Denver/Aurora, Louisiana, Ohio, Catholic faith, family, and early political awareness. He reflects on the Berlin Wall,…

Rob talk about growing up in Ohio, coming out, getting involved in politics and anti-war work in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as starting a gay coffee house. He was involved in politics in Denver in the 1970s, as well as the 1980s, as well as a…

Rob Johnson’s three-part oral history traces his life from West Virginia, Virginia, Florida, Pittsburgh, military service, and later Colorado, centered on family instability, sexuality, shame, trauma, music, addiction, recovery, and…