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Jennifer “Behind the Green Door”’s oral history centers on the Gender Identity Center, Tommye Kelly, and the practical, emotional, and community realities of transition in Colorado. She discusses finding early transgender information through The…

Jerry Gerash talks about growing up in California, being Jewish, going to Berkley, becoming a lawyer, establishing the Gay Coalition of Denver, and becoming an activist and leader in the Denver LGBTQ community.

Bublz La Rue is a long time performer and personal friend of Christi Layne. In this oral history he talks about his career in drag as well as growing up in the South and his activist work in Seattle as well as the early days of the International…

Jerry Reese talks about his activism, drag performances, growing up in Louisiana and hist work in Denver with the International Court of the Rocky Mountain Empire.

This photograph shows Jan Gibbons (right) and her partner Jessie McDonald (left of Jan, taller blue clothing). Note the flowers and the handmade posters behind the bar. Note the oak and broan materials of the bar,. This is likely a celebration of…

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…