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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,…

Julia Condolora reflects on growing up in an Italian Catholic family in Syracuse, New York, where she felt shy, introverted, and privately drawn to women’s clothing from an early age. She describes shame, fear, and secrecy around dressing, later…

Karen Benson’s two-part oral history traces her life from Manchester, Connecticut, through Syracuse, Montana, Oregon, and Denver, centered on empathy, spirituality, social work, activism, and LGBTQ student support. She discusses growing up in a…