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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…

Dee Galloway’s oral history traces her life from Beatrice, Nebraska, to Five Points and Denver’s lesbian community, centered on race, religion, reading, coming out, and community survival. She discusses childhood asthma, National Jewish, bullying,…

Bruce Gipson’s oral history traces his life as a Black gay man born in Denver in 1955, shaped by Park Hill, Five Points, family expectations, race, class, sexuality, and education. He discusses his father’s role as Colorado’s first Black…