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Robin Cohen reflects on growing up Jewish, intellectually precocious, left-handed, athletic, and increasingly aware of lesbian difference in the Chicago suburbs. She describes family divorce, early isolation, painful messages about homosexuality, and…

Chester MacQuary recounts a life rooted in rural Colorado, political conscience, and queer self-understanding. Born in Granby in 1936, he describes poverty, family resilience, school, early awareness of male attraction, and finding language through…

Scott Perrin’s oral history explores growing up gay in a restrictive Church of Christ family in suburban Denver, surviving childhood trauma, and finding escape through school, work, and Denver’s gay bars. He describes living a double life, coming…

Terri Travis’s oral history traces a life of gender exploration, cross-dressing, family, marriage, work, and community connection in Colorado. Travis discusses early childhood memories of wearing feminine clothing, secrecy, Catholic upbringing,…

Pat Gourley grew up in the midwest on a farm. As a young adult he traveled to the south and saw racial discrimination first hand. He moved to Boulder, Colorado and attended nursing school. He was later a leader in HIV at both Denver Health and for…

Larry Wegner’s oral history traces his life from Yuma, Colorado, to Boulder, Denver, Los Angeles, and back, centered on music, performance, publishing, and gay community life. He recalls growing up as a talented pianist in a small farming town,…

Judith Blair talks about growing up in the midwest, living in California during the 1950s as well as her band Sweet Honey in 1970s Colorado, as well as her life with her partner and founding a business for brain health.

Carol White talks about founding the Denver Women's Chorus, Harmony a Colorado Chorale, as well as her work in ministry, music, and her work in the choral movement of Denver.