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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…

Wren Davis Pheonix’s oral history traces growing up in southwest Denver, navigating family trauma, foster care, gender fluidity, and early recognition of queer identity. Pheonix describes coming out, leaving college, working in Denver lesbian bars…

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,…

Kate Bowman talks about the founding the GIC

Joe Moore talks about his life growing up in the midwest, the importance of his family and their home, coming out and moving to Denver, while also talking about meeting his husband Bob Vitalletti.