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Dr. Sara Winter reflects on her life, medical career, and role as a founding member of Denver’s AIDS Family Support Group, formed in 1985 through PFLAG. She describes how the group supported families confronting AIDS, grief, stigma, and the…

Tim Wilson talks about growing up in West Virgininia, his work in activism, Black and White Men Together, as well as being a funeral director.

Robert Reister’s oral history traces his life as a military child born at Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center, shaped by Germany, Denver/Aurora, Louisiana, Ohio, Catholic faith, family, and early political awareness. He reflects on the Berlin Wall,…

Rick talks about growing up in Colorado, his work as a DJ, move to New York, eventual return to Colorado, living through the HIV/AIDS crisis, and the Ball Park Bath House.

Richard (Bucky) Reed talks about growing up in the 1960s, coming to Colorado in the 1970s, becomiing a member of the International Court of the Rocky Mountain Empire (ICRME), a teacher, and retiring from Denver Public Schools.

Paula Walker talks about her work in the army as a nurse, being stationed in Afghanistan, and getting married.

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…

Orie Thompson talks about growing up in Colorado Springs, what life was like there from 1955 - 1975, as well as the Ball Park Bath House, working at the Center, as well as living through the HIV/AIDS crisis. Orie Thompson’s oral history traces his…

Marie talks about her life in Colorado, going into the military, and her avocational work.

Lonnie Hanzon’s three-part oral history traces his life from childhood in Jefferson County through theater, public art, design, queer identity, grief, illness, and large-scale creative work. He discusses family complexity, early bullying,…