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Wren Davis Pheonix Oral History
Wren talks about her experiences with music, women's music, and the history of women loving women in Colorado.
Shawan Turner Oral History
Shawan talks about growing up in Brooklyn, coming to Colorado and her experiences as a drag king.
Shari Wilkens Oral History
Shari was born and raised in Denver. In this oral history she talks about her life growing up in Park Hill. She didn’t hear about same-sex love growing up, and became a teacher. In this oral history she talks about her activism in the women’s, LGBTQ,…
Phoebe Butsch Oral History
Phoebe Butsch talks about being a traveller, educator, and working as a senior storyteller as well as lesbian life in Colorado in the late 20th century.
Mary Celeste Oral History
Mary Celeste was the first out and proud lesbian to be elected in Denver County. She is also a founding, long time member of the Colorado GLBT Bar Association, LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce, and was a leader with the Colorado Legal Initiatives Project…
Laurie Theimer Oral History
In this interview Laurie talks about growing up in Denver and coming out at 21. She describes the world of women loving women in Colorado during the 1970s. She talks about caretaking for her friends during the HIV/AIDS crisis and moving to Arizona in…
Alice Cookie Barron Oral History
In this oral history Alice Cookie Barron talks about her experiences growing up in Texas, becoming a basketball player, travelling to Russia during the Cold War, and finding her life long partner Kaye Garms. Cookie moved to Denver in the 1960s, and…
Karen Benson Oral History
Karen talks about growing up in Connecticut, getting married, and eventually becoming the founder of the Auraria LGBTQ Resource Center
Gillian Edwards Oral History
Gillian Edwards was born near Sheffield, England. As a young girl she remembered the end of the second world war, and traveling around the world as a high school student. She realized she fell in love, realized she was a lesbian after college, and…
Beth Kahmann Oral History
This oral history talks about Beth Kahmann being a teacher, growing up being a woman loving woman, and survivor of traumatic brain injury.