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Chocolate Waters reflects on a life shaped by writing, rebellion, lesbian community, and artistic survival. Born in Maryland and raised largely in conservative Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, she describes feeling out of place before discovering lesbian…

Tina Scardina’s two-part oral history traces her life from Denver and Lakewood through Catholic school, Bear Creek, softball, Summit County, Denver lesbian bars, law, and LGBTQ political work. She discusses sports, gender expectations, leaving…

Tea Schook talks about growing up in the Midwest, finding a lesbian collective in college, feminism, her work on the Anti-Discrimination Ordinances in Denver, her run for governor and work int the Democratic party, and Amendment 2,

Laurie Theimer’s oral history traces growing up in Denver, coming out at CSU in 1971, and finding lesbian community through Fort Collins networks and Denver bars such as Three Sisters. She reflects on tomboy childhood, family caregiving, mental…

Kaye Garms’s oral history traces her life from an Oklahoma farm to Wayland Baptist, Texas, and Colorado, centered on basketball, teaching, partnership, and outdoor life. She discusses growing up the youngest of seven, farm work, high school…