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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…

Shawan Turner’s oral history traces her life from the Bronx to Colorado, centered on poverty, family, survival, motherhood, racism, sexuality, and community. She recalls growing up in New York tenements, being raised among Black and Puerto Rican…

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.

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…

Danielle Badler’s oral history traces her life from suburban New York through college, marriage, corporate communications, international relocation, and transition in Colorado. She discusses early childhood awareness of gender difference, secrecy,…

John Kelly talks about being gay in the military during the 1950s, growing up in upstate New York, nearly being discharged for being gay, and his work with American Veterans for Equal Rights (AVER) and work in the hospitality industry.

Bob talks about growing up in New York, meeting his partner Phil Nash, being an out doctor, as well as the murder of Irene De Soto