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Tracy Phariss Oral History
Tracy Phariss talks about growing up in Colorado, being out at the School of Mines, work in education as an LGBTQ teacher, and founding Gay Straight Alliances in Colorado.
Richard (Bucky) Reed Oral History
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.
Phoebe Butsch Oral History
Phoebe Butsch’s oral history traces her life from Rochester, Minnesota, to Europe, Africa, graduate school, teaching, and Colorado, centered on education, travel, history, feminism, and later lesbian self-understanding. She discusses her Mayo Clinic…
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…
Kaye Garms Oral History
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…
Donald Johnson Oral History
Don is a psychiatrist and former faculty member at CU Boulder. In this oral history he talks about his journey as a young man, coming to terms with his sexuality and his Mormon faith, and his coming out at CU Boulder.
Gail Klock Oral History
Gail Klock’s oral history traces her life from Pueblo, Colorado, through a career in physical education, coaching, and gifted education. She discusses Title IX, sexism in athletics, and discrimination against lesbian coaches in schools and…
Bob Moore Oral History
Bob Moore talks about his life in ministry and the founding of the Denver Gay Men's Chorus (DGMC), as well as his life in music as well transformative moments like witnessing Kent State massacre in 1970.
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.