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Title
Jim Hipp Oral History
Rights
https://creativecommons.org/cc-licenses/; CC BY-NC-ND
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Date Created
2018
Subject
LGBTQ History in Colorado
Description
Jim Hipp’s oral history traces his life from Minnesota to Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Denver, centered on Baptist upbringing, gay self-discovery, nightlife, work, friendship, and survival. He discusses leaving home, early gay bars and cruising spaces in Minneapolis, sexual freedom in Los Angeles and San Francisco, bartending, family relationships, fatherhood, and coming out later in life. Hipp reflects on Jonestown-related grief, drug use, the Triangle, Denver’s gay bar scene, and rebuilding his life through work at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. His story highlights humor, resilience, chosen family, recovery, and queer life across several cities.
Oral History Item Type Metadata
Interviewer
David Duffield
Interviewee
Jim Hipp
Location
Denver