Forgotten Spaces of Queer Denver (1880 – 1940)

Travel backward in time to revisit the spaces and lives of queer Denver from the late 19th century to World War II. See how Capitol Hill became the first "gay neighborhood." Learn about the first gay bar, "The Pit,” in 1939, and others clustered around 17th and Broadway, including the Ship's Tavern during the war Look at the community surrounding Gail Laughlin, Esq., who met her partner here in 1906 and had offices at the downtown Kittridge building. Discover many little-known spaces and end at Union Station to examine the life of Jack Hill, who was arrested for cross-dressing as a gender non-conforming person. Discover a heritage lost in the pages of Colorado history and become a storyteller about generations whose lives and places were once forgotten but are now remembered.