"Denver is the Mile High City, the Queen City of the Plains, and the Gateway to the West. Lying at the base of th the Colorado Rockies, the river confluence that became Denver in 1858 has long been a crossroads, first for Indigenous peoples, then joined in the 19th century by trapper, explorers, miners, and cowboys. Today, the city attracts thousands of new residents each year, including the LGBTQ people from the rural West and digit nomads from around the nations seeking a welcoming community where they can thrive. A half century ago, it took a different sort of pioneer to challenge Denver's prevailing social and moral status quo and open doors for LGBTQ people to achieve greater freedom and opportunity, eventually achieving historic milestones locally and nationally. LGBTQ Denver showcases how the city evolved from its pre-1970s history of rebuking gay people to a magnet for LGBTQ residents and the capital of the first state to elect and, four years later, overwhelmingly reelect the nation's first openly gay governor"--Back cover.
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