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Tim Retzloff oral history interviews, 1993-2012
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The collection includes oral history interviews with members of Detroit's LGBTQ community conducted by Tim Retzloff between 1993 and 2012. Topics of discussion include experiences of coming out and gay life, Detroit's gay bar scene and other community spaces, and involvement in a variety of organizations including the Detroit Gay Liberation Front, the Gay Liberator, Detroit Gay Activists, the Green Carnation Community Center, ONE, and the Association of Suburban People.
Alexander, Charles (b. 1936), 2006-02-25
(Interviewed in Detroit, MI. Discusses various Detroit gay bars and his arrest for accosting and soliciting by an undercover officer working decoy detail around Farmer and Bates area in the late 1950s.)
Ansuini, Patricia (b. 1946), 2010-08-03
(Interviewed in Evanston, IL. Discusses coming out into bar scene in the late 1960s, involvement in lesbian-feminist consciousness raising group, and work for the newspaper Gayzette.)
Ashby, Dennis (1948-2010), 2010-05-10
(Interviewed in Royal Oak, MI. Discusses his experiences as a teenager at the Tot Lot in the 1960s and his career as a waiter and bartender at various Detroit bars beginning in 1968, including Todd's Sway Lounge and the Gold Coast.)
Barnard, Gordon (1936-2011), 2010-06-29
(Interviewed in Eastpoint, MI. Discussed cruising for gay sex in downtown Detroit during the 1950s, including at the flagship Hudson's Department Store.)
Bill (1932-2007), 2005-10-28
(Interviewed in Redford, MI. Discusses visting the Silver Star and developing a small gay social network before retreating into the closet in the 1950s.)
Boukas, George (b. 1960)
(Interviewed in Detroit, MI. Discusses growing up gay in an Orthodox Greek family and his forays into various bars in the early 1980s, including the Gas Station, CT's, and Backstreet.)