Marcus worked with Rocky Mountain PBS on three seasons of the Colorado Experience series, winning a 2015 Heartland Regional Emmy Award for the “Sand Creek Massacre” episode. The position is also responsible for increased engagement with-and public access to-LGBTQ historical resources and narratives.Īaron Marcus has been with History Colorado since 2008 and worked in the Digital Imaging Studio from 2012 to 2019. This job focuses on building more robust scholarship and inclusive holdings at History Colorado, which dates back to 1879.
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Marcus's full-time post as Gill Foundation Associate Curator of LGBTQ History is made possible by support from the Denver-based Gill Foundation, one of the nation’s largest funders of efforts to secure full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people. This project will help us thoughtfully identify, collect, and make available to the public relevant documents, photos, oral histories and artifacts that help tell the compelling and complex story of Colorado’s LGBTQ+ community.Īaron Marcus is an Emmy-winning researcher and lifelong Coloradan, and a member of the core curatorial staff of Colorado’s official state history organization.
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We know we’re succeeding when more voices, perspectives and experiences are part of History Colorado. In our blogs, our publications, our collecting initiatives and more, we've been gathering and telling the stories of LGBTQ+ Coloradans.Īt History Colorado we strive to be a place of belonging for all Coloradans and to serve as a platform for community connection and co-creation. History Colorado helps make sense of the world through the filter of history while fostering in every Coloradan an understanding of their own history. Now with generous support from the Gill Foundation, History Colorado will establish the Gill Foundation LGBTQ+ Archive, which will highlight 25 years of work by the Gill Foundation, preserve the legacy of Tim Gill’s philanthropic impact on LGBTQ+ rights in the state, and document Colorado’s LGBTQ+ community.
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Floats are built by various companies and organizations that support LGBT rights. The PrideFest parade generally begins at 9:30am.
Roads are reopened about an hour after cleanup. The festival comes to a close in the early evening. Local and nationally recognized performers offer entertainment at multiple stages during the event. Several companies and organizations also rent booths to show their support for Denver's and Colorado's LGBT community. Vendors sell a variety of products such as homemade jewelry, stained glass, apparel, food, and services. After the parade, the roads surrounding Civic Center Park (Broadway, the "Colfax Curve", Bannock, and 14th Avenue Parkway) remain closed during the rally and street fair. A stretch of Colfax Avenue is closed for the Sunday parade, from Franklin Street west to Broadway. Celebrations at local establishments begin the week of PrideFest, with a conclusion of the entire celebration the following Sunday. PrideFest generally occurs the third weekend of June.