Cate Terwilliger
A lesbian writer who covered the HIV epidemic during her seven years of working at the Colorado Springs Gazette in the 1980's. She would go on to write for New Phazes.
She followed Ricky Morris through the last five months of his life and documented his decline as HIV/AIDS overtook him. [1]
Tamara Bartlett mentions Cate as a co-organizer of the first pride parade in Colorado Springs. [2]
References
Terwilliger, Catherine. “RICKY: Life and Death with AIDS.” Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph [Colorado Springs, CO], 17 Nov. 1985, Newspaper Archive, p. 1, https://access-newspaperarchive-com.ppld.idm.oclc.org/us/colorado/colorado-springs/colorado-springs-gazette-telegraph/1985/11-17/page-1. ↩︎
Bartlett, Tamara. “Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ Oral History Project, Season 3 – Tamara Bartlett.” (Colorado Springs, CO), Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ Oral History Project, October 11, 2022. Audio. Charles L. Tutt Library | digitalCC. https://digitalcc.coloradocollege.edu/record/3219?ln=en&p=bartlett&v=pdf#?xywh=-1972%2C-1%2C6902%2C3574. ↩︎