Fort Collins Courier: Denver man in women's "habiliments" disappears (1882)
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Title
Fort Collins Courier: Denver man in women's "habiliments" disappears (1882)
Subject
masquerade, effeminacy, cross-dressing
Description
The Fort Collins Courier shares a brief from Denver about a local man that went missing. The man was known for wearing "female habiliments" (i.e. women's clothing).
We can speculate that the man may have simply left town; however, even today, rates of violence against gender non-conforming indivdiuals are high. So we cannot rule out that this man may have disappeared under threat or faced violence.
We can speculate that the man may have simply left town; however, even today, rates of violence against gender non-conforming indivdiuals are high. So we cannot rule out that this man may have disappeared under threat or faced violence.
Creator
Fort Collins Courier
Source
Colorado Historic Newspapers
Publisher
"A Young Man....," Fort Collins Courier, March 23, 1882, pp. 3
Date
March 23, 1882
Contributor
Thomas R. Dunn (researcher)
Rights
Public domain -- printed before 1926
Format
PDF, JPEG
Language
English
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Original Format
Newspaper
Files
Citation
Fort Collins Courier, “Fort Collins Courier: Denver man in women's "habiliments" disappears (1882),” Northern Colorado Queer Memory Project, accessed August 15, 2026, https://nocoqueermemory.omeka.net/items/show/148.