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Jean-Nickolaus Tretter

Jean-Nickolaus Tretter was an American activist and LGBT archivist who created the Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies, housed by the University of Minnesota.

Early life, education and military service
Tretter grew up in Little Falls, Minnesota and studied initially linguistics. After graduating, Tretter served with the U.S. Navy in the Vietnam War. From 1973, he studied cultural anthropology at the University of Minnesota, although faculty prevented him from focusing his studies on lesbian and gay anthropology. Tretter dropped out of university in 1976. == Career and activism ==
Career and activism
After dropping out of university, Tretter worked at a home in Ramsey County for people with disabilities, while also undertaking private study on gay and lesbian history. Tretter's LGBT collection grew over the decades and he donated it to the Andersen Library in Minnesota in 2000. == Personal life and death ==
Personal life and death
Tretter came out about his sexuality in the early 1970s, after leaving the Navy. ==References==
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