St. Paul resident Jean-Nickolaus Tretter, who was involved in the launch of Twin Cities Pride and began one of the few Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender archival collections in the country, passed away at the age of 76.

Tretter played an active role in the Twin Cities GLBT community for decades. He hosted "Night Rivers," the only regularly broadcast Gay and Lesbian classical music show in the country, for 16 years on KFAI. He co-chaired Minnesota's Gay/Lesbian Olympic Committee and served on the board of Twin Cities Pride.