The Queer History Archive of Colorado Springs

This is a research project meant to document the corners of Colorado Springs LGBTQIA2+ history and culture across time, place, and connections. My hope is that through this research, the impacts and contributions of different people, organizations, events, and places are not lost to time. It also serves as a reminder that queer people have always been here.

This research is primarily conducted through archived newspapers through the Pikes Peak Library District, Colorado Springs LGBTQIA2+ Oral History Project episodes, and community input.

Join the Lambda History Committee!

The archive is assembling a team of dedicated researchers to help stitch together the tapestry of our local history. The hope is that we will have our first meeting in late April or early May, 2026. The committee will meet bi-weekly and the meetings will have a hybrid virtual option. You can join the committee by filling out this interest form, and you can learn more here.

About the Project

Who's Behind this Project
Contribute To The Project
Roadmap, Roadblock, and Tasks
Resources for Other Researchers


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A Timeline of Colorado Springs Queer History
About
Comment and Contribution Policy
Contribute To The Project
New Art or Publication Questionnaire
New Event Questionnaire
New Organization or Place Questionnaire
New Person Questionnaire
Home
Arts and Writing
Events
Index Base - Organizations
Organizations
People
Places
On This Day In Colorado Springs Queer History
Roadmap, Roadblock, and Tasks
Tools for Research
Who's Behind this Project
Born Different and The Dog That Moos
Colorado Gay Magazine
Colorado Springs Independent
Colorado Springs LGBTQIA2+ Oral History Project
Colors of Courage - Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Life in Colorado Springs
Focus on the Fabulous
GAYSPEAK
Gays in Colorado Springs by KKTV
Keep Colorado Springs Queer
New Phazes
Out Front
Pikes Peak Poet Laureate
Prickly Pear Printing
Queer & There
Sexy Train Things
The AIDS Quilt
The Colorado Springs Free Press and Sun
The Knight After Christmas by Penni Kimmel
The Scene
The Source Publishing
The Source
AIDS Epidemic
Block Party
Colorado Womyn's Wilderness Retreat (CWWR)
Excel
Gay Pride Week
Gays and Theys Mountain Days
Lambda Awards
Pikes Peak Pridefest
CSPM - The Gay Underground
CSPM Plaque - Barbara Grier
Lambda History Committee Meeting Notes
Article Template
Colorado Springs Police Department
El Paso County Democratic Party
Focus on the Family
501 N Foote Clinic
Bacchus Wine Club
Black and Pink
Colorado Gay Rodeo Association
Colorado Springs Pride Center
Colorado Springs Women's Health
Count-me-in
Dignity Colorado Springs
EQUAL at Colorado College
GLBQ-Gay
Gay Liberation Front of Colorado Springs
Gay Sisters Alliance of Colorado Springs
Ground Zero
Inside Out Youth Services
Lambda History Committee
Lambda House
Lambda Services Bureau
Lesbian Avengers
Network PSN
Outward Bound
PFLAG
Peak Area Gender Expressions
Person Article Template
Pikes Peak Metropolitan Community Church
Pikes Peak Safe at Schools Coalition
Pikes Peak United Rodeo
Pueblo AIDS Coalition
Southern Colorado Health Network
United Court of the Pikes Peak Region
Walking Tall - A Lesbian Organization
Alan Wakefield
Ashley Cornelius
Barbara Grier
Bessie the Girl Hobo
Bill Douglas
Dara Hoffman-Fox
David Eidson
David McCord and David Zamora
David Zamora
Don Collier
Don Thomas
Donaciano Martinez
Dorothy Bell
Elvira
Frank Whitworth 1
Frank Whitworth
Gene Shinn
Helen Thompson
Jack Baker
Jamie Logan
Jocelyn Sandberg
Joe Brady
LisaJo Laptad
Lyda Rose
Mackenzie Beninati
Madaleine Sorkin
Malachi Truman Harris
Marcie Wexler
Mary Cremonesi
Mary Lou Makepeace
Mary Malia
Monycka Snowbird
Nancy Wilstead
Nico Wilkinson
Nikki Spears
Penni Kimmel
Renee Nicole Good
Reverend Roger Webb
Ricky Morris
Rod Rhodes
Ronald Eby
Rudy Cardenas
Ryan Acker
Spring Byington
Stanley Norman
Stoney Bertz
Syd Lapan
Tamara Bartlett
Tasha Hill
The Horse Thief of 1878
Tom Gehling
Zivia Berkowitz
2735 Club
Abaton Books
Acacia Park
Backstreets Restaurant
Bubbles Colorado Springs
Chief Theater
Conejos neighborhood
DJ's Bar and Grill
Ground Zero Venue
Hide and Seek Pueblo
Kona Club
La Cuchara
La Foret Conference Center
Mountain Fold Books
Poor Richards
Rathskellar
Rooted Studio
The Annex
The Bijou
The Box Car
The Exit
The Gay Underground
The Hide & Seek
The Play Pen
The Purple Cow
The Quaill Club
The Underground
Together As One
True Colors Lesbian Bar
Notable Queer Outdoor Recreationalists and Affinity Groups in Colorado Springs
Alphabet Soup 2
Alphabet Soup by Emma Oosterhous
Bed and Breakfasts
Best practices around gendering people in the past
Colorado College
Fort Carson
Palmer High School
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs