Organizations
A Note About Start and End Dates
This list is organized so the earliest formed organizations appear first. Metadata dates in Obsidian must be precise for indexing, so any unknown elements of a date will be rounded down to 1. i.e. AN organization that started on an unknown date in "1969" will be dated "01/01/1969".
LGBTQ-Specific Groups and Organizations
| Organization Name | Active-start | Active-end | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 501 N Foote Clinic | STI clinic frequently referenced in 1980s issues of Gayspeak. | ||
| Gay Liberation Front of Colorado Springs | An advocacy organization founded in 1969 that sought to combat heterosexism and other root causes of oppression toward gay people. | ||
| Colorado Springs Free Clinic | The volunteer-run, free clinic that eventually became Peak Vista. Co-founded by gay activists. | ||
| Colorado Springs Women's Health Service Clinic | |||
| Gay Sisters Alliance of Colorado Springs | |||
| Lambda Services Bureau | Lambda Services Bureau, Inc. was a nonprofit community program. It provided services around counseling, referrals, and education for lesbians and gay men. It fought and won against the IRS for its non-profit status in 1976. | ||
| Pikes Peak Metropolitan Community Church | LGBTQIA2+ affirming church that started in 1979 | ||
| PFLAG | |||
| Colorado Gay Rodeo Association | |||
| Count-me-in | |||
| Lambda House | A residence on the west side of Colorado Springs for men and women with HIV/AIDS to live. | ||
| Southern Colorado Health Network | |||
| GLBQ-Gay | |||
| Pueblo AIDS Coalition | |||
| Inside Out Youth Services | Organization founded in 1990 that builds access, equity, and power for and with LGBTQIA2+ youth in the Pikes Peak region | ||
| Walking Tall - A Lesbian Organization | A nonprofit organization dedicated to providing needed services and support for the lesbian community of Colorado Springs and surrounding areas. | ||
| Team Colorado | |||
| Pikes Peak United Rodeo | |||
| La Guía | La Guia is a grassroots organization that encourages the inclusion of Hispanic/Latino, Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and their friends by providing a diverse forum that is both autonomous and interactive within the greater Gay and Lesbian community. | ||
| Colorado Gay Volleyball Association | |||
| Peak Area Gender Expressions | Support groups of transgender people in Colorado Springs and Pueblo. Later became Peak Area Gender Expressions (PAGE) sometime between October 2002 and November 2003. | ||
| Colorado Springs Pride Center | The Pikes Peak Gay & Lesbian Community Center (PPGLCC) was founded in 1979 as a chapter of the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Colorado. It's the second oldest LGBTQ+ center in Colorado. It closed its doors in 2015. | ||
| Lambda History Committee | The Colorado Springs Lambda History Committee is a group of community members dedicated to the research, preservation, and sharing of Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ history. | ||
| Bacchus Wine Club | A wine-tasting group for the LGBTQ+ community of Colorado Springs | ||
| Black and Pink | An organization that helps coordinate letter writing to LGBTQ+ inmates. Colorado Springs has a chapter. | ||
| Dignity Colorado Springs | A group that met weekly in the 80's and 90's to serve LGBTQIA2+ people of faith. | ||
| EQUAL at Colorado College | LGBTQIA2+ student group at Colorado College, exclusively for LGBTQIA2+ students. Was operating from 2016-2020, unsure beyond that. | ||
| Gay & Lesbian Sports Organizations in Colorado | A collection of research by CC student Natalie Maldonado on Colorado-based sports organizations. | ||
| Ground Zero | Gay activist group that arose in response to the passage of Amendment 2 | ||
| Lesbian Avengers | |||
| Network PSN | |||
| Outward Bound | An outdoor education program for youth that worked with Inside Out Youth Services in the early 2000s. | ||
| Pikes Peak Safe at Schools Coalition | An advocacy group hosted through Inside Out Youth Services that advocates for the needs and rights of LGBTQIA2+ students in local schools. | ||
| United Court of the Pikes Peak Empire | The Colorado Springs chapter of the United Court drag community. A charitable group that fundraisers for local causes. |
Umbrella Organizations
Organizations that might connect historical figures or have impacted LGBTQ+ events, but are not explicitly LGBTQ+.