Colorado Springs Independent

Basic Info

Formation: January, 1993
Founders:
Type: Newspaper
Address: 235 S Nevada Ave. Colorado Springs, CO. 80903
Purpose: To provide access to contemporary small press publications in poetry, fiction, and visual arts through an independent reading room, bookstore, and cafe.
Closed:
Website: Soco Insider

The left-leaning newspaper of Colorado Springs that published columns such as Queer & There.

For a time, the Colorado Springs Independent's building also hosted Inside Out Youth Services in the basement.

Key Dates

January, 1993: The Colorado Springs Independent is founded

Questions

Unfortunately, many CS Indy articles from 2020 and before have disappeared from the website and were not archived by the Wayback Machine or PPLD. If you have scans of LGBTQIA2+-related articles from the Colorado Springs Independent, please share them with the project. Note: apparently the archive should be coming back January 2026.

Colorado Springs Independent

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