#arts-and-writing/anthologies

Colors of Courage

Colors of Courage: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Life in Colorado Springs is an anthology about being LGBT in Colorado Springs, assembled by the The Pikes Peak Gay & Lesbian Community Center in 2008 through their LGBT writing group, Outword. The publication contains artwork, essays, poetry, play scripts, and photography. [1]

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(Shout out to Dara Hoffman-Fox who shared their copy for this project.)

In the anthology are works by the following:

Matthew Baty, Laurie Wagner Buyer, Laura Colbert, Kathy Conarro, Todd Craig, Margaret Duncombe, Lucinda T. Green, Malachi Truman Harris, Ric Helstrom, Dara Hoffman-Fox, Bob K., William Knapp, Laura, Anna Lavender, Judd Lynn, C. Dana Martyne, Cante Mato, Hayden Matthews, Aliya Mehdi, James F. Miller, Rev. Wes Mullins, Clinton Nicholson, Sally Piette, Steven P. Rinkes, John Robey, SAGE (Jamie Cotton), Kory Sampson, Rebekah Shardy, Susan, Squirrel, Amanda Udis-Kessler, Dorian Beth Wenzel, Nan C. Wilson [2]

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An ad for the release party in the Gazette.[1:1]

Key Dates

References

  1. Book explores being gay in Springs; Colors release marks National Coming Out Day (2008-10-11). PPLD Digital Collections, accessed 27/11/2025, https://digitalcollections.ppld.org/nodes/view/819451 ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. Pikes Peak Pride Center. Colors of Courage: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Life in Colorado Springs. Colorado Springs, CO. ↩︎