Roadmap, Roadblock, and Tasks
Project Roadmap
In-Progress
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- Digital Garden has updated to be able to publish Obsidian Bases, so I am working on converting the indexes to bases, which will be easier to use in the long run.
Soon to Start
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- Almost there! Need domain name and all that.
Completed
- CSS - Add footer with link to contribution form, comment section
- Nice image viewer added!! Captions possible?
- Comment section added! Might eventually like to switch from Disqus, but this works for now.
Gaps in Knowledge
This is a collection of tasks and points of further research from across this knowledgebase. To see what information we have collected, click the link to view the page itself.
Colorado Springs Independent
- [ ] 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.
Gays in Colorado Springs by KKTV
- [ ] Can we locate the footage of Gays in Colorado Springs by KKTV that aired on July 27, 1981?
- Reached out to KKTV on 2/21/26. Waiting to hear back.
GAYSPEAK
- [x] What is Speakout? It was mentioned in the May 1998 issue of Gayspeak. A gay radio show? They asked the audience "What sort of services would you like to see the PPGCC provide?"
- An issue is at History Colorado. Requested. #pendingmaterials
- [ ] PPLD has volume 4 and onward. Does anyone have the first three volumes?
- Colorado College Special Collections does have some issues of Gayspeak that PPLD does not have, including some of volume 3. The entirety of Volumes 1 and 2 remain missing.
Queer & There
- [ ] Have any copies or scans of old Queer & There articles from the Colorado Springs Independent? Send them our way!
Sexy Train Things
- [x] Ask Mackenzie about archiving the book with PPLD and Internet Archive
- [x] Ask Mackenzie how/if people can buy the book these days
The AIDS Quilt
- [ ] Identify which panel belongs to Brent B., as there are multiple matches.
The Colorado Springs Free Press and Sun
- [ ] Read through issues of the Colorado Springs Sun at PPLD to see if there are any insights into the 60's - 80's LGBTQ+ scene.
- History Colorado has a list of notable articles to narrow the search down.
The Scene
- [ ] Why is there a discrepancy between the editors Chris Parks listed and the editors Out Front listed?
The Source Publishing
- [ ] Did The Source publish any books? #lostmediawiki
- [ ] Is The Source Publishing the same as The Source newspaper? Or from the same people?
AIDS Epidemic
- [x] Did any of the panels of the AIDS quilt come from Colorado Springs?
- Yes! The AIDS Quilt
Excel
- [x] Where was this event hosted? Kind of looks like La Foret.
- It is! Confirmed in the next issue of the source.
- Photos from 2022 Caregivers retreat for a little then/now scene?
History Colorado Collection
- [ ] Call research assistance and ask about Compass memberships and whether Compass would be a good database for my purposes
THEM
- [ ] Get scans about THEM from OAC
501 N Foote Clinic
- [ ] When did the 501 N Foote clinic open and close?
Bacchus Wine Club
- [ ] When was Bacchus founded?
- [ ] Who founded it?
Colorado Springs Pride Center
- [ ] What happened to the PPGLCC's physical center that left them without one in 1988?
- [ ] Any photos of the float that took first place at the Colorado Springs St. Patrick's Day Parade?
- [ ] Any photos of the 1990 Denver Pride Parade winning float?
- [ ] Is there KOAA or KRDO footage from the Lambda Resource Center opening on January 22, 1984?
- [ ] Find and speak to Dennis Lujan and Deb Contreras, members of the Center's Community History Committee in 1992.
Colorado Springs Women's Health
- [ ] Who was the anthropology professor at Colorado College? Look at yearbooks.
- [ ] "Circle One - A Self-Health Handbook" - Locate a copy? #materials-to-locate
Gay Liberation Front of Colorado Springs
- [ ] Donaciano mentions Ricardo as a connection at CC, but Dave Tyner is cited in Gazette. How do they relate to one another? Can Donaciano share a bit more about Ricardo?
- [ ] Donaciano mentions writing an article for a book about the chartering process at CC. Is that Focus on the Fabulous, or something else?
Gay Sisters Alliance of Colorado Springs
- [x] Find more information. Was this actually gay in the homosexual sense?
- It was! Clarified by Donaciano's interview.
Lambda House
- [ ] Where was Lambda House located?
Lambda Services Bureau (# Edit conflict 2026-02-26 hnaqgGe #)
- [ ] Get scans of LSB files from ONE Archives
Lambda Services Bureau
- [ ] Get scans of LSB files from ONE Archives
Network PSN
- [ ] What was the purpose of PSN?
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Pikes Peak Safe at Schools Coalition
- [x] When was PPSASC founded?
- [x] Was it always under IOYS?
United Court of the Pikes Peak Region
- [ ] Would like to find photos of some of the earliest court members and events
- [ ] What inspired the name "United Court of the Rising Sun Empire"
Barbara Grier (# Edit conflict 2026-03-12 xct9ecC #)
- [x] Find Barbara's mother's letter to The Ladder?
- Yes, she wrote it under the acronym Doris Lyle.
- [x] Are there yearbook photos of Barbara Grier at Colorado Springs High School? #specialcollections
- I looked and didn't find Barbara. Might look again later.
- [x] Did Barbara steal the Well of Loneliness from Penrose Library?
- Awaiting response from SFPL about getting letter from Corinne Tee
- [ ] Find Barbara's story about pre-teen years in Colorado.
- "One of the short stories she wrote later in life was set in the Colorado of her pre-teenage years and recounted how seventh-graders stoned an unpopular girl as she walked home from school. Whether the stones were real or fictional, Barbara’s lack of social skills had their origins in childhood." - from Indomitable, The Life of Barbara Grier
- [ ] Trying to reach Joanne Passet to ask about Cascade story and seventh-graders story
Barbara Grier
- [x] Find Barbara's mother's letter to The Ladder?
- Yes, she wrote it under the acronym Doris Lyle.
- [x] Are there yearbook photos of Barbara Grier at Colorado Springs High School? #specialcollections
- I looked and didn't find Barbara. Might look again later.
- [x] Did Barbara steal the Well of Loneliness from Penrose Library?
- Awaiting response from SFPL about getting letter from Corinne Tee
- [ ] Find Barbara's story about pre-teen years in Colorado.
- "One of the short stories she wrote later in life was set in the Colorado of her pre-teenage years and recounted how seventh-graders stoned an unpopular girl as she walked home from school. Whether the stones were real or fictional, Barbara’s lack of social skills had their origins in childhood." - from Indomitable, The Life of Barbara Grier
- [ ] Trying to reach Joanne Passet to ask about Cascade story and seventh-graders story
Deborah Surat, Ph.D.
- [ ] Send ED questionnaire to Deborah Surat
Don Collier
- [ ] Did Don also grow up in the Conejos neighborhood?
Donaciano Martinez
- [x] Was the 1971 protest mentioned by Donaciano the one that occurred in November 6, 1971? Gay libs mentioned in RMN article.
- Yes!
Dorothy Bell
- [ ] Where did Dorothy Bell go after LSB?
Gene Shinn
- [ ] Was Gene Shinn a UCCS Student? PPSC? Not CC. See if there's anything in the archives.
Malachi Truman Harris
- [x] Is this the same Truman Harris that was the UCCS bookstore manager from 1967-1972?
- I believe so.
- [x] Can we find any of his poetry?
- Yes! In Out Front. Now linked on page.
- [x] Both Truman Harris and Don Collier worked on the UCCS Montage and Out Front. Were they in community with one another?
- It seems so, given that they both were involved in the gay liberation front movement in Colorado Springs. Still researching.
- [ ] Trying to get scans of Writings of Malachi Truman Harris from OAC
Nancy Wilstead
- [ ] Is Nancy's 2212 W Colorado the same as the women's health clinic operating in the 70's?
Tamara Bartlett
- [ ] When was the first parade? See if its in the transcript.
- [x] Ask Tamara about saved New Phases issues
- Found in PPLD Special Collections! Regina Dipadova might have more.
The Horse Thief of 1878
- [ ] What are the Best practices around gendering people in the past
Tom Gehling
- [ ] Are there any archived issues of Colorado Gay Magazine?
2735 Club
- [ ] How long did it operate?
- [ ] Not seeing mentions of it beyond 1986
- [ ] Tamara: What do you remember of the club?
The Exit
- [x] Is this the same as Exit 21?
- Yes, Exit 21 became The Exit, according to an interview with Joe Brady in Gayspeak.
The Hide & Seek
- [ ] Find more information about Donna the DJ [^4] who was mentioned in this reddit thread
- [ ] Research The Annex, and ask the people in the Aging Punks FB group about the intersection of punk and LGBTQIA2+ cultures
- [ ] Research The Penthouse Lounge
- [ ] Research True Colors Lesbian Bar
- [x] Research The Exit
- [ ] Find photos of the inside of the The Hide & Seek, compare to photos Inside Out Youth Services now since they occupy the same space.
- [ ] Did the business close in 2004 due to fire code violations? Or did it continue beyond that?
- [ ] How to get in touch with Joe Brady
The Purple Cow
- [ ] Two local performers were also at the Purple Cow drag shows - Mister Ronnie and Patty. Who were they? Can we find out more about them?
- [x] Was the Rathskellar and the Purple Cow one and the same? "If you like German music and dances, try the rathskeller at the Purple Cow, you know, the Old Moors." Don Collier names both as sites of early drag shows. [^8]
- No. The Purple Cow had a Rathskellar, but the Rathskeller in question was beneath Edelweiss.
- [ ] It is unclear when the Purple Cow first started hosting drag shows. Elvira says she started doing drag there at 14, which would have been around 1965. The Purple Cow operating in the mid-60's also aligns with Dawn Collier's timeline of being a female impersonator at that time. However, according to the Gazette, the Purple Cow opened in 1969, and December 1969 is when Ray Herst covered the drag acts there in The Gazette. Explore this further. [^9][^10][^11][^12]
True Colors Lesbian Bar
- [ ] Who founded True Colors?
- [ ] When was True Colors founded, and when was it closed?
- [ ] Community impact stories?