Roadmap, Roadblock, and Tasks
Project Roadmap
In-Progress
Soon to Start
Looking Ahead
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.
- Put together research guide for CC class and any other interested researchers
- Sort through archived materials from OAC and incorporate into Zotero library
- Open up website to the public, including public input form and a domain name.
- Wrote exhibit paragraphs for Freedom to Thrive CSPM exhibit.
- Standardize the general format of articles using call-out boxes.
- Organize group of local LGBTQIA2+ historians and scholars and figure out how best to manage this space collaboratively. Lambda History Committee
- Incorporate Spring 2026 CC student articles into the database, and connect Historypin collection to their research
- Standardize dates and add key dates list so key dates can be queried into the Timeline.
- Modify indexes to be sorted by dates/eras, using tables instead of lists.
- 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.
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.
Arts and Writing
- [ ] Flaw Flow by Hadar
- [ ] Zines by June
- [ ] Spectrum Theater Festival
- [ ] Midge and the Butcher by Quinn Smola
- [ ] Glitter Porn
Colorado Gay Magazine
- [ ] Trying to locate copies of Colorado Gay Magazine. If you know where copies might be located, please Contribute. #lost-media
Gays in Colorado Springs by KKTV
- [ ] Can we locate the footage of Gays in Colorado Springs by KKTV that aired on July 27, 1981? #lost-media
- Reached out to KKTV on 2/21/26. Waiting to hear back.
GAYSPEAK
- [ ] 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.
- Found some of the earliest issues in the OAC collection. Hurray!
- Need to make a guide of where all materials are located
Obras Periscópicos
- [ ] Was Obras Periscópicos published? If so, would love to find a copy for the archive. #lostmedia
Queer & There
- [ ] Have any copies or scans of old Queer & There articles from the Colorado Springs Independent? Send them our way!
The AIDS Quilt
- [ ] Identify which panel belongs to Brent B., as there are multiple matches.
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?
History Colorado Collection
- [ ] Call research assistance and ask about Compass memberships and whether Compass would be a good database for my purposes
Meeting with Ron Eby
- [ ] Ask Rushaan - virtual oral history options?
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.
Indecent Exposure or Behavior
- [ ] When was this code enacted? When was it repealed?
- As early as 1884, at least. It is included in the Gazette when they published the city's revised ordinances.
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.
THEM
- [ ] Add research from THEM documents to wiki #research #wiki
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 Service Clinic
- [ ] Who was the anthropology professor at Colorado College? Look at yearbooks.
- [ ] "Circle One - A Self-Health Handbook" - Locate a copy?
- Bonnie Pucell or Linda Harroun might have a copy #materials-to-locate
- Linda Harroun - Director of WHSC
- Linda Sutton
- Bonnie Pucell - lived in a women's commune on Tejon St.
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?
Lambda House
- [ ] Where was Lambda House located?
Network PSN
- [ ] What was the purpose of PSN?
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United Court of the Pikes Peak Empire
- [ ] 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"
- [ ] UCPPE website is down - need to recover photos and other assets for preservation
Barbara Grier
- [ ] 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
Bessie the Girl Hobo
- [ ] What happened to Bessie?
- [ ] Did Bessie actually get married to Joseph or George? What caused this discrepancy?
- Attempts to find Bessie Boyington, Joseph Watson, or George Penn through Ancestry.com has been unsuccessful so far.
Deborah Surat, Ph.D.
- [ ] Send ED questionnaire to Deborah Surat
Don Collier
- [ ] Did Don also grow up in the Conejos neighborhood?
Dorothy Bell
- [ ] Where did Dorothy Bell go after LSB?
Elvira
- [ ] Does Cassandra Peterson have any photos or memorabilia related to The Purple Cow? Nico W. has reached out on 4-28-2026. Pending response.
Gene Shinn
- [ ] Was Gene Shinn a UCCS Student? PPSC? Not CC. See if there's anything in the archives.
Joanna Jennings
- [ ] Not much is known about Joanna. If you have any information to share about Joanna Jennings, please Contribute.
- [ ] To-Do: Transcribe Joanna's Article from the GLF Newsletter
Katherine Pease
- [ ] What are all non-profits Katherine has served in? Found many but need to expand this information.
- [ ] Did she create any grassroot foundations beside Ground Zero?
Malachi Truman Harris
- [ ] Can we locate issues of The Camp Primer? #lostmedia
Penni Kimmel
- [ ] What led to Penni Kimmel starting the PPGCC?
- Her friends in California aren't super familiar with her time in Colorado Springs. Going to reach out to Phil Nash. -NW
Renee Nicole Good
- [ ] We would like to preserve other poems by Renee Nicole Good. If anyone knows where some may be located, contact us or Contribute to the archive.
Rod Rhodes
- [ ] Can we find better photos of the Stations of the Cross exhibit at CC's Coburn Gallery?
- [x] Ask PPLD for original Gazette negatives
- [ ] Ask Tutt to see how they go about archiving art exhibits
Roger C. Annis
- [ ] Did Roger go by a different name with the UCPPE?
Tamara Bartlett
- [ ] When was the first parade? See if its in the transcript.
Tom Gehling
- [ ] Are there any archived issues of Colorado Gay Magazine?
Victoria Owens
- [ ] Was there any response from the Gay Liberation Front or other LGBTQ+ advocacy groups in response to Victoria's murder?
2735 Club
- [ ] How long did it operate?
- [ ] Not seeing mentions of it beyond 1986
- [ ] Tamara: What do you remember of the club?
The Hide & Seek
- [ ] Find more information about Donna the DJ [^11] 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
- [ ] 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?
- [ ] 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.
True Colors Lesbian Bar
- [ ] Who founded True Colors?
- [ ] When was True Colors founded, and when was it closed?
- [ ] Community impact stories?