PFLAG
Formation: 1981
Founders:
Type: Advocacy and education.
Address:
Purpose: "The Colorado Springs Chapter of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays is a non-profit, community-based organization not affiliated with any ethnic, religious, educational, counseling, business, or political group. Our purpose is to support and educate families to better understand homosexuality and to provide the community with information and insights gained through our experience and study."
Website:
History
Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays is an advocacy and education group for allies and families who want to support their LGBTQ+ loved ones.
PFLAG Colorado donated their newsletters to the Colorado Historical Society, which they speak more about in their August, 1999 newsletter. [3]
Community Impacts
Photos
Key Dates
- April 13, 2000 -
References
Founding date based on earliest mention I could find in local newsletters and publications available. August, 1981 issue of Gayspeak lists a "Parents and Friends of Gays" group meeting ↩︎
“Gayspeak Volume 3 Issue 8.” Newsletter. PPGCC, August 1981. Colo Rm. Oversize. Colorado College Special Collections. ↩︎
"PFLAG Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays January-February, 1999." Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays Newsletter [Colorado Springs], January-February, 1999, pp. [1]+. Archives of Sexuality and Gender, link-gale-com.turing.library.northwestern.edu/apps/doc/KVFBUQ277023131/GDCS?u=northwestern&sid=bookmark-GDCS&pg=5&xid=9e95bfa8. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026. ↩︎