Penni Kimmel
Birth: November 15, 1940, Jersey City, NJ
Titles: Chair of the Planning and Implementation Committee of the Pikes Peak Gay Community Center, Writer for Drummer Magazine
Related people: Malachi Truman Harris, Phil Nash
History
Penni Kimmel founded the Pikes Peak Gay Community Center in 1979.
The community center had a Penni Kimmel Memorial Library. [2]
Community Impacts
Photos
Questions and Research
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- According to her friends in California, she has not yet passed, but is very frail and her memory is going. -NW
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- Her friends in California aren't super familiar with her time in Colorado Springs. Going to reach out to Phil Nash. -NW
Potential friend Lennore Chinn - Sent a Facebook Message on 4-30-26 and contacted Beth and Annie who conducted interview. Lenore has connected me with friends of hers in California. NW
References
Penni's birthdate is according to a text message from her friend James, who texted Nico Wilkinson on July 3rd, 2026. ↩︎
Pikes Peak Gay and Lesbian Community Center (PPGLCC). “Gayspeak, August 1985.” Newsletter. With Pikes Peak Library District. PPGCC, August 1985. http://archive.org/details/gayspeakaugust1900pike_5. ↩︎