Tag: Prism Community Collective
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36th Pride Festival to celebrate ‘queer joy’ in Colorado Springs
Explosions of color, outrageous outfits, Technicolor hairstyles and more will dominate the downtown landscape this weekend at the 36th annual Pikes Peak Pride Festival. Thousands of revelers from the Pikes Peak region and across the state are expected to visit Colorado Springs for the event, which celebrates not just the queer experience, but also the…
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Colorado Springs police deem reports of suspected security threat to LGBTQ+ community as not credible
A few Colorado Springs organizations closed LGBTQ+ centers after reporting to Colorado Springs police what they called a “targeted security threat” against the LGBTQ+ community in the city. Inside Out Youth Services for LGBTQ+ teens and young adults closed Wednesday night and Thursday, the organization announced in an online post. It reopened Friday. Prism Community…
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New mental health initiatives in Colorado Springs filling system gaps
Several local organizations have started new boots-on-the-ground programs in Colorado Springs to meet mental health demands and fill gaps in addressing clinician shortages, providing LGBTQ+ care for traumatized youth, expanding adult addiction recovery and preventing suicide among all ages. Safe Passage Marking its fourth anniversary of locating multiple independent services in one building that specialize…
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Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ community gathers to commemorate victims of Club Q tragedy
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect that Amber Carlton is the communications manager for ChangeLine. Quiet reflection, healing and continued connection were the prevalent themes at the third annual remembrance for victims, families and survivors of the deadly 2022 attack at Club Q. For the past two years, the memorial event had…
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LGBTQ+ resilience center in Colorado Springs to celebrate first anniversary with community event
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A support and services center for LGBTQ+ adults that was born out of a mass shooting at a gay nightclub nearly three years ago in Colorado Springs has become a community staple in the year since it opened, leaders say. The numbers prove it. From…
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Colorado Springs’ LGBTQ community faces post-election stress, uncertainty about the future
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or chat live at 988lifeline.org. Uncertainty about the future and concern about past attitudes have created post-election stress for many members of the LGBTQ+ community,…
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Colorado Springs’ LGBTQ community faces post-election stress, uncertainty about the future
If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or chat live at 988lifeline.org. Uncertainty about the future and concern about past attitudes have created post-election stress for many members of the LGBTQ+ community, according to mental health professionals. Lauren Slye, vice president of…
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‘The opposite of shame’: Pride Parade celebrates LGBTQ+ community despite hardships
Thousands of LGBTQ+ revelers and supporters lined the streets of downtown Colorado Springs for the annual Pride Parade on Sunday. Unity has long been one of the prevailing themes of the Pikes Peak Pride Festival’s culminating event — perhaps the only place where church members can be seen marching behind a dozen or so Satanists,…
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New resource and community center opens in Colorado Springs to assist Club Q survivors, LGBTQ+ population
Derrick Rump believed that community problems could be solved if everyone got together and talked about them, so Derrick’s Domain is the name of a colorful conference room inside the new Prism Community Collective headquarters south of downtown Colorado Springs. “It best describes who he was,” Carter Cadena, the nonprofit’s community resources specialist, said Tuesday…