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Colorado Gay Rodeo Association pin (ca. 1980s)
A pinback from the Colorado Gay Rodeo Association, founded in 1981. CGRA is the longest continuous running gay rodeo in the United States.
Un-conscionable, Un-constitutional, Un-Colorado (ca. 1992)
A pin opposing Amendment 2, which passed in 1992. The pin was a part of the "Un-do 2" Campaign which sought to overturn Amendment 2.
Pin: The Rocky Mountaineers Motorcycle Club (ca. late 1960s, early 1970s)
A photograph of a pinback button for the Rocky Mountaineers Motocycle Club (RMMC), a gay motorcycle club based in Denver, Colorado. The club was founded in 1968 in Denver primarily to promote motorcycling in the Denver gay community; however, the…
The Advocate cover: "Matthew Shepard, 1976-1998"
An image of the cover of The Advocate magazine on November 24, 1998 featuring the death of Matthew Shepard. Shepard was a 21-year-old college student at the University of Wyoming and regular visitor to LGBTQ+ establishments in Fort Collins. He was…
Convention Program: 6th Annual Mattachine Society Convention in Denver, Colorado (1959)
These images show the full convention program for the Denver meeting of the Mattachine Society. Mattachine was a homophile organization founded in the 1950s, eventually starting a Denver chapter in 1957. In 1959, the Denver chapter hosted the 6th…
The Advocate cover story: "Colorado Goes Straight to Hell" (1993)
An image of the cover of The Advocate magazine from February 23, 1993 featuring the cover story "Colorado Goes Straight to Hell." The articles accompanying the cover detail the aftermath of Amendment 2 in the state, including a significant uptick in…
Advertisement: "Angie Zapata was our sister, our aunt, our daughter. She was brutally murdered last July" (2009)
An advertisement featuring the family of Angie Zapata, a young transgender woman of color who was murdered in Greeley, Colorado in July 2008. The advertisement sought to draw attention to Angie's memory and her murder prior to the trial of her…
Pride in the Park, Larimer County (2021)
The first annual "revive your pride" event held in City Park, Fort Collins in 2021. The "revive" mantra refers both to returning the festivities to City Park--the traditional venue of early Pride events in the city--and a return to pride celebrations…
Pin: "In the United States, they first came for us in Colorado..." (ca. 1992)
A photograph of a pin protesting the passage of Amendment 2 in Colorado in 1992. The pin draws direct connections between the persecution of homosexuals by the Nazi regime during the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s and the treatment of lesbian, gay, and…
Video: "Colorado Experience: LGBTQ" (2016)
A 30-minute segment from Rocky Mountain PBS on the Colorado LGBTQ experience. This video is not held by the Queer Memory Project. You can LINK HERE to the YouTube video or go to https://youtu.be/V1RrBtngh8s