LGBTQ-Owned Businesses
Posted: March 9, 2022
LGBTQIA2+ Businesses and Resources
Happy Pride Month! Colorado Springs has an abundance of amazing LGBTQIA2+–friendly and owned businesses, as well as many resources. This month (and every month), join us in finding a way to volunteer time and money to local LGBTQIA2+ organizations and businesses!
LGBTQ-Owned Businesses
- Club Q – Named Colorado Springs’ best gay club, Club Q offers late-night entertainment from drag performances to GoGo auditions.
- The Gallery Below – Owner and previous Brooklyn native, Jonathan Bataille, offers guests compelling art and culture experiences in downtown Colorado Springs.
- Eden Salon & Barber Shop – Debut a fresh cut or dye-job for a new look.
- Headliners Hair Studio – Come in and get treated like a diva at this professionally dedicated, inclusive business.
- ICONS – Introducing Colorado Springs' exclusive, gay piano bar.
- Latisha Hardy Dance & Co Ltd – Provides dance training in an empowering environment with a passionate voice. They aim to help students to feel enlightened while growing their self-esteem and confidence.
- MODO Salon & Montage Salon - The premier Hair Salon in Colorado Springs, offering you a wide range of styling services and products to give you the look you want. With an extensive selection, they've got you covered for whatever you need.
- Nexus Community Fitness – Nexus at its core is about building a better, more inclusive fitness community in Colorado Springs. While building strength and educating on corrective fitness, Nexus empowers, supports and welcomes all walks of life.
- Painting with a Twist (North) – Bring out your inner Picasso and drink wine while painting your very own masterpiece.
- Pens & Needles Custom Tattoo Company – Get inked at this LGBTQ-owned business.
- Picnic Basket – Arguably the best catering in Colorado. Enjoy fresh delicious food with artistic presentation.
Resources/Events
- Colorado Springs PrideFest – The 2022 Pike Peak Pride Fest will take place the weekend of July 23-24. With two full days of vendors, food trucks and entertainment - including a fabulous parade on Sunday, you're not going to want to miss this one!
- Colorado Springs Queer Collective – Fosters community leadership, education, and empowerment with a mission to address inequality re-invest in the local community and celebrate the creative contributions of queer and trans people.
- Gay Colorado – A gay-owned company, providing an LGBT resource guide state by state showcasing LGBT-friendly businesses from Travel, Wedding and Business Listings.
- Inside Out Youth Services – Organization dedicated to empower, educate and advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, queer, intersex, and a spectrum (LGBTQ+) youth from Southern Colorado, primarily El Paso and Teller counties. Check out their website for events during Pride month & beyond.
- One Colorado – The state’s leading advocacy organization dedicated to advancing equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) Coloradans and their families.
- PFLAG Colorado Springs – PFLAG is the first and largest organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people, their parents and families, and allies.
- Queer Friends Colorado Springs – Join the Facebook group to foster relationships and build connections through the events hosted on MeetUp. Support one another through recommendations and referrals for those in the queer community to find safe spaces.
- UCCS LGBT Resource Center – As an integral part of the Multicultural Office for Student Access, Inclusiveness, and Community (MOSAIC), The LGBT+ Resource Center at MOSAIC exists as part of the University of Colorado Colorado Springs' ongoing commitment to promoting equal opportunity for successful academic, social and personal development for all LGBTQ students and their allies in a safe and supportive environment.
- The Unified Court of the Pikes Peak Empire – Conducts charitable and public service projects and events to benefit legitimate charities, and provides social and charitable activities for the benefit of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community.
This page is a work in progress. At VCOS, we are doing our best to listen, learn and be inclusive. If you would like to be included or see that we have missed something, please reach out to marketing@VisitCOS.com.
