🌈 Thank you so much to our Building Power Sponsor, Taft Law! We couldn't build access, equity, and power with LGBTQIA2+ young people in our community without your support ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙🤍💗

Are you a parent or guardian of a trans or gender-expansive young person, and are looking for a supportive community?

🌈 Tickets are selling out fast for Ally Up! NOW is the time to reserve your FREE ticket for Sep. 24th. There will be free breakfast, free entertainment & a program where you get to hear about the livesaving programs that Inside Out offers directly from the Inside Out Youth Services young folx.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Families, Not Politics virtual phonebank! We made more than 600 calls to members of our Activist Network, recruiting volunteers to canvass Colorado Springs.

🌈 Thank you so much to our Building the Future Sponsor, CSAA Insurance Group! Your support makes a difference in the lives of LGBTQIA2+ young people right here in our community ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙🤍💗

Approximately 11 to 13 young people access the food pantry per week, feeding 20 to 30 people a week. This is a critical resource that not only goes directly to our young people but also helps support their families.

🌈 IOYS is onsite again with Development Director, Ryan (he/him), who is trying to get to the bottom of who should be an Ally Up! Table Captain. The answer is YOU! You can sign up today at insideoutys.org/ally-up-2026/ 🦄

Our hearts are with Tucson's LGBTQIA2+ community. No one should experience or fear violence for being who they are. Rest in Pride, Vincent Anthony Siqueiros and Cameron Davis Capara 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Our sincere condolences go out to their families and loved ones.

🌈 Trans Day of Play 2026 was a success! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙🤍💗

Passing the phone with some of the IOYS crew ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙🤍💗

Happy Aromantic Spectrum Visibility Day from IOYS! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙🤍💗 Folx who are on the aromantic spectrum experience little to no romantic attraction to any gender, experience romantic attraction under specific circumstances, or fluctuate between experiencing romantic attraction and not.

We're back! On August 24th, The Pikes Peak Safe at Schools Coalition is kicking off back-to-school season with our first meeting of the 2026-2027 school year.

It's kinda chic to have a community center for LGBTQIA2+ young people filled with ways to express themselves ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙🤍💗

Join Families, Not Politics, One Colorado, IOYS, and partners across the region to keep politicians out of decisions that should belong to families.

Happy Trans Flag Day from IOYS 💙💗🤍💗💙

"What Being a Butch Lesbian Means to Me - I am the person you call when you need someone to hang up a shelf.

Happy Butch Appreciation Day from IOYS ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙🤍💗

IOYS Director of Strategic Initiatives, Alie (she/they), & Executive Director, Angie (she/her) attended the CO Health Symposium in Keystone! Hosted by the Colorado Health Foundation, this event brought together leaders, practitioners, & justice-builders to discuss health equity from all angles.

Did you know that IOYS has a school advocate? 🤔

Thank you to everyone who came to our Open House! It was a great event with resources from PFLAG Colorado Springs and the Public Education Alliance, school supplies, free HIV & STI testing by Be You Colorado, and tours of the community center from members of our Youth Advisory Committee! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙🤍💗

On average, 14 individuals access the IOYS food pantry each week, and we need your support to help keep it stocked. If you'd like to make a donation, please check out this wish list to donate to our food pantry here a.co/hNYhF8C

Last month, we had the honor and privilege to talk about LGBTQIA2+ civic engagement and advocacy with the Youth Leadership Training program Pikes Peak Justice & Peace Commission. We love supporting young people in making change in their schools, communities, and in the world at large! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙🤍💗

🌈 IOYS is going to be on Loving Living Local tomorrow morning! Make sure to tune in to learn about upcoming events, including our Ally Up! Legacy Breakfast ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙🤍💗

IOYS has school supplies available for young people! 🎒✏️📓 Please stop by this Saturday, August 8th between 11 AM and 1 PM for our Back-to-School Open House, where we'll have school supplies, resources, and snacks ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙🤍💗

Thank you so much to IOYS Positive Youth Development Specialist, Cordelia (they/she), for leading this lovely activity called Reflection of Self.

Election season is quickly approaching. IOYS, with our partners at Families, Not Politics, is organizing against measures 109 and 110.

🌈 We're two months out from the Ally Up! Legacy Breakfast! 🦄

✨ IOYS July volunteer spotlight: Kaitlyn (she/they) ✨

Did you know how many youth in Colorado reported using flavored nicotine?

Whether we like it or not, clothing styles are often associated with the gender binary, so young folx explored what it means to step outside of the closet and bend gender through clothing. Youth were given prompts to put an outfit together for a client, and here's what they came up with! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙🤍💗