Inside Out Youth Services
@insideoutys.bsky.social
Building access, equity, and power with LGBTQIA2+ young people in the Tava-Kaavi (Pikes Peak) region since 1990.
The holiday season and new year are right around the corner — a time when many organizations, including Inside Out Youth Services, share more frequent appeals for support.
November 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The holiday season and new year are right around the corner — a time when many organizations, including Inside Out Youth Services, share more frequent appeals for support.
Happy Veterans Day from IOYS ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙🤍💗
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Happy Veterans Day from IOYS ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙🤍💗
Gemmy is on their way to Ally Up! 🦄
There's still time to get your FREE ticket to Ally Up! on November 18th! You can learn more here: givebutter.com/AllyUpTC25 ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙🤍💗
There's still time to get your FREE ticket to Ally Up! on November 18th! You can learn more here: givebutter.com/AllyUpTC25 ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙🤍💗
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Gemmy is on their way to Ally Up! 🦄
There's still time to get your FREE ticket to Ally Up! on November 18th! You can learn more here: givebutter.com/AllyUpTC25 ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙🤍💗
There's still time to get your FREE ticket to Ally Up! on November 18th! You can learn more here: givebutter.com/AllyUpTC25 ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙🤍💗
Queer affirmations ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙🤍💗
November 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Queer affirmations ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙🤍💗
Thank you so much to Rainbow Crate for donating all these LGBTQIA2+ books to the IOYS library ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙🤍💗
November 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Thank you so much to Rainbow Crate for donating all these LGBTQIA2+ books to the IOYS library ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙🤍💗
Inside Out Youth Services and Prism Community Collective are teaming up for a coat and sock drive! Please consider dropping off gently used coats and new socks to IOYS (ages 13 to 24) and Prism Community Collective (ages 18+.)
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Inside Out Youth Services and Prism Community Collective are teaming up for a coat and sock drive! Please consider dropping off gently used coats and new socks to IOYS (ages 13 to 24) and Prism Community Collective (ages 18+.)
Democracy works best when everyone participates. Please vote! 🌈
November 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Democracy works best when everyone participates. Please vote! 🌈
🖤🧡 Happy Halloween from Gemmy and IOYS! Please stay safe out there and have a fabulous time celebrating 🧡🖤
October 31, 2025 at 2:07 PM
🖤🧡 Happy Halloween from Gemmy and IOYS! Please stay safe out there and have a fabulous time celebrating 🧡🖤
With the SNAP hold for Nov, we are asking for additional food donations to support our young people.
We are accepting food donations on Thursdays at the community center from 11am to 5pm to supply our food pantry. We ask to donate from the food list here. Thank you for supporting young people!🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
We are accepting food donations on Thursdays at the community center from 11am to 5pm to supply our food pantry. We ask to donate from the food list here. Thank you for supporting young people!🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
October 30, 2025 at 7:46 PM
With the SNAP hold for Nov, we are asking for additional food donations to support our young people.
We are accepting food donations on Thursdays at the community center from 11am to 5pm to supply our food pantry. We ask to donate from the food list here. Thank you for supporting young people!🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
We are accepting food donations on Thursdays at the community center from 11am to 5pm to supply our food pantry. We ask to donate from the food list here. Thank you for supporting young people!🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Elections are on Tuesday and food access is on the ballot. Please VOTE YES on LL and MM to keep free lunches available in schools.
October 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Elections are on Tuesday and food access is on the ballot. Please VOTE YES on LL and MM to keep free lunches available in schools.
Elections are ONE WEEK out, so please don't forget to VOTE! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙🤍💗
October 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Elections are ONE WEEK out, so please don't forget to VOTE! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙🤍💗
TODAY is the last day to mail in your ballot! After today, please take your ballot to a secure drop-off location. And don't forget to VOTE! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙🤍💗
October 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
TODAY is the last day to mail in your ballot! After today, please take your ballot to a secure drop-off location. And don't forget to VOTE! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙🤍💗
🌯🌯🌯Thank you so much to Chancie (she/her) for leading this burrito making class ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙🤍💗
October 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🌯🌯🌯Thank you so much to Chancie (she/her) for leading this burrito making class ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙🤍💗
Thank you so much to competitive pool player, Valeria (she/her), for coming to the IOYS community center to teach a pool class ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙🤍💗
October 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Thank you so much to competitive pool player, Valeria (she/her), for coming to the IOYS community center to teach a pool class ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙🤍💗
🖤🩶🤍💜 Happy Asexual Awareness Week from IOYS 💜🤍🩶🖤
October 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
🖤🩶🤍💜 Happy Asexual Awareness Week from IOYS 💜🤍🩶🖤
There's still time to get your individual ticket to Ally Up! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙🤍💗
Ally Up! is a free breakfast on November 18th that offers the opportunity for community members to learn more about Inside Out Youth Services and how they can Ally Up! to support LGBTQIA2+ young people in our community.
Ally Up! is a free breakfast on November 18th that offers the opportunity for community members to learn more about Inside Out Youth Services and how they can Ally Up! to support LGBTQIA2+ young people in our community.
October 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
There's still time to get your individual ticket to Ally Up! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙🤍💗
Ally Up! is a free breakfast on November 18th that offers the opportunity for community members to learn more about Inside Out Youth Services and how they can Ally Up! to support LGBTQIA2+ young people in our community.
Ally Up! is a free breakfast on November 18th that offers the opportunity for community members to learn more about Inside Out Youth Services and how they can Ally Up! to support LGBTQIA2+ young people in our community.
IOYS Volunteer Manager, Alina (they/them), facilitated a program this week about "The History of Halloween" and the roots of language we so commonly use, without knowing it's origin and its original harmful meaning. We are grateful to learn AND unlearn here at Inside Out Youth Services! 🎃👻🕷
October 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
IOYS Volunteer Manager, Alina (they/them), facilitated a program this week about "The History of Halloween" and the roots of language we so commonly use, without knowing it's origin and its original harmful meaning. We are grateful to learn AND unlearn here at Inside Out Youth Services! 🎃👻🕷
💙💗🤍💛🤍💜🖤 Happy International Pronouns Day from IOYS 💛🤍💜🖤💙💗🤍
October 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
💙💗🤍💛🤍💜🖤 Happy International Pronouns Day from IOYS 💛🤍💜🖤💙💗🤍
"Griffin-Gracy’s work as an activist ranged from her work on behalf of people suffering with HIV and AIDS in the early 1980s, to launching San Francisco’s first mobile needle exchange, to her championing of the abolitionist movement, often prioritizing trans women."
October 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"Griffin-Gracy’s work as an activist ranged from her work on behalf of people suffering with HIV and AIDS in the early 1980s, to launching San Francisco’s first mobile needle exchange, to her championing of the abolitionist movement, often prioritizing trans women."
Just a reminder: You're loved, you're worthy, you're one-of-a-kind.
Happy National Coming Out Day from IOYS ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙🤍💗
Happy National Coming Out Day from IOYS ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙🤍💗
October 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Just a reminder: You're loved, you're worthy, you're one-of-a-kind.
Happy National Coming Out Day from IOYS ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙🤍💗
Happy National Coming Out Day from IOYS ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙🤍💗
💙🤍💗 Trans Day of Play last week was a HUGE SUCCESS 💙🤍💗
October 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
💙🤍💗 Trans Day of Play last week was a HUGE SUCCESS 💙🤍💗
🧡🤍🩷 Happy International Lesbian Day from IOYS 🩷🤍🧡
October 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
🧡🤍🩷 Happy International Lesbian Day from IOYS 🩷🤍🧡
The D49 Board of Education meeting will be held Thursday, Oct. 9th at 6:30 p.m. at the Creekside Success Center – D49. Please pack the room and wear purple to show support. If you would like to give public comment, sign up online starting at 3 p.m. the day before the meeting, Oct. 8th.
October 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The D49 Board of Education meeting will be held Thursday, Oct. 9th at 6:30 p.m. at the Creekside Success Center – D49. Please pack the room and wear purple to show support. If you would like to give public comment, sign up online starting at 3 p.m. the day before the meeting, Oct. 8th.
Inside Out Youth Services received a One Colorado Prism Award this past weekend! We are so incredibly honored to be recognized with this award next to endocrinologist Dr. Sean Iwamoto (he/him), Telluride AIDS Benefit, and AFSC’s Colorado Immigrant Rights Program Director, Jordan T. Garcia (he/him.)
October 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Inside Out Youth Services received a One Colorado Prism Award this past weekend! We are so incredibly honored to be recognized with this award next to endocrinologist Dr. Sean Iwamoto (he/him), Telluride AIDS Benefit, and AFSC’s Colorado Immigrant Rights Program Director, Jordan T. Garcia (he/him.)
Last week IOYS Queer Scouts visited the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center in Woodland Park for a guided tour! Participants learned about the timeline and lives of dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and mosasaurs ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙🤍💗
October 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Last week IOYS Queer Scouts visited the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center in Woodland Park for a guided tour! Participants learned about the timeline and lives of dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and mosasaurs ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙🤍💗